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Charge Transfer as the Key Parameter Affecting the Color Purity of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters

Ansari, Ramin; Shao, Wenhao; Yoon, Seong-Jun; Kim, Jinsang; Kieffer, John

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Abstract

The key factors determining the emission bandwidth of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) are investigated by combining computational and exptl. approaches. To achieve high internal quantum efficiencies in a metal-free organic light-emitting diode via TADF, the first triplet (T1) to first singlet (S1) reverse intersystem crossing is promoted by configuring mols. in an electron donor-acceptor (D-A) alternation with a large dihedral angle, which results in a small energy gap (ΔEST) between S1 and T1 levels. This allows for effective non-radiative up-conversion of triplet excitons to singlet excitons that fluoresce. However, this traditional mol. design of TADF results in broad emission spectral bands (full-width at half-maximum = 70-100 nm). Despite reports suggesting that suppressing the D-A dihedral rotation narrows the emission band, the origin of emission broadening remains elusive. Indeed, our results suggest that the intrinsic TADF emission bandwidth is primarily determined by the charge transfer character of the mol., rather than its propensity for rotational motion, which offers a renewed perspective on the rational mol. design of organic emitters exhibiting sharp emission spectra.

Keywords

TADF ; charge transfer ; color purity ; emission bandwidth ; molecular space restriction

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