A Highly Crystalline and Wide-Bandgap Polydiarylfluorene with β-Phase Conformation toward Stable Electroluminescence and Dual Amplified Spontaneous Emission

Bin Liu, Jinyi Lin, Feng Liu, Mengna Yu, Xinwen Zhang, Ruidong Xia, Tao Yang, Yueting Fang, Linghai Xie, Wei Huang

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Abstract

Bulky conjugated polymers with high crystallinity is the prerequisite for the overall improvement of performance in wide-bandgap semiconductors, including charge transport, photoluminescence quantum yield, processing reliability, and stability. Herein, we report a stable β-phase film of bulky polydiarylfluorene (PODPF) preparing by thermal annealing at ∼220 °C. The β-phase conformation and regular molecular packing are confirmed by UV-vis, photoluminescence (PL), Raman spectra, and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD), respectively. Polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) with crystalline and β-phase film serving as the active layer exhibit higher current efficiency of 1.8 cd/A (6.0 V) and more stable electroluminescence over the amorphous one. Surprisingly, mixed conformations in PODPF film produce dually tunable amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) at 463 and 482 nm. Polydiarylfluorenes with quasi-planar conformation will be a promising candidate for the next-generation gain medium toward a broadly tunable lasing and dual-wavelength laser.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21648-21655
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume8
Issue number33
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Aug 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • amplified spontaneous emission
  • electroluminescence
  • highly crystalline
  • polydiarylfluorene
  • β-phase

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