Harmonization of rapid triplet up-conversion and singlet radiation enables efficient and stable white OLEDs

Manli Huang; Zhanxiang Chen; Jingsheng Miao; Siyuan He; Wei Yang; Zhongyan Huang; Yang Zou; Shaolong Gong; Yao Tan; Chuluo Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-52401-7

Nature Communications (Sep 2024)

Harmonization of rapid triplet up-conversion and singlet radiation enables efficient and stable white OLEDs

Manli Huang,
Zhanxiang Chen,
Jingsheng Miao,
Siyuan He,
Wei Yang,
Zhongyan Huang,
Yang Zou,
Shaolong Gong,
Yao Tan,
Chuluo Yang

Affiliations

Manli Huang: College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University
Zhanxiang Chen: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University
Jingsheng Miao: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University
Siyuan He: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University
Wei Yang: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University
Zhongyan Huang: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University
Yang Zou: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University
Shaolong Gong: Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University
Yao Tan: Department of Chemistry, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Wuhan University
Chuluo Yang: College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52401-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

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Abstract White organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) hold significant promise in illumination and displays, but achieving high efficiency while maintaining stability is an ongoing challenge. Here, we strategically combine a blue donor-acceptor thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitter featuring rapid reverse intersystem crossing rate and a yellow multi-resonance TADF emitter renowned for the fast radiative transition process to achieve warm WOLEDs with exceptional power efficiency exceeding 190 lm W−1 and external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 39%, setting records for WOLEDs. Meanwhile, these devices also exhibit an extended operational lifetime (LT80) of 446 h at an initial luminance of 1000 cd m−2. Another group of blue and yellow emitters based on our strategy achieves a standard white emission and a high EQE of 35.6%, confirming the universality of our strategy. This work presents a versatile strategy to harmonize singlet exciton radiation and triplet exciton up-conversion, thus achieving a win-win situation of efficiency and stability.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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