Finding the optimal exchange–correlation functional to describe the excited state properties of push–pull organic dyes designed for thermally activated delayed fluorescence

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (28) ◽  
pp. 16387-16399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Cardeynaels ◽  
Simon Paredis ◽  
Jasper Deckers ◽  
Sonny Brebels ◽  
Dirk Vanderzande ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Organic Dyes ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Exchange Correlation ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Td Dft ◽  
Donor Acceptor

In view of designing organic dyes for TADF, TD-DFT calculations are performed on 10 prototypical donor-acceptor compounds and are benchmarked against riCC2 calculations, demonstrating that modified range-separated hybrids perform best.

scholarly journals Regioisomeric Effect on the Excited-State Fate Leading to Room-Temperature Phosphorescence or Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence in a Dibenzophenazine-Cored Donor–Acceptor–Donor System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takumi Hosono ◽  
Nicolas Oliveira Decarli ◽  
Paola Zimmermann Crocomo ◽  
Tsuyoshi Goya ◽  
Leonardo Evaristo de Sousa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Room Temperature Phosphorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
Emission Behavior

Exploring design principle for switching thermally activated dealyed fluorescecne (TADF) and room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) is a fundamentally imporant research in developing triplet-mediated photofunctional organic materials. Herein systematic studies on the regioisomeric and substituents effects in a twisted donor–acceptor–donor (D–A–D) scaffold (A = dibenzo[a,j]phenazine; D = dihydrophenazasiline) on the fate of the excited state have been performed. The study revealed that the regiosiomerism clearly affects the emission behavior of the D–A–D compounds. Distinct difference in TADF, dual TADF & RTP, and dual RTP were observed, depending on the host used. Furthermore, OLED organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) fabricated with the developed emitters achieved high external quantum yields for RTP-based OLEDS up to 7.4%.

Noble Dibenzothiophene-Based Bipolar Hosts for Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Using Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 7191-7195
Author(s):  
JaMin Lee ◽  
Sae Won Lee ◽  
Young Sik Kim
Keyword(s):  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Organic Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Organic Light ◽  
Host Materials ◽  
Td Dft

Novel thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) host materials for blue electrophosphores-cence were designed by combining the electron acceptor dibenzothiophene (DBT) unit and the electron donor acridine derivatives into a single molecular unit by density functional theory (DFT). Depending on the optimal charge transfer, DFT and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations for the ground state were performed to obtain the energy of the singlet (S1) and triplet (T1) excited states of the TADF material for Hartree-Fock percentage of TD-DFT. The sufficiently large separation between the HOMO and LUMO resulted in a small difference in energy (ΔEST) between the S1 and T1 states using DFT and TD-DFT calculations. The host molecules retained high triplet energy and showed great potential for use in blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLED). The results showed that these molecules are a good TADF host materials because they have a low barrier to hole and electron injection with a balanced charge transporting property for both holes and electrons, and a small ΔEST.

Highly Charge Transport Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Host Materials Based on Benzimidazole-Acridine Derivatives

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 5070-5074
Author(s):  
Ja Min Lee ◽  
Sae Won Lee ◽  
Young Sik Kim
Keyword(s):  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Charge Transport ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Host Molecules ◽  
Acridine Derivatives ◽  
Host Materials ◽  
Td Dft

We designed novel thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) host molecules for blue electrophosphorescence by combining the electron acceptor benzimidazole (BI) unit and the electron donor acridine derivatives into a single molecular unit based on density functional theory (DFT). We obtained the energies of the first singlet (S1) and the first triplet (T1) excited states of the TADF materials by performing DFT and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations to the ground state using dependence on charge transfer amounts for the optimal Hartree-Fock percentage in the exchange-correlation of TD-DFT. Using DFT and TD-DFT calculations, the large separation between the HOMO and LUMO caused a small difference in energy (ΔEST) between the S1 and T1 states. The host molecules retained high triplet energy and showed great potential for use in blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes. The results showed that these molecules are promising TADF host materials because they have a low barrier to hole and electron injection, balanced charge transport for both holes and electrons, and a small ΔEST.

