TY - JOUR
T1 - A tris β-diketonate europium(III) complex based OLED fabricated by thermal evaporation method displaying efficient bright red emission
AU - Ilmi, Rashid
AU - Zhang, Danyang
AU - Dutra, José D.L.
AU - Dege, Necmi
AU - Zhou, Liang
AU - Wong, Wai Yeung
AU - Raithby, Paul R.
AU - Khan, Muhammad S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - 2-(2-pyridyl)benzimidazole
KW - Electroluminescence
KW - Energy transfer mechanism
KW - Europium(III)
KW - Photoluminescence
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U2 - 10.1016/j.orgel.2021.106216
DO - 10.1016/j.orgel.2021.106216
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108539211
SN - 1566-1199
VL - 96
JO - Organic Electronics
JF - Organic Electronics
M1 - 106216
ER -