title: Synthesis, structural characterization, and electrophosphorescent properties of rhenium(I) complexes containing carrier-transporting groups.
abstract: Two novel diimine rhenium(I) carbonyl complexes with the formula [Re(CO)(3)(L)Br], where L = 1-(4-5'-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazolylbenzyl)-2-pyridinylbenzoimidazole (1) and 1-(4-carbazolylbutyl)-2-pyridinylbenzoimidazole (2), have been successfully synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, (1)H NMR, and IR spectra. Their electrochemical, photophysical, and electroluminescent behaviors, along with the X-ray crystal structure analysis of 2, are also described. White electrophosphorescent devices were fabricated using 1 and 2 as emitters. The devices based on carbazole-containing (hole-transporting group) 2 with the structure ITO/m-MTDATA (30 nm)/NPB (20 nm)/2:CBP (8%, 30 nm)/Bphen (20 nm)/Alq(3) (20 nm)/LiF (0.8 nm)/Al (200 nm) exhibit Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage coordinates of x = 0.34, y = 0.33 with a maximum brightness of 2300 cd/m(2) at 580 mA/cm(2). When a brightness of 1500 cd/m(2) appears at 230 mA/cm(2), the devices based on 10 wt % 2 still possess 56% of the maximum efficiency which appeared at 2.7 mA/cm(2). These performances are among the best reported for devices using Re(I) complexes as emitters. By comparison of the electroluminescent properties of the devices based on 1 and 2, we conclude that the introduction of the carbazole group into the ligand improves the performance of 1-doped devices.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Excited State Processes, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhenjun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Si
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Feifei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Shiyong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wenlian
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li