Development of host materials is crucial for organic electroluminescent devices. In order to generalize the way to molecular design the host materials, we here present a guideline to design effective host materials for blue phosphorescent devices based on 4,4′-bis(9-carbazolyl)-1,1′-biphenyl (CBP) derivatives, comparing some theoretical parameters of seven CBP derivatives with experimental ones in terms of thermal stability, T1 energy level, and band gap. Although our computation at the density functional theory level could not reproduce the absolute values and phenomena that were experimentally obtained, theoretical relative correlations between different molecules agreed with experimental ones. Indeed, both experimental and theoretical approaches predicted that the same molecule (1,1-bis(4-(9-carbazolyl)-phenyl)cyclohexane) was viable as blue host material among the target molecules in terms of thermal stability, the T1 state with the LE character within carbazole moieties and T1 energy 3.00 eV higher than that of blue emitters. The qualitative guideline we proposed would be potentially helpful to save experimental work to design other hole- or electron-transporting materials.
宿主材料的开发对于有机电致发光器件至关重要。为了推广分子设计宿主材料的方法,我们在此提出了基于 4,4′-双(9-
咔唑基)-1,1′-
联苯(CBP)衍
生物的蓝色
磷光器件有效宿主材料的设计指南,比较了 7 种 CBP 衍
生物在热稳定性、T1 能级和带隙方面的一些理论参数与实验参数。尽管我们在密度泛函理论
水平上的计算无法再现实验所获得的绝对值和现象,但不同分子之间的理论相对相关性与实验结果一致。事实上,根据实验和理论方法的预测,同一分子(1,1-双(4-(9-
咔唑基)-
苯基)
环己烷)在热稳定性、
咔唑分子内具有 LE 特性的 T1 状态以及比蓝色发射体高 3.00 eV 的 T1 能量等方面,都可以作为目标分子中的蓝色宿主材料。我们提出的定性准则可能有助于节省设计其他空穴或电子传输材料的实验工作。