Mechanism of high photoluminescence quantum yield of melem.

Phys Chem Chem Phys

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.

Published: October 2022

To produce high-efficiency organic light-emitting diodes, materials that exhibit thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) are attracting attention as alternatives to phosphorescent materials containing heavy metallic elements. Melem, a small molecule with a heptazine backbone composed only of nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen, is known to emit light in the near-ultraviolet region and exhibit high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield and delayed fluorescence. However, the mechanism underlying the high PL quantum yield remains unclear. This study aimed to elucidate the mechanism of the high PL quantum yield of melem by examining its optical properties in detail. When the amount of dissolved oxygen in the melem solution was increased by bubbling oxygen through it, the PL quantum yield and emission lifetime decreased significantly, indicating that the triplet state was involved in the light-emission mechanism. Furthermore, the temperature dependence of the PL intensity of melem was investigated; the PL intensity decreased with decreasing temperature, indicating that it increases thermally. The experimental results show that melem is a TADF material that produces an extremely high PL quantum yield by upconversion from the triplet to the singlet excited state.

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