Meixiang Zhu

Synthesis and red electrophosphorescence of a novel cyclometalated iridium complex in polymer light-emitting diodes

Abstract The preparation and characterization of a new cyclometalated iridium complex with 2-(1-naphthalene) pyridine ligand were reported. An electrophosphorescent device was fabricated by using this new iridium complex as guest and poly-(cyano-paraphenylene) as host. Red electrophosphorescence was observed with an emission peak at approximately 600 nm. An external quantum efficiency of 1.3% was achieved in this electrophosphorescent polymer light-emitting devices.

High-efficiency saturated red emission from binuclear cyclo-metalated platinum complex containing 5-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol ancillary ligand in PLED

A novel red-emitting binuclear platinum complex (dfppy)2Pt2(C8OXT)2 was synthesized and characterized, in which dfppy represents 2-(4′,6′-difluorophenyl)pyridinato unit and C8OXT is abbreviated for 5-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol as a bridging ancillary ligand. Its photophysical, electrochemical and electroluminescent characteristics were primarily studied. The made single-emissive-layer (SEL) polymer light-emitting devices using (dfppy)2Pt2(C8OXT)2 as emitter exhibited a saturated red emission peaked at 620 nm. The best device performances were obtained in the device at 8 wt% dopant concentration, with a maximum external quantum efficiency of 8.4%, a current efficiency of 4.2 cd/A and brightness of 3228 cd/m2. This work provides an effective approach to obtain high-efficiency red emission through construction of new binuclear platinum complex and its doped SEL devices.