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Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Mediated through the Upper Triplet State Manifold in Non-Charge-Transfer Star-Shaped Triphenylamine–Carbazole Molecules

Pander, Piotr; Motyka, Radoslaw; Zassowski, Pawel; Etherington, Marc K.; Varsano, Daniele; da Silva, Tales J.; Caldas, Marilia J.; Data, Przemyslaw; Monkman, Andrew P.

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Authors

Radoslaw Motyka

Pawel Zassowski

Marc K. Etherington

Daniele Varsano

Tales J. da Silva

Marilia J. Caldas

Przemyslaw Data



Abstract

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence has been found in a group of tricarbazolylamines that are purely electron-donating, non-charge-transfer (CT) molecules. We show that the reverse intersystem crossing step in these materials is mediated through upper triplet states. Reverse internal conversion is shown to be the thermally activated mechanism behind the triplet harvesting mechanism. The strongly mixed n−π*/π–π* character of the lowest energy optical transitions retains high oscillator strength and gives rise to high ΦPL. Organic light-emitting diode devices using these materials were fabricated to show very narrow (full width at half-maximum = 38–41 nm) electroluminescence spectra, clearly demonstrating the excitonic nature of the excited states. This new combination of physicochemical properties of a non-CT molecule yields thermally activated delayed fluorescence, but via a different, physical mechanism, reverse internal conversion delayed fluorescence.

Citation

Pander, P., Motyka, R., Zassowski, P., Etherington, M. K., Varsano, D., da Silva, T. J., …Monkman, A. P. (2018). Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Mediated through the Upper Triplet State Manifold in Non-Charge-Transfer Star-Shaped Triphenylamine–Carbazole Molecules. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(42), 23934-23942. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07610

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Sep 28, 2018
Publication Date Sep 28, 2018
Deposit Date Nov 16, 2018
Publicly Available Date Sep 28, 2019
Journal Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Print ISSN 1932-7447
Electronic ISSN 1932-7455
Publisher American Chemical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 122
Issue 42
Pages 23934-23942
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07610

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This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of physical chemistry C copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07610





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