Synthesis, characterization, optical and electroluminescent properties of novel fluorene-acceptor polyfluorene-based copolymers/polyblends and their application for color tunable devices

PMSE 8

Chao-Hui Kuo1, Kun-Rung Lin1, Wei-Kang Cheng1, and Kuo-Huang Hsieh2. (1) Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan, (2) Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
New electroluminescent polymers (poly(9,9'-dioctylfluorene(FL)-co- oligo-para-phenylene-(E)-vinylenes(OPV)-co-benzo[2,3,5]thiadiazole(BT)) possess hole-transporting or electron-transporting units or both in the main chains. Six different copolymers (P50 to P0) with electron-rich OPV and electron-deficient BT moieties were incorporated in the polymer backbone to improve the electron-transporting and hole-transporting characteristics, respectively. Owing to the incorporation of the OPV and BT units, PLED devices based on the copolymer at FL/OPV/BT molar ratio of 50%/48%/2% exhibit greater brightness and efficiency (up to 799 cd/m2 and 1.42 cd/A) than those devices based on the other composition polymers. White light emitting devices were also fabricated using conjugated polymer blends. The copolymer of P0 (FL/OPV/BT=50%/50%/0) and MEH-PPV were employed for the polymer blends. The white light emission polyblends can be adjusted by the blend ratios of P0 to MEH-PPV. The electroluminescent of the polyblends with P0/MEH-PPV=99/1 exhibits the Commission Internationale (CIE) 1931 coordinates of (0.32, 0.33), with the maximum luminance of 1228cd /m2 and current efficiency of 1.71 cd /A. The energy transfer was found as host-guest mechanism in polyfluorene(PF)/poly(FL-BT-OPV), based on the PF/ poly(FL-BT-OPV) weight ratio of polyblends. The PLED device shows the 4240 cd /m2 luminance and 2.33 cd/A high current efficiency.