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Efficient Near-Infrared Electroluminescence at 840 nm with "Metal-Free" Small-Molecule:Polymer Blends

Minotto, A; Murto, P; Genene, Z; Zampetti, A; Carnicella, G; Mammo, W; Andersson, MR; ... Cacialli, F; + view all (2018) Efficient Near-Infrared Electroluminescence at 840 nm with "Metal-Free" Small-Molecule:Polymer Blends. Advance Materials , Article e1706584. 10.1002/adma.201706584. Green open access

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Abstract

Due to the so-called energy-gap law and aggregation quenching, the efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) emitting above 800 nm is significantly lower than that of visible ones. Successful exploitation of triplet emission in phosphorescent materials containing heavy metals has been reported, with OLEDs achieving remarkable external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) up to 3.8% (peak wavelength > 800 nm). For OLEDs incorporating fluorescent materials free from heavy or toxic metals, however, we are not aware of any report of EQEs over 1% (again for emission peaking at wavelengths > 800 nm), even for devices leveraging thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). Here, the development of polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) peaking at 840 nm and exhibiting unprecedented EQEs (in excess of 1.15%) and turn-on voltages as low as 1.7 V is reported. These incorporate a novel triazolobenzothiadiazole-based emitter and a novel indacenodithiophene-based transport polymer matrix, affording excellent spectral and transport properties. To the best of knowledge, such values are the best ever reported for electroluminescence at 840 nm with a purely organic and solution-processed active layer, not leveraging triplet-assisted emission.

Type: Article
Title: Efficient Near-Infrared Electroluminescence at 840 nm with "Metal-Free" Small-Molecule:Polymer Blends
Location: Germany
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201706584
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201706584
Language: English
Additional information: © 2018 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Copyright line for this article was changed on 16 July 2018 after original online publication.
Keywords: Blends, indacenodithiophene, near-infrared, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), triazolobenzothiadiazole
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10052902
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