High-efficiency saturated red emission from binuclear cyclo-metalated platinum complex containing 5-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol ancillary ligand in PLED

• DOI: 10.1007/s11426-013-4872-2
• Publication Date: 2013-04-02T01:40:19Z
• Authors: JunTing Yu; XiuGang Wu; Hua Tan; Yu Liu; YaFei Wang; MeiXiang Zhu; WeiGuo Zhu
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

A novel red-emitting binuclear platinum complex (dfppy)2Pt2(C8OXT)2 was synthesized and characterized, in which dfppy represents 2-(4′,6′-difluorophenyl)pyridinato unit and C8OXT is abbreviated for 5-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol as a bridging ancillary ligand. Its photophysical, electrochemical and electroluminescent characteristics were primarily studied. The made single-emissive-layer (SEL) polymer light-emitting devices using (dfppy)2Pt2(C8OXT)2 as emitter exhibited a saturated red emission peaked at 620 nm. The best device performances were obtained in the device at 8 wt% dopant concentration, with a maximum external quantum efficiency of 8.4%, a current efficiency of 4.2 cd/A and brightness of 3228 cd/m2. This work provides an effective approach to obtain high-efficiency red emission through construction of new binuclear platinum complex and its doped SEL devices.