Efficient Phosphorescence from Naphthalenebenzimidizole-Coordinated Iridium(III) Chromophores
Abstract
The electronic structure and photophysical properties of two phosphorescent iridium(III) cyclometalated complexes are introduced. The molecules were synthesized by cyclometalating the ligand 1,8-naphthalenebenzimidizole (NBI ), to an iridium(III) metal center. Two NBI ligands were covalently attached along with a 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligand producing the [Ir(NBI )2(phen)](PF6) complex and three NBI ligands were used to prepare the corresponding tris -cyclometalate fac -Ir(NBI )3. The optical properties of these new IrIII molecules were investigated using DFT calculations, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and transient absorption spectroscopy. The molecules at the heart of this study were discovered to contain long-lived ligand-localized triplet excited states on the NBI species, featuring energies suitable for bimolecular photochemical reactions. Both iridium(III) chromophores possess excellent light absorptivity in the visible region of the spectrum with high photoluminescence quantum efficiencies approaching 30 %.
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- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1633624
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1379991
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0011979; CHE‐1359377
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2017; Journal Issue: 44; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-1948
- Publisher:
- ChemPubSoc Europe
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; Phosphorescence; Iridium; N ligands; Ligand effects; Photophysics
Citation Formats
Yarnell, James E., De La Torre, Patricia, and Castellano, Felix N. Efficient Phosphorescence from Naphthalenebenzimidizole-Coordinated Iridium(III) Chromophores. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/ejic.201700669.
Yarnell, James E., De La Torre, Patricia, & Castellano, Felix N. Efficient Phosphorescence from Naphthalenebenzimidizole-Coordinated Iridium(III) Chromophores. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201700669
Yarnell, James E., De La Torre, Patricia, and Castellano, Felix N. Fri .
"Efficient Phosphorescence from Naphthalenebenzimidizole-Coordinated Iridium(III) Chromophores". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201700669. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1633624.
@article{osti_1633624,
title = {Efficient Phosphorescence from Naphthalenebenzimidizole-Coordinated Iridium(III) Chromophores},
author = {Yarnell, James E. and De La Torre, Patricia and Castellano, Felix N.},
abstractNote = {The electronic structure and photophysical properties of two phosphorescent iridium(III) cyclometalated complexes are introduced. The molecules were synthesized by cyclometalating the ligand 1,8-naphthalenebenzimidizole (NBI ), to an iridium(III) metal center. Two NBI ligands were covalently attached along with a 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligand producing the [Ir(NBI )2(phen)](PF6) complex and three NBI ligands were used to prepare the corresponding tris -cyclometalate fac -Ir(NBI )3. The optical properties of these new IrIII molecules were investigated using DFT calculations, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and transient absorption spectroscopy. The molecules at the heart of this study were discovered to contain long-lived ligand-localized triplet excited states on the NBI species, featuring energies suitable for bimolecular photochemical reactions. Both iridium(III) chromophores possess excellent light absorptivity in the visible region of the spectrum with high photoluminescence quantum efficiencies approaching 30 %.},
doi = {10.1002/ejic.201700669},
journal = {European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry},
number = 44,
volume = 2017,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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