Designing Noble Benzimidazole-Based Bipolar Hosts for Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Using Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 7196-7200
Author(s):  
Ja Min Lee ◽  
Sae Won Lee ◽  
Young Sik Kim
Keyword(s):  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Organic Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Organic Light ◽  
Td Dft

We designed a novel thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) host molecules for blue elec-trophosphorescence by combining the electron acceptor benzimidazole (BI) unit and the electron donor acridine derivatives into a single molecular unit based on density functional theory (DFT). We obtained the energies of the first singlet (S1) and the first triplet (T1) excited states of the TADF materials by performing DFT and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations on the ground state using dependence on charge transfer amounts for the optimal Hartree–Fock percentage in the exchange-correlation of TD-DFT. The DFT and TD-DFT calculations showed that the large separation between the highest occupied molecular orbital and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital caused a small difference in energy (ΔEST) between the S1 and T1 states. The host molecules retained a high triplet energy and demonstrated a great potential for use in blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes. The results showed that these molecules are promising host materials for TADF OLEDs because they have a low barrier to hole and electron injection, a balanced charge transport for both holes and electrons, and a small ΔEST.

Solvent Dependence of Structural Dynamics and Spin-flip Processes in 3,4,5-tri(9H-carbazole-9-yl)benzonitrile (ortho-3CzBN)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Saigo ◽  
Kiyoshi Miyata ◽  
Hajime Nakanotani ◽  
Chihaya Adachi ◽  
Ken Onda
Keyword(s):  
Dft Calculations ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Photophysical Properties ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Solvent Dependence ◽  
Acetonitrile Solutions

We have investigated the solvent-dependence of structural changes along with intersystem crossing of a thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) molecule, 3,4,5-tri(9H-carbazole-9-yl)benzonitrile (o-3CzBN), in toluene, tetrahydrofuran, and acetonitrile solutions using time-resolved infrared (TR-IR) spectroscopy and DFT calculations. We found that the geometries of the S1 and T1 states are very similar in all solvents though the photophysical properties mostly depend on the solvent. In addition, the time-dependent DFT calculations based on these geometries suggested that the thermally activated delayed fluorescence process of o-3CzBN is governed more by the higher-lying excited states than by the structural changes in the excited states.<br>

Novel thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials by high-throughput virtual screening: going beyond donor–acceptor design

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 3324-3333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Zhao ◽  
Ömer H. Omar ◽  
Tahereh Nematiaram ◽  
Daniele Padula ◽  
Alessandro Troisi
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Screening ◽  
Quantum Chemistry ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Quantum Chemistry Calculations ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
Molecular Semiconductors ◽  
High Throughput Virtual Screening

125 potential TADF candidates are identified through quantum chemistry calculations of 700 molecules derived from a database of 40 000 molecular semiconductors. Most of them are new and some do not belong to the class of donor–acceptor molecules.

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials as organic photosensitizers

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (82) ◽  
pp. 10675-10688
Author(s):  
Alexander M. Polgar ◽  
Zachary M. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
State Behaviour

The use of thermally activated delayed fluorescence molecules as photosensitizers is covered with emphasis on strategies employed to control their excited state behaviour to suit a particular application.

scholarly journals Hinged and Wide: A New P^P Ligand for Emissive [Cu(P^P)(N^N)][PF6] Complexes

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (21) ◽  
pp. 3934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Keller ◽  
Matthias Bantle ◽  
Alessandro Prescimone ◽  
Edwin C. Constable ◽  
Catherine E. Housecroft
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Ionization Mass ◽  
Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence ◽  
Thermally Activated ◽  
Single Crystal Structures ◽  
Photoluminescence Quantum Yield ◽  
Deaerated Solution

Heteroleptic [Cu(BIPHEP)(N^N)][PF6] complexes (BIPHEP = 1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diylbis(diphenylphosphane)), in which N^N is 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy), 6-methyl-2,2′-bipyridine (6-Mebpy), 6-ethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (6-Etbpy), or 5,5′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (5,5′-Me2bpy), have been synthesized and characterized using multinuclear NMR spectroscopies and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The single crystal structures of [Cu(BIPHEP)(bpy)][PF6]∙CH2Cl2, [Cu(BIPHEP)(5,5′-Me2bpy)][PF6]∙CH2Cl2, [Cu(BIPHEP)(6-Mebpy)][PF6]∙Et2O∙0.5H2O and [Cu(BIPHEP)(6-Etbpy)][PF6] confirm distorted tetrahedral {Cu(P^P)(N^N)} coordination environments. Each compound shows a quasi-reversible Cu+/Cu2+ process. In deaerated solution, the compounds are weak emitters. Powdered samples are yellow emitters (λemmax in the range 558–583 nm) and [Cu(BIPHEP)(5,5′-Me2bpy)][PF6] exhibits the highest photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY = 14%). On cooling to 77 K (frozen 2-methyloxolane), the emission maxima are red-shifted and the excited state lifetimes increase from τ1/2 < 8 μs, to τ1/2 values of up to 53 μs, consistent with the compounds with N^N = 6-Mebpy, 6-Etbpy and 5,5′-Me2bpy exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF).

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document