Charlotte Riley , William Jones , Nguyen Le Phuoc , Mikko Linnolahti , Alexander S. Romanov
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Abstract
Carbene-metal-amide (CMA) complexes based on cyclic(amino)(barrelene)carbene (CABC) ligands have been prepared for both Cu(I) and Au(I) metal centres. Synthetic protocols based on the conventional and microwave heating enabled ten-fold shorter reaction times and high yields of the CMA materials. Stabilization of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) effects the electronic and photophysical properties. These materials benefit from short excited state lifetimes down to 0.9 μs and photoluminescence quantum yields up to 66 %. Nonradiative processes are revealed and associated with the rotational freedom of the aryl moiety in the CABC carbene ligand. Steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy was used to estimate an activation energy barrier of 83 meV between singlet and triplet charge transfer (CT) excited states. Varied temperature photoluminescence confirms that 3CT photoluminescence remains even at 18 K, with no contribution from locally excited triplet states 3LE. Molecular design rules have been enhanced to propose bright thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) CMA emitters.
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Organic Electronics is a journal whose primary interdisciplinary focus is on materials and phenomena related to organic devices such as light emitting diodes, thin film transistors, photovoltaic cells, sensors, memories, etc.
Papers suitable for publication in this journal cover such topics as photoconductive and electronic properties of organic materials, thin film structures and characterization in the context of organic devices, charge and exciton transport, organic electronic and optoelectronic devices.