The role of the bulky blocking unit of the fluorescent emitter in efficient green hyper-fluorescent organic light-emitting diodes

Abstract

The efficiency loss process of hyper-fluorescent organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) was analyzed with different fluorescent emitters. Two blocking units of tert-butyl and 2-phenylpropan-2-yl in fluorescent emitters suppressed the Dexter energy transfer from the host and thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) sensitizer to the fluorescent emitter and concentration quenching caused by intermolecular interaction. The performance of the green hyper-fluorescent OLEDs showed that the device of the fluorescent emitter with the 2-phenylpropan-2-yl unit achieved a high external quantum efficiency of 18.1% with a low efficiency roll-off, compared to the device of the fluorescent emitter with the tert-butyl unit. This study demonstrated the usefulness of the 2-phenylpropan-2-yl blocking unit of the fluorescent emitter for hyper-fluorescent OLEDs, and exhibited the directionality of the development of hyper-fluorescent OLEDs.