Chemistry Faculty Publications
Title
Ultrafast Dynamics Of Triplet Excitons In Alq(3)-bridge-pt(ii)porphyrin Electroluminescent Materials
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Excited-state dynamics are crucial for maximizing the performance of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Because electron-hole recombination yields singlet and triplet excited states in a 3:1 ratio, it is important to harvest the energy of triplets in light-emitting processes. Self-assembled multichromophore electroluminescent materials consisting of a trisquinolinolate aluminum(III) (Alq(3)) donor, fluorene-based conjugated oligomers; as a bridge, and Pt(II)tetraphenylporphyrin as an acceptor and phosphorescent emitter are described. In these materials, the energy of singlet as well as triplet states is harvested and emitted as red phosphorescence from the porphyrin acceptor. Attention was devoted to the triplet exciton dynamics, which was investigated by ultrafast transient spectroscopy, and the observations are compared with phosphorescence in thin films and with electroluminescence from OLEDs. It was found that exothermicity of the forward Alq(3)-to-fluorene bridge triplet transfer appears to be a less stringent requirement for triplet transfer electroluminescence. In contradistinction, the energy alignment between the bridge and Pt(II)porphyrin emitter is of crucial importance. It is shown that the triplet exciton dynamics has a dominant effect on the electroluminescence properties of conjugated donor-bridge-acceptor materials. The triplet-energy transfer operates on an ultrafast time scale (k (TTET) = (4-6) x 10(10) s(-1)) and requires careful energy alignment of the components ((3)Delta E (D-B) approximate to (3)Delta E (B-A) >= 0.1 eV) to prevent endothermic energy transfer and severe quenching of the electroluminescence. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time triplet dynamics was directly observed in donor-acceptor electroluminescent materials and direct connection to device efficiency was established.
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Montes, Victor A.; Perez-Bolivar, Cesar; Estrada, Leandro A.; Shinar, Joseph; and Anzenbacher, Pavel Jr., "Ultrafast Dynamics Of Triplet Excitons In Alq(3)-bridge-pt(ii)porphyrin Electroluminescent Materials" (2007). Chemistry Faculty Publications. 60.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/chem_pub/60
Publication Date
10-2007
Publication Title
Journal Of The American Chemical Society
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/ja073491x
Start Page No.
12598
End Page No.
12599