Accelerating Radiative Decay in Blue Through‐Space Charge Transfer Emitters by Minimizing the Face‐to‐Face Donor–Acceptor Distances
Tianyu Huang, Qi Wang, Guoyun Meng, Lian Duan, Dongdong Zhang
Abstract
Abstract Thermally activated delayed fluorophors (TADF) featuring through‐space charge transfers (TSCT) suffer from low radiative decay rates ( k r s), especially for blue emitters. Here, a xanthene bridge is adopted to construct space‐confined face‐to‐face donor–acceptor alignment and minimize their distances down to 2.7–2.8 Å, even shorter than the interlayer distance of graphite and thus strengthening the electronic interactions. The resulting blue TSCT‐TADF emitters exhibit peaks around ≈460 nm, photoluminescence quantum yields of >90 %, and k r s of nearly 10 7 s −1 , almost 2–10 times higher than previously observed values with comparable reverse intersystem crossing rates. The corresponding blue organic light‐emitting diodes show maximum external quantum efficiencies of 27.8 % and 34.7 % with Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage y coordinates of 0.29 and 0.15 using those molecules as emitters and sensitizers, respectively.