Conjugation- and Aggregation-Directed Design of Covalent Organic Frameworks as White-Light-Emitting Diodes

Yang, Sizhuo; Streater, Daniel; Fiankor, Christian; Zhang, Jian; Huang, Jier

doi:10.1021/jacs.0c11719

Conjugation- and Aggregation-Directed Design of Covalent Organic Frameworks as White-Light-Emitting Diodes

Journal Article · Sun Jan 03 23:00:00 EST 2021 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c11719· OSTI ID:1777881

Yang, Sizhuo ^[1]; Streater, Daniel ^[2]; Fiankor, Christian ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[2]

Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Marquette University
Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as a promising class of organic luminescent materials due to their structural diversity, which allows the systematic tuning of organic building blocks to optimize emitting properties. However, a significant knowledge gap exists between the design strategy and the fundamental understanding of the key structural parameters that determine their photophysical properties. Here, in this work, we report two highly emissive sp²-C-COFs and the direct correlation of the structure (conjugation and aggregation) with their light absorption/emission, charge transfer (CT), and exciton dynamics, the key properties that determine their function as luminescent materials. We show that white light can be obtained by simply coating COFs on an LED strip or mixing the two COFs. Using the combination of time-resolved absorption and emission spectroscopy as well as computational prediction, we show that the planarity, conjugation, orientation of the dipole moment, and interlayer aggregation not only determine the light-harvesting ability of COFs but also control the exciton relaxation pathway and photoluminescent quantum yield.

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Research Organization:: Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020122; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1777881

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2335701

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 143; ISSN 0002-7863

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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