Multifunctional Deep‐Blue Emitter Comprising an Anthracene Core and Terminal Triphenylphosphine Oxide Groups

A highly efficient blue‐light emitter, 2‐tert‐butyl‐9,10‐bis[4′‐(diphenyl‐phosphoryl)phenyl]anthracene (POAn) is synthesized, and comprises electron‐deficient triphenylphosphine oxide side groups appended to the 9‐ and 10‐positions of a 2‐tert‐butylanthracene core. This sophisticated anthracene compound possesses a non‐coplanar configuration that results in a decreased tendency to crystallize and weaker intermolecular interactions in the solid state, leading to its pronounced morphological stability and high quantum efficiency. In addition to serving as an electron‐transporting blue‐light‐emitting material, POAn also facilitates electron injection from the Al cathode to itself. Consequently, simple double‐layer devices incorporating POAn as the emitting, electron‐transporting, and ‐injecting material produce bright deep‐blue lights having Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage coordinates of (0.15,0.07). The peak electroluminescence performance was 4.3% (2.9 cd A−1). For a device lacking an electron‐transport layer or alkali fluoride, this device displays the best performance of any such the deep‐blue organic light‐emitting diodes reported to date.

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