Electrochemiluminescence Studies of Phosphorescent Dopant and Host Molecules of Polymer Light-emitting Diodes

Autor: Dongdong Wang, Chaoxin Wu, Xun Hou
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 28:1395-1399
ISSN: 1001-604X
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201090239
Popis: Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) from tris(2-phenylpyridine)irdium [Ir(ppy)3] was investigated following cross reaction of its anion with oxidized poly(N-vinyl-carbazole) (PVK) and its cation with reduced 2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-(4-tert-butyl-phenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD). Both cross reactions show Ir(ppy)3 emission and the cross reaction of PVK+·/Ir(ppy)−3 showed the highest ECL intensity. The comparisons of the reaction enthalpy and the energy of Ir(ppy)3 light emitting shows that reaction between PVK+· and Ir(ppy)−3 is energy sufficient to populate metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) excited singlet (3.04 eV) of Ir(ppy)3, while the reaction between Ir(ppy)+3 and PBD− · is energy efficient to populate MLCT excited triplet (2.4 eV). The ECL result in solution reveals that the energy released from charge transfer between the Ir(ppy)3 and PVK or PBD is sufficient to produce the excited state of Ir(ppy)3 in solid polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) based on PVK:PBD hosts doped by Ir(ppy)3. These results obtained will provide further insight into charge-transfer excitation in PLEDs.
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