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TADF active carbene-metal-amide complexes exhibiting through-space charge transfer: an impact of metal atom

  • Riga Technical University
  • University of Latvia

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Abstract

The impact of metal atom on the photophysical properties of luminescent organometallic carbene-metal-amide complexes exhibiting through-space charge transfer is investigated. The substitution of copper atom with gold alters the excited state energy level configuration of the emitter. While in the copper-based emitters the lowest triplet excited state (T1) is related to a through-space charge transfer between the carbazolide donor and carbene-bound phenylsulphonyl acceptor, in the gold-bearing structural analogue T1 level is accompanied by an additional closely situated triplet state T2, which features a charge transfer between the carbazolide donor and imidazolidine carbene acceptor. Because of a significant spin-orbit coupling provided by Au atom T2 state exhibits relatively fast phosphorescence rate of 8×104 s-1. Consequently, the emissive process for the gold-functionalized compound can be characterized with a co-occurring thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) and phosphorescence, in contrast to the copper-based structural analogues, where only TADF is observed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOrganic Electronics and Photonics
Subtitle of host publicationFundamentals and Devices III
EditorsSebastian Reineke, Koen Vandewal, Wouter Maes
Volume12149
ISBN (Electronic)9781510651746
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12149
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

OECD Field of Science

  • 1.3 Physical Sciences

Keywords

  • gold complex
  • N-heterocyclic carbene
  • phosphorescence
  • TADF
  • through-space charge transfer

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