Tuning molecular emission of organic emitters from fluorescence to phosphorescence through push-pull electronic effects

Hai-Tao Feng; Jiajie Zeng; Ping-An Yin; Xue-Dong Wang; Qian Peng; Zujin Zhao; Jacky W. Y. Lam; Ben Zhong Tang

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16412-4

Nature Communications (May 2020)

Tuning molecular emission of organic emitters from fluorescence to phosphorescence through push-pull electronic effects

Hai-Tao Feng,
Jiajie Zeng,
Ping-An Yin,
Xue-Dong Wang,
Qian Peng,
Zujin Zhao,
Jacky W. Y. Lam,
Ben Zhong Tang

Affiliations

Hai-Tao Feng: Baoji AIE Research Center, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences
Jiajie Zeng: Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology
Ping-An Yin: Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology
Xue-Dong Wang: Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University
Qian Peng: Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zujin Zhao: Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology
Jacky W. Y. Lam: Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ben Zhong Tang: Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16412-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Though organic emitters with room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) are attractive for various applications, realizing highly efficient and long lifetime emission remains a challenge. Here, the authors report the role of push-pull electronic effects on emission for organic RTP emitters.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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