Naphthyridine-based iridium(iii) complexes for green to red OLEDs with EQEs over 30% and low efficiency roll-off†
Guangzhao Lu,Ruixia Wu,Nengquan Li,Xinzhong Wang,Liang Zhou,Chuluo Yang
Journal of Materials Chemistry C Pub Date : 10/29/2022 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D2TC02808E
Abstract

Four new naphthyridine-based iridium(III) complexes, namely (dfpmp)2Ir(mmND), (mtfmpp)2Ir(mmND), (tfmptp)2Ir(mmND), and (mtfmptp)2Ir(mmND), were designed and synthesized. The complexes show tunable emission peak wavelengths from 521 nm to 600 nm with relatively high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) of 80–85% in CH2Cl2. Employing these emitters, all the organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) exhibit prominent performances with the maximum external quantum efficiency (EQEmax) exceeding 30%, and simultaneously the efficiency roll-off is extremely low. Of note, the double emissive layer OLED using (mtfmpp)2Ir(mmND) as the dopant achieves the optimal electroluminescence (EL) performances with an EQEmax of 32.3% and an ultrahigh brightness of 242 548 cd m−2.

Graphical abstract: Naphthyridine-based iridium(iii) complexes for green to red OLEDs with EQEs over 30% and low efficiency roll-off