Tsinghua University

I-Hsuan Pai

Yun Chi

Pi-Tai Chou

Chien-Wei Hsu

Jui-Yi Hung

Cheng-Huei Lin

The present invention provides a phosphorescent tris-chelated transition metal complex having one carbon-nitrogen (C^N) or nitrogen-nitrogen (N^N) chromophoric ligand forming a coordination sphere thereof with a transition metal, and two identical carbon-phosphorus (C^P) chelates being incorporated into the coordination sphere, wherein the metal is iridium, platinum, osmium or ruthenium, and the chromophoric ligands possess a relatively lower energy gap in comparison with that of the non-chromophoric chelate, the latter afforded an effective barrier for inhibiting the ligand-to-ligand charge transfer process, so that bright phosphorescence can be observed. The architecture and energy gap of the present molecular designs are suitable for generation of high efficiency blue, green and even red emissions.

Emissive transition-metal complexes with both carbon-phosphorus ancillary and chromophoric chelates, synthetic method of preparing the same and phosphorescent organic light emitting diode thereof

The present invention discloses a phosphorescent tris-chelated transition metal complex comprising i) two identical carbon-nitrogen (C^N) or nitrogen-nitrogen (N^N) chromophoric ligands being incorporated into a coordination sphere thereof with a transition metal, and one carbon-phosphorus (C^P) chelate being incorporated into the coordination sphere; or ii) one carbon-nitrogen (C^N) or nitrogen-nitrogen (N^N) chromophoric ligand forming a coordination sphere thereof with a transition metal, and two identical carbon-phosphorus (C^P) chelates being incorporated into the coordination sphere, wherein the metal is iridium, platinum, osmium or ruthenium, and the chromophoric ligands possess a relatively lower energy gap in comparison with that of the non-chromophoric chelate, the latter afforded an effective barrier for inhibiting the ligand-to-ligand charge transfer process, so that bright phosphorescence can be observed. The architecture and energy gap of the present molecular designs are suitable for generation of high efficiency blue, green and even red emissions.

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