Towards Printed Organic Light-Emitting Devices: A Solution-Stable, Highly Soluble Cu -NHetPHOS.

The development of iridium-free, yet efficient emitters with thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) was an important step towards mass production of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Progress is currently impeded by the low solubility and low chemical stability of the materials. Herein, we present a Cu -based TADF emitter that is sufficiently chemically stable under ambient conditions and can be processed by printing techniques.

Bridging the efficiency gap: fully bridged dinuclear Cu(I)-complexes for singlet harvesting in high-efficiency OLEDs.

The substitution of rare metals such as iridium and platinum in light-emitting materials is a key step to enable low-cost mass-production of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Here, it is demonstrated that using a solution-processed, fully bridged dinuclear Cu(I)-complex can yield very high efficiencies. An optimized device gives a maximum external quantum efficiency of 23 ± 1% (73 ± 2 cd A(-1) ).

Labile or stable: can homoleptic and heteroleptic PyrPHOS-copper complexes be processed from solution?

Luminescent Cu(I) complexes are interesting candidates as dopants in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). However, open questions remain regarding the stability of such complexes in solution and therefore their suitability for solution processing. Since the emission behavior of Cu(I) emitters often drastically differs between bulk and thin film samples, it cannot be excluded that changes such as partial decomposition or formation of alternative emitting compounds upon processing are responsible.

Bright coppertunities: multinuclear Cu(I) complexes with N-P ligands and their applications.

Easy come, easy go: the great structural diversity of Cu(I) complexes is an ambivalent trait. Apart from the well-known catalytic properties of Cu(I), a great number of potent luminescent complexes have been found in the last ten years featuring a plethora of structural motifs. The downside of this variety is the undesired formation of other species upon processing.

ortho-Bromo(propa-1,2-dien-1-yl)arenes: substrates for domino reactions.

o-Bromo(propa-1,2-dien-1-yl)arenes exhibit novel and orthogonal reactivity under Pd catalysis in the presence of secondary amines to form enamines (concerted Pd insertion, intramolecular carbopalladation, and terminative Buchwald-Hartwig coupling) and of amides to form indoles (addition, Buchwald-Hartwig cyclization, and loss of the acetyl group). The substrates for these reactions can be accessed in a reliable and highly selective two-step process from 2-bromoaryl bromides.