Achieving Nearly 30% External Quantum Efficiency for Orange–Red Organic Light Emitting Diodes by Employing Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters Composed of 1,8‐Naphthalimide‐Acridine Hybrids

Abstract The combination of rigid acridine donor and 1,8‐naphthalimide acceptor has afforded two orange–red emitters of NAI‐DMAC and NAI‐DPAC with high rigidity in molecular structure and strongly pretwisted charge transfer state. Endowed with high photoluminescence quantum yields (Φ PL ), distinct thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) characteristics, and preferentially horizontal emitting dipole orientations, these emitters afford record‐high orange–red TADF organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) with external quantum efficiencies of up to 21–29.2%, significantly surpassing all previously reported orange‐to‐red TADF OLEDs. Notably, the influence of microcavity effect is verified to support the…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 51573141, 91433201
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province

  Award: 2017CFA033
• MO
  Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

  Award: 104‐2221‐E‐002‐152‐MY3