Citation: Haowen Shang, Yujie Yang, Bingjie Xue, Yikai Wang, Zhiyi Su, Wenlong Liu, Youzhi Wu, Xinjun Xu. Efficient solution-processed near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes with a binary-mixed electron transport layer[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(4): 110511. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110511 shu

Efficient solution-processed near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes with a binary-mixed electron transport layer

Haowen Shang ^a ,
Yujie Yang ^b ,
Bingjie Xue ^b ,
Yikai Wang ^b ,
Zhiyi Su ^b ,
Wenlong Liu ^b ,
Youzhi Wu ^{a, *,} ,
Xinjun Xu ^{b, *,}

a.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
b.
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

youzhiwu@163.com

xuxj@bnu.edu.cn

Received Date: 3 June 2024
Revised Date: 24 September 2024
Accepted Date: 26 September 2024
Available Online: 27 September 2024

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A binary-mixed electron transport layer (ETL) has been reported for constructing solution-processable near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (NIR OLEDs). Relative to the single-component ETL, the binary-mixed ETL composed of PDINN:TPBi can enhance the carrier transport capacity, reduce device impedance, and weaken fluorescence quenching of the emitting layer. By carefully selecting an appropriate luminescent material Y5 (a nonfullerene electron acceptor in organic solar cells) and precisely fine-tuning the molecular aggregation in active layer using a mixed solvent, the morphology is optimized and luminescence performance is enhanced, resulting in efficient NIR OLEDs with an emission peak at 890 nm. The experiment showcases a Y5-based near-infrared OLED with a maximum radiance of 34.9 W sr^-1 m^-2 and a maximum external quantum efficiency of 0.50%, which is among the highest values reported for non-doped fluorescent NIR OLEDs with an emission peak over 850 nm.
- Near-infrared electroluminescence,
- Organic light-emitting diodes,
- Electron transport layer,
- Nonfullerene acceptor,
- Solution-processing
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