Green luminescent materials
View Patent ↗There is provided a compound having Formula I In the formula: R 1 can be aryl, alkyl, silyl, or deuterated analogs thereof; R 2 can be aryl, alkyl, silyl, or deuterated analogs thereof; R 3 can be H, D, alkyl, silyl, deuterated alkyl, or deuterated silyl; and R 4 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, aryl, alkyl, silyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated alkyl, or deuterated silyl.
1. An organic electronic device comprising a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact, and a photoactive layer therebetween, wherein the photoactive layer comprises a luminescent compound having red, orange, or yellow emission color, a host material, and a compound having Formula I
wherein:
R 1 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, alkyl, silyl, and deuterated analogs thereof;
R 2 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, alkyl, silyl, and deuterated analogs thereof;
R 3 is selected from the group consisting of H, D, alkyl, silyl, deuterated alkyl, and deuterated silyl; and
R 4 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, aryl, alkyl, silyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated alkyl, and deuterated silyl;
wherein the compound having Formula I is present as a hole-trap material which possesses a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) lying closer in energy to the vacuum level than the HOMO of any other material present in the photoactive layer.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of 2-propyl, 2-butyl, t-butyl, 2-pentyl, t-pentyl, cyclohexyl, adamantyl, and deuterated analogs thereof.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, biphenyl, terphenyl, substituted derivatives thereof, and deuterated analogs thereof.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein R 2 is selected from the group consisting of 2-propyl, 2-butyl, t-butyl, 2-pentyl, t-pentyl, cyclohexyl, adamantyl, and deuterated analogs thereof.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein R 2 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, biphenyl, terphenyl, substituted derivatives thereof, and deuterated analogs thereof.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein R 3 is selected from the group consisting of 2-propyl, 2-butyl, t-butyl, 2-pentyl, t-pentyl, cyclohexyl, adamantyl, and deuterated analogs thereof.
7. An organic electronic device comprising a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact, and a photoactive layer therebetween, wherein the photoactive layer comprises a luminescent compound having red, orange, or yellow emission color, a host material, and a compound having Formula I
wherein:
R 1 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, alkyl, silyl, and deuterated analogs thereof;
R 2 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, alkyl, silyl, and deuterated analogs thereof;
R 3 is selected from the group consisting of H, D, alkyl, silyl, deuterated alkyl, and deuterated silyl; and
R 4 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, aryl, alkyl, silyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated alkyl, and deuterated silyl;
wherein the compound having Formula I is present as an electron-trap material which possesses a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) lying further in energy from the vacuum level than the LUMO of any other material present in the photoactive layer.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the hole-trap material is present in an amount of 1-10 wt % based on the total weight of the photoactive layer.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the hole-trap material is selected from compounds G1 through G5 and G7 through G12
10. The device of claim 7 , wherein the electron-trap material is present in an amount of 1-10 wt % based on the total weight of the photoactive layer.
11. The device of claim 7 , wherein the electron-trap material is selected from compounds G1 through G5 and G7 through G12