Synthesis and Optoelectronic Studies of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials Based on Benzothiazolyl Ketones

  • Yuehua Zhang ,
  • Fei Nie ,
  • Lu Zhou ,
  • Xiaofeng Wang ,
  • Yuan Liu ,
  • Yanping Huo ,
  • Wencheng Chen ,
  • Zujin Zhao
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  • a Guangzhou City Polytechnic, Guangzhou 510405
    b State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640
    c School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006
    d Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Jieyang, Guangdong 515200
    e Analysis and Test Center, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006

Received date: 2023-03-15

  Revised date: 2023-05-30

  Online published: 2023-07-13

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2001222); National Natural Science Foundation of China(U22A20399); National Natural Science Foundation of China(52003058); National Natural Science Foundation of China(21975055); Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2019B1515120035); Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2021A1515010607)

Abstract

Two thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) red-emitting materials 3 and 4 with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties were designed and synthesized using benzothiazole-2-yl(phenyl)methanone as acceptors, and phenoxazine and phenothiazine with strong electron-donating ability as donors to construct donor-acceptor (D-A) type molecules, and their thermal stability, electrochemical properties, single crystal structure, photophysical properties and electroluminescence properties were systematically studied. The two compounds have small singlet-triplet slitting (ΔEST, 0.04 and 0.16 eV) and microsecond-scale delayed lifetimes (0.63 and 1.30 μs), showing obvious TADF characteristics. Comparing the emission spectra before and after grinding in the powder state, it is found that compound 4 has obvious mechanochromic luminescence phenomenon. In neat-film state, the emission peaks of the two compounds were 683 and 654 nm, and photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) were 0.8% and 3.6%, respectively. The non-doped organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices based on compounds 3 and 4 obtained pure red emission (662 and 652 nm), and the maximum external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) of the devices were 0.15% and 0.34%, respectively. Although the luminous efficiencies of devices based on these two compounds are not high, their synthesis process is facile, which can provide useful insight for the development of red TADF materials based on benzothiazolyl ketones.

Cite this article

Yuehua Zhang , Fei Nie , Lu Zhou , Xiaofeng Wang , Yuan Liu , Yanping Huo , Wencheng Chen , Zujin Zhao . Synthesis and Optoelectronic Studies of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials Based on Benzothiazolyl Ketones[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023 , 43(11) : 3876 -3887 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202303022

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