High Electroluminescence Efficiency and Long Device Lifetime of a Fluorescent Green-Light Emitter Using Aggregation-Induced Emission

Three bipolar materials, 4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-N,N-diphenylaniline (DPAT-Ph), 4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-N,N-diphenylnaphthalen-1-amine (DPAT-Na), and 10-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-N,N-diphenylanthracen-9-amine (DPAT-An), were designed and synthesized. To achieve a bipolar character, diphenylamine (DPA) moiety and 2,4-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazine (DPT) moiety were introduced as electron donating and electron accepting groups, respectively. The three compounds exhibited UV maximum wavelengths (UVmax) at 395–454nm and photoluminescence maximum wavelengths (PLmax) at 472–546nm. 10-(4,6-Diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-N,N-diphenylanthracen-9-amine (DPAT-An) shows AIE phenomenon even though DPAT-An does not have tetraphenylethylene (TPE) moiety which is representative AIE structure. DPAT-An exhibits over EQE value of 5% and long device lifetime of 1310h without sublimation process.