摘要:
We synthesized two new heteroleptic blue-emitting Ir(III) complexes tBuCN-FlrmMes and tBuCN-FIrdMes by using systematically tailored ancillary ligands 1-mesitylbutane-1,3-dione (mMes) and 1,3-dimesitylpropane-1,3-dione (dMes), respectively. Near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY: 96 +/- 3%) was achieved for tBuCN-FlrmMes in doped films with short phosphorescence lifetime and high horizontal dipole ratio (Theta: 76%) than the di-mesityl complex, tBuCN-FIrdMes (PLQY: 75 +/- 3%, Theta: 71%). Here, introduction of mMes reduces the singlet-triplet splitting energy (Delta E-ST), permanent dipole moment (mu), and the symmetry of tBuCN-FlrmMes as compared with tBuCN-FIrdMes, these parameters can highly affect the PLQY and Theta values. As a result, the blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diode (PhOLED) of tBuCN-FIrmMes exhibits high external quantum efficiency (EQE) of >= 20% throughout a wide luminance range 1000-10000 cd/m(2) with a very low efficiency roll-off, which is crucial for solid-state lighting applications. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.