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本文把同分异构体3,3'-Di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)biphenyl (mCBP)和4,4'-Bis(carbazol-9-yl)biphenyl (CBP)作为给体, PO-T2T作为受体, 以质量比1∶1制备了两种激基复合物器件, 并在不同温度和偏压下测量了器件的发光磁效应(magneto-electroluminescence, MEL). 发现室温下mCBP为给体的器件, 其MEL的低磁场部分表现出反向系间窜越(reverse intersystem crossing, RISC)过程, 降温时该RISC转变为系间窜越(intersystem crossing, ISC)过程; 而CBP为给体的器件则表现出ISC过程, 且降温时ISC过程先减弱后增强. 室温下两种器件MEL的高磁场部分都体现为三重态激子与电荷的猝灭, 但在20 K下CBP为给体的器件还出现了三重态-三重态激子湮灭. 两种完全相反的低磁场线型与mCBP和CBP不同的结构导致三重态激子能量的高低有关. 低温下微观过程的改变是因为低温不利于RISC过程、ISC过程和能量损失等演化通道. 此外, 当mCBP:PO-T2T质量比从1∶4到1∶1再到4∶1时, 器件中的RISC过程越来越强, 这是由于器件更趋平衡有利于RISC过程的结果. 当以两种激基复合物为主体掺入TBRb荧光客体材料, 在mCBP:PO-T2T为主体的器件中得到了更高的外量子效率. 本工作为制备高效率激基复合物发光器件提供了实验和理论参考.The mCBP and CBP are two kinds of isomers containing carbazole groups and often used as the device hosts for fluorescence and phosphorescence emission. However, there are little studies on the microscopic mechanisms of exciplex-type devices based on mCBP or CBP. In this paper, the isomers of mCBP and CBP are used as donors and the PO-T2T is selected as an acceptor. The two kinds of exciplex-based devices are fabricated according to a mass ratio of 1∶1, which are respectively referred to as device 1 (Dev. 1) and device 2 (Dev. 2). Their magneto-electroluminescence (MEL) curves are measured at different working temperatures and various injection currents. It is found that the low field effects of the MEL curves from Dev. 1 are dominated by the B-mediated reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) process at room temperature, and as the operational temperature decreases, the MEL line-shapes change gradually from RISC to the intersystem crossing (ISC) process. Conversely, the low field effects of the MEL curves of Dev. 2 are governed by the B-mediated ISC process at room temperature, and the ISC process first weakens then strengthens with temperature decreasing. The high field effects of the MEL curves of Dev. 1 and Dev. 2 are both dominated by the B-mediated triplet-charge annihilation (TQA) process at room temperature, but those of Dev. 2 at 20 K present the B-mediated triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) process. The completely opposite low-field line-shapes of MEL traces from Dev. 1 and Dev. 2 can be attributed to their different structures of mCBP and CBP, which lead to the higher and lower triplet state exciton energy, respectively. The higher triplet exciton energy of the mCBP donor causes the triplet exciplex energy to be confined effectively, which promotes the RISC process (EX1 ← EX3) in Dev.1. Contrarily, the lower triplet exciton energy of the CBP donor causes the triplet exciplex to experience an energy loss process (EX3 → T1, CBP) , resulting in the suppressed RISC process in Dev. 2. Consequently, the overlapped effects of the ISC process of polaron pairs and the RISC process of exciplex in Dev. 2 under the action of external magnetic field display the ISC-determined process at room temperature. Moreover, the temperature-dependent change in the microscopic process of Dev. 1 such as the conversion from RISC to ISC is because decreasing temperature is not conducive to the occurrence of the RISC process of exciplex states due to its endothermic property. The low-temperature TTA process occurring in Dev. 2 is due to the suppressed energy loss process of triplet exciplex via the Dexter energy transfer from the triplet exciplex to the triplet exciton of CBP donor. In addition, when the mass ratio of mCBP donor to PO-T2T acceptor varies from 1∶4 to 1∶1 to 4∶1, the RISC process of MEL curves of devices turns stronger and stronger, which is because the devices tend more to balance, favoring the RISC process. A higher external quantum efficiency is obtained in the mCBP:PO-T2T host than in the CBP:PO-T2T host when fluorescent guest material of TBRb is used as a dopant in these two exciplex-based devices, which verifies the importance of the effective confinement of triplet exciplex energy in improving the luminescence efficiency. Note that via the MEL detection technology, the current- and temperature-dependent microscopic processes and their reasonable interpretations and device performances from exciplex-based devices with the isomers of mCBP and CBP as donors have not been reported in the literature. This work provides experimental and theoretical references for fabricating the high-efficiency exciplex-based organic light-emitting devices.
