A tris β-diketonate europium(III) complex based OLED fabricated by thermal evaporation method displaying efficient bright red emission

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Ilmi R., Zhang D., Dutra J. D., DEGE N., Zhou L., Wong W., ...Daha Fazla

Organic Electronics, cilt.96, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 96
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.orgel.2021.106216
  • Dergi Adı: Organic Electronics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: 2-(2-pyridyl)benzimidazole, Electroluminescence, Energy transfer mechanism, Europium(III), Photoluminescence
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A new tris β-diketonate europium(III) complex [Eu(btfa)3Py-Im] (Eu-1) (4,4,4-trifluoro-1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione (btfa) and 2-(2-pyridyl)benzimidazole (Py-Im)] has been synthesized and structurally characterized. A single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis shows that Eu-1 is octacoordinated and the coordination sphere is composed of a EuO6N2 core with a trigonal dodecahedral (D2d) geometry. The photophysical properties of Eu-1 were analysed in detail and with the help of the experimental PL data and theoretical modelling, energy transfer rates were calculated, and an energy transfer mechanism is proposed for Eu-1. The complex has been used as the emitting layer (EML) to fabricate organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Eight OLEDs, of which four single-EML and four double-EML with varying doping concentration, were fabricated via a thermal evaporation method using Eu-1 as the EML. Under the optimum conditions a highly monochromatic bright red emission (CIEx,y = 0.640, 0.311) with brightness (B) = 896 cd/m2, current efficiency (ηc) = 2.26 cd/A, power efficiency (ηp) = 1.92 lm/W and external quantum efficiency (EQE) = 1.6% at very low Vturn-on = 3.4 V was obtained.