Phosphine oxide-functionalized polyfluorene derivatives: Synthesis, photophysics, electrochemical properties, and electroluminescence performance

Zengshan Guo, Deang Liu, Cheng Wang, Jian Pei, Zhanglin Zhou, Lihua Zhao, Gary Gibson, James Brug, Sity Lam, Samuel S. Mao

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Abstract

A series of phosphine oxide-functionalized polyfluorene derivatives, PFH-PO-40-1 (P1), PFH-PO-20-1 (P2), PFH-PO-10-1 (P3), and PFH-PO-1-1 (P4), were prepared via a palladium-mediated Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. The structures and purities of all polymers were fully characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, UV-vis and photoluminescent spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, and TGA/DSC. Their emission features showed single broad peaks at about 445 nm in film, compared with those in dilute solutions, which might be caused by some degree of aggregation in the excited states of the backbones. The best electroluminescence (EL) performance of these polymers with configuration of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/Polymer/Alq3/LiF/Al was obtained from P1 (current efficiency was 4.2 Cd/A at 6V).

Original languageBritish English
Pages (from-to)678-684
Number of pages7
JournalScience China Chemistry
Volume54
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2011

Keywords

  • electroluminescence
  • organic light-emitting diodes
  • polyfluorene derivatives

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