Deep-blue light emission with a wide-bandgap naphthalene-derivative liquid organic semiconductor host

Naofumi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kuwae, Juro Oshima, Ryoichi Ishimatsu, Shuya Tashiro, Toshihiko Imato, Chihaya Adachi, Shuichi Shoji, Jun Mizuno

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Abstract

We developed a novel naphthalene-derivative to function as a wide-bandgap liquid organic semiconductor (LOS) host material for the limited range of liquid deep-blue light-emitting materials that have been developed to date. The naphthalene-derivative, 1-naphthaleneacetic acid 2-ethylhexyl ester (NLQ) was synthesized as a LOS, by introducing an ethylhexyl group into naphthalene. 9,10-Diphenyl anthracene (DPA) was doped into NLQ as a guest deep-blue dye. From the absorption spectrum, the bandgap energy of NLQ was estimated to be 4.13 eV, indicating that NLQ has the widest bandgap energy of any such host material so far as we know. Deep-blue electroluminescence (EL) emission in a liquid state was obtained by doping DPA into NLQ. Light emission could be achieved by a combination of Förster resonance energy transfer and direct recombination of trapped holes and electrons because the bandgap energy of DPA is straddle by that of the wide-bandgap NLQ. Thus, NLQ is shown to be a promising wide-bandgap LOS host material, which allows deep-blue light emission and may have applications in liquid organic light-emitting diodes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOrganic Photonic Materials and Devices XIX 2017
EditorsFrancois Kajzar, Toshikuni Kaino, Christopher E. Tabor, Yasuhiro Koike
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510606432
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventOrganic Photonic Materials and Devices XIX 2017 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: Jan 30 2017Feb 1 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10101
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Other

OtherOrganic Photonic Materials and Devices XIX 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period1/30/172/1/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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