Charge-transfer states and white emission in organic light-emitting diodes: a theoretical investigation

Fang, Y; Gao, SL; Yang, X; Shuai, Z; Beljonne, D; Bredas, JL

HERO ID

3576145

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2004

HERO ID 3576145
In Press No
Year 2004
Title Charge-transfer states and white emission in organic light-emitting diodes: a theoretical investigation
Authors Fang, Y; Gao, SL; Yang, X; Shuai, Z; Beljonne, D; Bredas, JL
Journal Synthetic Metals
Volume 141
Issue 1-2
Page Numbers 43-49
Abstract Efficient white light emission has been recently reported in an electroluminescent device where the active material is a complex made of N,N'-bis(alpha-naphthyl)-N,N'-diphenyl-1,1'-biphenyl-4,4-diamine (NPB) and a boron-fluorine derivative of 1,6-bis(2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)pyridine ((mdppy)BF). Here, we investigate theoretically the intermolecular charge transfer in the materials. The interfacial layer is modeled on the basis of a simple dimer structure, for which the lowest excited states are described in the framework of a correlated quantum-chemical semiempirical technique. From the analysis of the calculated excited-state wavefunctions, we find that the lowest excited state possesses significant contributions from charge-transfer excitations from the donor (NPB) to the acceptor ((mdppy)BF). The influence of intermolecular distance and medium polarization are also explored. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Doi 10.1016/j.synthmet.2003.09.022
Wosid WOS:000220273400009
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Keyword charge-transfer states; white emission; organic light-emitting diodes; quantum chemical calculations