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Keywords:
- exciplex /
- magneto-electroluminescence /
- triplet state energy /
- reverse intersystem crossing
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图 1 (a) 器件1和器件2的能级排布结构; (b) mCBP和CBP的化学分子结构; (c) mCBP, PO-T2T和mCBP:PO-T2T的归一化PL谱以及器件1的归一化EL谱; (d) CBP, PO-T2T和CBP:PO-T2T的归一化PL谱以及器件2的归一化EL谱
Fig. 1. (a) Energy level structures of device 1 and device 2; (b) the chemical structures of mCBP and CBP molecules; (c) normalized PL spectra of mCBP, PO-T2T, and mCBP:PO-T2T and normalized EL spectrum of device 1; (d) normalized PL spectra of CBP, PO-T2T, and CBP:PO-T2T and normalized EL spectrum of device 2.
图 2 (a) 室温300 K下器件1在不同注入电流时的MEL曲线; (b) 室温300 K下器件2在不同注入电流时的MEL曲线; (c) 器件1和器件2的MELLFE幅值随电流的变化关系; (d) 器件1和器件2的电致发光强度随电流的变化曲线
Fig. 2. (a) The MEL curves of device 1 acquired at different injection currents at 300 K; (b) the MEL curves of device 2 obtained at different injection currents at 300 K; (c) MELLFE magnitudes of device 1 and device 2 at different injection currents; (d) electroluminescence intensity-current curves of device 1 and device 2.
图 3 (a) 器件1的微观机理图; (b) 器件2的微观机理图; (c) 薄膜mCBP:PO-T2T的瞬态PL衰减曲线, 激发波长和监测波长分别是340 nm和488 nm; (d) 薄膜CBP:PO-T2T的瞬态PL衰减曲线, 激发波长和监测波长分别是340 nm和491 nm
Fig. 3. (a) Microscopic mechanisms in device 1; (b) microscopic mechanisms in device 2; (c) transient PL decay curves of mCBP:PO-T2T film, the wavelengths of excitation and detection are 340 nm and 488 nm, respectively; (d) transient PL decay curves of CBP:PO-T2T film, the wavelengths of excitation and detection are 340 nm and 491 nm, respectively.
图 4 不同温度下不同注入电流的MEL曲线 (a)—(c) 器件1; (d)—(f) 器件2
Fig. 4. The MEL curves of device 1 (a)–(c) and device 2 (d)–(f) obtained at different injection currents at different temperatures.
图 5 (a) 室温下器件3在不同注入电流时的MEL曲线; (b) 室温下器件4在不同注入电流时的MEL曲线; (c) 室温下电流为5 μA时器件3 (1:4)、器件1 (1:1)和器件4 (4:1)的MEL曲线; (d) 室温下电流为150 μA时器件3、器件1和器件4的MEL曲线
Fig. 5. (a) The room temperature MEL curves of device 3 at different injection currents; (b) the room temperature MEL curves of device 4 at different injection currents; (c) the room temperature MEL curves of device 3 (1:4), device 1 (1:1), and device 4 (4:1) at 5 μA; (d) the room temperature MEL curves of device 3, device 1, and device 4 at 150 μA.
图 6 (a) 器件5和器件6的能级结构; (b) 器件5和器件6的电流效率-亮度特性曲线; (c) 器件5和器件6的归一化EL谱和TBRb的分子结构; (d) 器件5和器件6的EQE-亮度特性曲线
Fig. 6. (a) Energy level structures of devices 5 and 6; (b) current efficiency-luminance characteristics of devices 5 and 6; (c) normalized EL spectra of devices 5 and 6 and molecular structure of TBRb; (d) EQE-luminance characteristics of devices 5 and 6.
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