White Electroluminescence with Simultaneous Three-Color Emission from a Four-Armed Star-Shaped Single-Polymer System

Yuanda Jiu, Jianyun Wang, Chengfang Liu, Wenyong Lai, Lingling Zhao, Xiangchun Li, Yi Jiang, Weidong Xu, Xinwen Zhang, Wei Huang

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Abstract

A four-armed star-shaped single-polymer system with 4,7-bis(5-(4-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)-4-hexylthiophen-2-yl)benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (FTBT) as a red emissive core, polyfluorene (PF) as blue emissive arms and 1,3-benzo thiadiazole (BT) as green emissive dopants was designed and synthesized, in which red, green, and blue (RGB) emission balance can be achieved by adjusting the doping concentration of FTBT and BT discreetly. A typical single-emissive-layer device (ITO/PEDOT:PSS/polymer/TPBI/LiF/Al) was studied and discussed, realizing a pure and stable white emission with a luminous efficiency (LE) of 1.59 cd·A-1 and CIE coordinates of (0.31, 0.34). The high-color-quality white electroluminescence of the devices could be mainly attributed to the suppressed intermolecular interactions, and partial energy transfer from the blue PF arms to the red and green dopants. A four-armed star-shaped single-polymer system with simultaneous red, green, and blue (RGB) emission was designed and synthesized, which realized pure and stable white emission with a luminous efficiency (LE) of 1.59 cd·A-1 and CIE coordinates of (0.31, 0.34) in a typical single-emissive-layer device.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)873-880
Number of pages8
JournalChinese Journal of Chemistry
Volume33
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Förster resonance energy transfer
  • hyperbranched polymers
  • multi-armed structures
  • organic light-emitting diodes
  • white electroluminescence

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