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A C2-Symmetric Chiral Emitter for Deep-Blue Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence With High Dissymmetry Factors

  • Xiyun Ye
  • , Yichao Chen
  • , Xiaojuan Song
  • , Tingwei Ren
  • , Jinfeng Wang
  • , Yujun Xie
  • , Dongge Ma
  • , Jishan Wu
  • , Zhen Li
  • National University of Singapore
  • Tianjin University
  • South China University of Technology
  • Wuhan University

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Abstract

Deep blue circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (CP-OLEDs) remain scarce due to the stringent requirement of simultaneously achieving a wide bandgap and strong chiroptical activity. Herein, we report DC-TRZ, a C2-symmetric chiral emitter comprising a dimeric carbazole donor and a triphenyltriazine acceptor, which exhibits deep-blue emission at 433 nm with the high emission efficiency of up to 79%. Its enantiopure (R)- and (S)-isomers display pronounced Cotton effects and distinct circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). Notably, CP-OLEDs based on (R)- and (S)-DC-TRZ deliver deep-blue electroluminescence with Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.14, 0.07), achieving a maximum external quantum efficiency of 4.58% and record-high luminescence dissymmetry factors of +2.7 × 10−2 and −2.2 × 10−2, respectively, representing the highest values reported to date for blue CP-OLEDs employing small organic molecules. These results demonstrate that DC-TRZ functions as an efficient deep-blue chiral emitter and highlights C2-symmetric axial chirality as a promising molecular design strategy for high-performance CP-OLED materials.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere5815007
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume65
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 May 2026
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • C symmetry
  • chiral emitters
  • deep blue emission
  • high dissymmetry
  • organic light-emitting diodes

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