Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Solid cyclooctatetraene-based triplet quencher demonstrating excellent suppression of singlet–triplet annihilation in optical and electrical excitation

  • Van T. N. Mai,
  • Viqar Ahmad,
  • Masashi Mamada,
  • Toshiya Fukunaga,
  • Atul Shukla,
  • Jan Sobus,
  • Gowri Krishnan,
  • Evan G. Moore,
  • Gunther G. Andersson,
  • Chihaya Adachi,
  • Ebinazar B. Namdas,
  • Shih-Chun Lo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19443-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Though reducing non-emissive triplet excited-states using quenchers effectively improves organic semiconductor laser diode (OSLD) performance, existing quenchers are not suitable for devices. Here, the authors designed a solid-state triplet quencher for OSLD under optical and electrical excitation.