Constructing Donor-Resonance-Donor Molecules for Acceptor-Free Bipolar Organic Semiconductors
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- 1 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Research
Abstract
Organic semiconductors with bipolar transporting character are highly attractive as they offer the possibility to achieve high optoelectronic performance in simple device structures. However, the continual efforts in preparing bipolar materials are focusing on donor-acceptor (D-A) architectures by introducing both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing units into one molecule in static molecular design principles. Here, we report a dynamic approach to construct bipolar materials using only electron-donating carbazoles connected by N-P=X resonance linkages in a donor-resonance-donor (D-r-D) structure. By facilitating the stimuli-responsive resonance variation, these D-r-D molecules exhibit extraordinary bipolar properties by positively charging one donor of carbazole in enantiotropic N+=P-X- canonical forms for electron transport without the involvement of any acceptors. With thus realized efficient and balanced charge transport, blue and deep-blue phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes hosted by these D-r-D molecules show high external quantum efficiencies up to 16.2 and 18.3 in vacuum-deposited and spin-coated devices, respectively. These results via the D-r-D molecular design strategy represent an important concept advance in constructing bipolar organic optoelectronic semiconductors dynamically for high-performance device applications.Funding Information
- Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (46030CX17761)
- Six Talent Plan (2016XCL050)
- 1311 Talents Program of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21674049, 61875090, 91833306, 21772095)
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