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Progress on Phenanthroimidazole Derivatives in Blue-Emitting Materials

  • Qiu Zhipeng ,
  • Tan Jihua ,
  • Cai Ning ,
  • Wang Kai ,
  • Ji Shaomin ,
  • Huo Yanping
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  • a School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006;
    b Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Cheimstry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032

Received date: 2018-07-03

  Revised date: 2018-09-20

  Online published: 2018-10-20

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Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2017A030310039), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61671162), the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (No. 2016A010103031), the Key Project of Educational Commission of Guangdong Province (No. 2017KZDXM025), the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (No. 201707010243), and the Guangdong Youth Pearl River Scholar (2016).

Abstract

The impending global energy crisis and inefficient energy utilization have driven the use of energy efficient devices for display and lighting applications. Energy-efficient organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) are considered to be the next generation of smart displays, becoming one of the most competitive candidate for future energy-efficient lighting sources. The molecular design of high-efficiency deep blue materials are greatly limited due to their inherent wide bandgap, poor carrier charge balance and their low efficiency in the solid state. As a novel building block for blue-emitting materials, phenanthroimidazole (PI) group is attractive stems from their bipolar feature and excellent fluorescence efficiency, which has aroused strong interest of researchers. Molecular design and photophysical properties of phenanthroimidazole-based deep blue-emitting materials are of great significance. In this review, an overview of the recent studies on PI-based blue emitters for applications in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) is presented. The luminescence mechanism, design and latest developments of the electroluminescent devices fabricated from phenanthroimidazole derivatives are described, and their prospects in the future of full-color display and solid-state lighting are forecasted.

Cite this article

Qiu Zhipeng , Tan Jihua , Cai Ning , Wang Kai , Ji Shaomin , Huo Yanping . Progress on Phenanthroimidazole Derivatives in Blue-Emitting Materials[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019 , 39(3) : 679 -696 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201807007

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