Title
Luminescent Eu<sup>3+</sup>-dibenzoylmethanate complex with sulfoxide ligand as sensitizer applied to organic lightemitting diodes
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Sociedad Espanola de Optica
Abstract
In this work the synthesis, characterization and photoluminescent and electroluminescent behavior of the [Eu(DBM)3(PTSO)2] complex have been investigated. The emission spectrum of this Eu3+-β- diketonate complex show characteristics narrow bands arising from the 5D0→7FJ (J = 0-4) transitions, which are split according to the selection rule for Cs, Cn or Cnv site symmetries. Triple and doublelayer organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) using NPB as hole transporting layer, Alq3 as electron transporting layer and [Eu(DBM)3(PTSO)2] complex as emitting and electron transporting layer were grown and characterized. We found the presence of two concurrent mechanisms for the electroluminescent behavior: (1) the electroluminescence (EL) from the exciton-ligand-Eu3+ ion energy transfer, responsible for the EL narrow bands; and (2) the molecular electrophosphorescence with an initial energy transfer exciton-ligand and posterior intersystem crossing from the excited singlet S1 to the triplet T state followed by molecular phosphorescence (T→S0). The electroluminescent behavior of [Eu(DBM)3(PTSO)2] complex suggest that this complex is promising to applied at Light Conversion Molecular Devices (LCMDs) such as in OLED devices.
Start page
135
End page
143
Volume
50
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química inorgánica, Química nuclear
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85021843606
Source
Optica Pura y Aplicada
ISSN of the container
00303917
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