TY - JOUR
T1 - Salts of Lanthanide(III) Hexafluoroacetylacetonates [Ln = Sm(III), Eu(III) and Tb(III)] with Dipyridylammonium cations
T2 - Synthesis, characterization, photophysical properties and OLED fabrication
AU - Ilmi, Rashid
AU - Zhang, Danyang
AU - Tensi, Leonardo
AU - Al-Sharji, Houda
AU - Al Rasbi, Nawal K.
AU - Macchioni, Alceo
AU - Zhou, Liang
AU - Wong, Wai Yeung
AU - Raithby, Paul R.
AU - Khan, Muhammad S.
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PY - 2022/7/1
Y1 - 2022/7/1
N2 - A series of tetrakis lanthanide complexes with the general formula [Ln(hfaa)4]-(DpaH)+ [Ln = (Sm-1), (Eu-1) and (Tb-1)], hfaa = hexafluroacetylacetonate and Dpa −2,2′-dipyridylamine] has been synthesized by the reaction of LnCl3, hfaa and Dpa in the presence of ammonia solution (25%). The complexes have been characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods. The solution molecular structure of the complexes was elucidated by one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy which shows that the DpaH+ cation retains a close interaction with the lanthanide anion in solution. The crystal structure of Eu-1, determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction, confirms this intermolecular interaction in the solid-state through a N–H⋯O hydrogen bond of 2.187 Å. In the [Eu(hfaa)4]- anion the EuO8 coordination polyhedron has a distorted triangular dodecahedron geometry with approximate D2d-symmetry around the metal centre. Photophysical, thermal, and electroluminescent properties of the complexes have been investigated. The Sm-1 and Eu-1 complexes displayed efficient typical red emission with a sizeable photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) while Tb-1 displayed near-white light emission. The complexes have been used as dopants to fabricate single- and double-emitting layer (EML) OLEDs through the thermal evaporation method. At the optimum doping concentration, double-EML Eu-1 based device displayed orange electroluminescence (EL) with a brightness (B) of 417 cd/m2 and very low Vturn-on = 3.4 V. Interestingly, the Sm-1 based single-EML device exhibited pure red emission with the Commission internationale de l'éclairage [(CIE)x,y = 0.613, 0.321], which is rare. The Sm-1 based device performance [B = 145 cd/m2, current efficiency (ηc) = 0.35 cd/A, power efficiency (ηp) = 0.15 lm/W with an external quantum efficiency (EQE) = 0.3% and Vturn-on = 7.1 V] surpassed that of the only reported Sm-based single red-OLED (R-OLED).
AB - A series of tetrakis lanthanide complexes with the general formula [Ln(hfaa)4]-(DpaH)+ [Ln = (Sm-1), (Eu-1) and (Tb-1)], hfaa = hexafluroacetylacetonate and Dpa −2,2′-dipyridylamine] has been synthesized by the reaction of LnCl3, hfaa and Dpa in the presence of ammonia solution (25%). The complexes have been characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods. The solution molecular structure of the complexes was elucidated by one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy which shows that the DpaH+ cation retains a close interaction with the lanthanide anion in solution. The crystal structure of Eu-1, determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction, confirms this intermolecular interaction in the solid-state through a N–H⋯O hydrogen bond of 2.187 Å. In the [Eu(hfaa)4]- anion the EuO8 coordination polyhedron has a distorted triangular dodecahedron geometry with approximate D2d-symmetry around the metal centre. Photophysical, thermal, and electroluminescent properties of the complexes have been investigated. The Sm-1 and Eu-1 complexes displayed efficient typical red emission with a sizeable photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) while Tb-1 displayed near-white light emission. The complexes have been used as dopants to fabricate single- and double-emitting layer (EML) OLEDs through the thermal evaporation method. At the optimum doping concentration, double-EML Eu-1 based device displayed orange electroluminescence (EL) with a brightness (B) of 417 cd/m2 and very low Vturn-on = 3.4 V. Interestingly, the Sm-1 based single-EML device exhibited pure red emission with the Commission internationale de l'éclairage [(CIE)x,y = 0.613, 0.321], which is rare. The Sm-1 based device performance [B = 145 cd/m2, current efficiency (ηc) = 0.35 cd/A, power efficiency (ηp) = 0.15 lm/W with an external quantum efficiency (EQE) = 0.3% and Vturn-on = 7.1 V] surpassed that of the only reported Sm-based single red-OLED (R-OLED).
KW - Hexafluoroacetylacetone
KW - Lanthanide tetrakis complexes
KW - Red and orange electroluminescence
KW - Red emission
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U2 - 10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110300
DO - 10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110300
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85129241038
SN - 0143-7208
VL - 203
JO - Dyes and Pigments
JF - Dyes and Pigments
M1 - 110300
ER -