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Rational Molecular Design Enables Efficient Blue TADF−OLEDs with Flexible Graphene Substrate

Sharif, Parisa; Alemdar, Eda; Ozturk, Soner; Caylan, Omer; Haciefendioglu, Tugba; Buke, Goknur; Aydemir, Murat; Danos, Andrew; Monkman, Andrew P.; Yildirim, Erol; Gunbas, Gorkem; Cirpan, Ali; Oral, Ahmet

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Authors

Parisa Sharif

Eda Alemdar

Soner Ozturk

Omer Caylan

Tugba Haciefendioglu

Goknur Buke

Murat Aydemir

Erol Yildirim

Gorkem Gunbas

Ali Cirpan

Ahmet Oral



Abstract

Observation of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) in conjugated systems redefined the molecular design approach to realize highly efficient organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) in the early 2010s. Enabling effective reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) by minimizing the difference between singlet and triplet excited state energies (ΔEST) is proven to be a widely applicable and fruitful approach, which results in remarkable external quantum efficiencies (EQE). The efficacy of RISC in these systems is mainly dictated by the first-order mixing coefficient (λ), which is proportional to spin-orbit coupling (HSO) and inversely proportional to ΔEST. While minimizing ΔEST has been the focus of the OLED community over the last decade, the effect of HSO in these systems is largely overlooked. Here, molecular systems with increased HSO are designed and synthesized by substituting selected heteroatoms of high-performance TADF materials with heavy-atom selenium. A new series of multicolor TADF materials with remarkable EQEs are achieved. One of these materials, SeDF-B, results in pure blue emission with EQEs approaching 20%. Additionally, flexible graphene-based electrodes are developed for OLEDs and revealed to have similar performance as standard indium tin oxide (ITO) in most cases. These devices are the first report of TADF based OLEDs that utilize graphene-based anodes.

Citation

Sharif, P., Alemdar, E., Ozturk, S., Caylan, O., Haciefendioglu, T., Buke, G., …Oral, A. (2022). Rational Molecular Design Enables Efficient Blue TADF−OLEDs with Flexible Graphene Substrate. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(47), Article 2207324. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202207324

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Sep 22, 2022
Publication Date Nov 18, 2022
Deposit Date Dec 7, 2022
Publicly Available Date Sep 23, 2023
Journal Advanced Functional Materials
Print ISSN 1616-301X
Electronic ISSN 1616-3028
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 47
Article Number 2207324
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202207324
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1184171

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Sharif, Parisa, Alemdar, Eda, Ozturk, Soner, Caylan, Omer, Haciefendioglu, Tugba, Buke, Goknur, Aydemir, Murat, Danos, Andrew, Monkman, Andrew P., Yildirim, Erol, Gunbas, Gorkem, Cirpan, Ali & Oral, Ahmet (2022). Rational Molecular Design Enables Efficient Blue TADF−OLEDs with Flexible Graphene Substrate. Advanced Functional Materials 32(47): 2207324., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202207324. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.





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