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Original Articles

Yellow light-emitting electrochemical cells utilizing iridium(III) phenanthroimidazole complexes

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Pages 221-233 | Published online: 22 Nov 2017
 

ABSTRACT

The utilization of cationic iridium complexes in light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) have drawn remarkable attention over other metal complexes, because of their large ligand-field splitting energies (LFSEs). Herein, we report two new cationic iridium complexes using phenanthroimidazole derivatives as ancillary ligand, namely, [Ir(ppy)2(ptpphim)]PF6 (complex 1) and [Ir(meppy)2(ptpphim)]PF6 (complex 2). The photoluminescence (PL) emission spectra in acetonitrile solution show yellow emission for complex 1 (540 nm) and complex 2 (561 nm). LECs were fabricated and emitted yellow light with the CIE coordinates of (0.46, 0.52) and (0.49, 0.50) for complex 1 and 2, respectively. Complex 1 shows the higher current efficiency of 0.56 cd A−1 than complex 1 (0.26 cd A−1) due to the lower current current density of the former. The use of phenanthroimidazole with a bulky tetraphenyl methane group reduce the intermolecular interactions between the iridium complexes, thereby enhancing device performances.

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