Multiple resonance type thermally activated delayed fluorescence by dibenzo [1,4] azaborine derivatives

Jaehyun Bae, Mika Sakai, Youichi Tsuchiya*, Naoki Ando, Xian-Kai Chen, Thanh Ba Nguyen, Chin-Yiu Chan, Yi-Ting Lee, Morgan Auffray, Hajime Nakanotani, Shigehiro Yamaguchi*, Chihaya Adachi*

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Abstract

We studied the photophysical and electroluminescent (EL) characteristics of a series of azaborine derivatives having a pair of boron and nitrogen aimed at the multi-resonance (MR) effect. The computational study with the STEOM-DLPNO-CCSD method clarified that the combination of a BN ring-fusion and a terminal carbazole enhanced the MR effect and spin-orbit coupling matrix element (SOCME), simultaneously. Also, we clarified that the second triplet excited state (T2) plays an important role in efficient MR-based thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). Furthermore, we obtained a blue–violet OLED with an external EL quantum efficiency (EQE) of 9.1%, implying the presence of a pronounced nonradiative decay path from the lowest triplet excited state (T1). © 2022 Bae, Sakai, Tsuchiya, Ando, Chen, Nguyen, Chan, Lee, Auffray, Nakanotani, Yamaguchi and Adachi.
Original languageEnglish
Article number990918
JournalFrontiers in Chemistry
Volume10
Online published19 Sept 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Research Keywords

  • azaborine
  • blue–violet OLED
  • multi-resonance
  • TADF
  • thermally activated delayed fluorescence

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