Switchable Topologically Chiral [2]Catenane as Multiple Resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitter for Efficient Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence

Abstract

Aiming at the fabrication of circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (CP-OLEDs) with high dissymmetry factors (g_EL) and color purity through the employment of novel chiral source, topologically chiral [2]catenanes were first utilized as the key chiral skeleton to construct novel multi-resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) emitters. Impressively, the efficient chirality induction and unique switchable feature of topologically chiral [2]catenane not only lead to a high |g_PL| value up to 1.6×10⁻² but also facilitate in situ dynamic switching of the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). Furthermore, the solution-processed CP-OLEDs based on the resultant topologically chiral emitters exhibit a narrow FWHM of 36 nm, maximum external quantum efficiency of 17.6 %, and CPEL with |g_EL| of 2.1×10⁻³. This study demonstrates the successful construction of the first CP-MR-TADF emitters based on topological chirality with the highest |g_PL| among the reported CP-MR-TADF emitters and excellent device performance to the best of our knowledge. Moreover, it endowed the MR-TADF emitter with distinctive switchable CPL performances, thus providing a novel design strategy as well as a promising platform for developing intelligent CP-OLEDs.