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Title: Bright Deep Blue TADF OLEDs: The Role of Triphenylphosphine Oxide in NPB/TPBi:PPh 3O Exciplex Emission

Abstract

Very bright (≈14 000 cd m –2) deep blue exciplex organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) peaking at ≈435 nm, where the photopic response is ≈0.033, and with CIE color coordinates (0.1525, 0.0820), are described. The OLED properties are interestingly linked to PPh 3O (triphenylphosphine oxide) and attributes of the emitting layer (EML) comprising NPB interfacing host:guest TPBi:PPh 3O 5:1 weight ratio. A neat PPh 3O layer that is central for device performance follows the EML (NPB/TPBi:PPh3O 5:1/PPh 3O). The bright electroluminescence originates from NPB/TPBi:PPh 3O exciplexes involving triplets via thermally activated delayed fluorescence, as evident from the strong quenching of the photoluminescence (PL) by oxygen and interestingly, the monomolecular emission process. The transient PL decay times of a NPB/TPBi:PPh 3O 5:1/PPh 3O film are 43 ns in air versus 136, 610, and weak ≈2000 ns in N 2. For comparison, the respective PL decay times of films of NPB:TPBi are 16 ns in air versus 131 and 600 ns in N 2, and of NPB:PPh 3O they are 29 ns in air versus 56, 483, and weak ≈2000 ns in N 2. Furthermore it is suspected that slow emitting states are associated with a PPh 3O aggregate interacting with NPB.

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  1. Ames Lab., and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  2. Bowling Green State Univ., Bowling Green, OH (United States)
  3. Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States)
  4. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
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Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
OSTI Identifier:
1575203
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1574072
Report Number(s):
IS-J-10049
Journal ID: ISSN 2195-1071
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02‐07CH11358; ECCS 1202309
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Optical Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Optical Materials; Journal ID: ISSN 2195-1071
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
all‐organic OLEDs; bright deep blue OLEDs; exciplex TADF OLEDs

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Hippola, Chamika, Danilovic, Dusan, Bhattacharjee, Ujjal, Perez‐Bolivar, Cesar, Sachinthani, K. A. Niradha, Nelson, Toby L., Anzenbacher, Pavel, Petrich, Jacob W., Shinar, Ruth, and Shinar, Joseph. Bright Deep Blue TADF OLEDs: The Role of Triphenylphosphine Oxide in NPB/TPBi:PPh3O Exciplex Emission. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/adom.201901282.
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Hippola, Chamika, Danilovic, Dusan, Bhattacharjee, Ujjal, Perez‐Bolivar, Cesar, Sachinthani, K. A. Niradha, Nelson, Toby L., Anzenbacher, Pavel, Petrich, Jacob W., Shinar, Ruth, & Shinar, Joseph. Bright Deep Blue TADF OLEDs: The Role of Triphenylphosphine Oxide in NPB/TPBi:PPh3O Exciplex Emission. United States. doi:10.1002/adom.201901282.
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Hippola, Chamika, Danilovic, Dusan, Bhattacharjee, Ujjal, Perez‐Bolivar, Cesar, Sachinthani, K. A. Niradha, Nelson, Toby L., Anzenbacher, Pavel, Petrich, Jacob W., Shinar, Ruth, and Shinar, Joseph. Wed . "Bright Deep Blue TADF OLEDs: The Role of Triphenylphosphine Oxide in NPB/TPBi:PPh3O Exciplex Emission". United States. doi:10.1002/adom.201901282.
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@article{osti_1575203,
title = {Bright Deep Blue TADF OLEDs: The Role of Triphenylphosphine Oxide in NPB/TPBi:PPh3O Exciplex Emission},
author = {Hippola, Chamika and Danilovic, Dusan and Bhattacharjee, Ujjal and Perez‐Bolivar, Cesar and Sachinthani, K. A. Niradha and Nelson, Toby L. and Anzenbacher, Pavel and Petrich, Jacob W. and Shinar, Ruth and Shinar, Joseph},
abstractNote = {Very bright (≈14 000 cd m–2) deep blue exciplex organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) peaking at ≈435 nm, where the photopic response is ≈0.033, and with CIE color coordinates (0.1525, 0.0820), are described. The OLED properties are interestingly linked to PPh3O (triphenylphosphine oxide) and attributes of the emitting layer (EML) comprising NPB interfacing host:guest TPBi:PPh3O 5:1 weight ratio. A neat PPh3O layer that is central for device performance follows the EML (NPB/TPBi:PPh3O 5:1/PPh3O). The bright electroluminescence originates from NPB/TPBi:PPh3O exciplexes involving triplets via thermally activated delayed fluorescence, as evident from the strong quenching of the photoluminescence (PL) by oxygen and interestingly, the monomolecular emission process. The transient PL decay times of a NPB/TPBi:PPh3O 5:1/PPh3O film are 43 ns in air versus 136, 610, and weak ≈2000 ns in N2. For comparison, the respective PL decay times of films of NPB:TPBi are 16 ns in air versus 131 and 600 ns in N2, and of NPB:PPh3O they are 29 ns in air versus 56, 483, and weak ≈2000 ns in N2. Furthermore it is suspected that slow emitting states are associated with a PPh3O aggregate interacting with NPB.},
doi = {10.1002/adom.201901282},
journal = {Advanced Optical Materials},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {11}
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