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Blue Phosphorescent Pt(II) Compound Based on Tetradentate Carbazole/2,3′-Bipyridine Ligand and Its Application in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Authors :
Hakjo Kim
Chan-Hee Ryu
Miso Hong
Kang Mun Lee
Unhyeok Jo
Youngjin Kang
Source :
Molecules, Vol 29, Iss 12, p 2929 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2024.

Abstract

The tetradentate ligand, merging a carbazole unit with high triplet energy and dimethoxy bipyridine, renowned for its exceptional quantum efficiency in coordination with metals like Pt, is expected to demonstrate remarkable luminescent properties. However, instances of tetradentate ligands such as bipyridine-based pyridylcarbazole derivatives remain exceptionally scarce in the current literature. In this study, we developed a tetradentate ligand based on carbazole and 2,3′-bipyridine and successfully complexed it with Pt(II) ions. This novel compound (1) serves as a sky-blue phosphorescent material for use in light-emitting diodes. Based on single-crystal X-ray analysis, compound 1 has a distorted square-planar geometry with a 5/6/6 backbone around the Pt(II) core. Bright sky-blue emissions were observed at 488 and 516 nm with photoluminescent quantum yields of 34% and a luminescent lifetime of 2.6 μs. TD-DFT calculations for 1 revealed that the electronic transition was mostly attributed to the ligand-centered (LC) charge transfer transition with a small contribution from the metal-to-ligand charge transfer transition (MLCT, ~14%). A phosphorescent organic light-emitting device was successfully fabricated using this material as a dopant, along with 3′-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-1,1′-biphenyl (mCBP) and 9-(3′-carbazol-9-yl-5-cyano-biphenyl-3-yl)-9H-carbazole-3-carbonitrile (CNmCBPCN) as mixed hosts. A maximum quantum efficiency of 5.2% and a current efficiency of 15.5 cd/A were obtained at a doping level of 5%.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
29122929 and 14203049
Volume :
29
Issue :
12
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Molecules
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.6daf19b54a2a4d75b5a1ce1585e8a2ec
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29122929