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Taking a snapshot of the triplet excited state of an OLED organometallic luminophore using X-rays

Smolentsev, Grigory
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Milne, Christopher J.  
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Guda, Alexander
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May 1, 2020
Nature Communications

OLED technology beyond small or expensive devices requires light-emitters, luminophores, based on earth-abundant elements. Understanding and experimental verification of charge transfer in luminophores are needed for this development. An organometallic multicore Cu complex comprising Cu-C and Cu-P bonds represents an underexplored type of luminophore. To investigate the charge transfer and structural rearrangements in this material, we apply complementary pump-probe X-ray techniques: absorption, emission, and scattering including pump-probe measurements at the X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL. We find that the excitation leads to charge movement from C- and P- coordinated Cu sites and from the phosphorus atoms to phenyl rings; the Cu core slightly rearranges with 0.05 angstrom increase of the shortest Cu-Cu distance. The use of a Cu cluster bonded to the ligands through C and P atoms is an efficient way to keep structural rigidity of luminophores. Obtained data can be used to verify computational methods for the development of luminophores. OLED materials based on thermally activated delayed fluorescence have promising efficiency. Here, the authors investigate an organometallic multicore Cu complex as luminophore, by pump-probe X-ray techniques at three different facilities deriving a complete picture of the charge transfer in the triplet excited state.

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DOI
10.1038/s41467-020-15998-z
Web of Science ID

WOS:000531425700012

Author(s)
Smolentsev, Grigory
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Milne, Christopher J.  
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Guda, Alexander
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Haldrup, Kristoffer
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Szlachetko, Jakub
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Azzaroli, Nicolo
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Cirelli, Claudio
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Knopp, Gregor
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Bohinc, Rok
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Menzi, Samuel
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Date Issued

2020-05-01

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Published in
Nature Communications
Volume

11

Issue

1

Article Number

2131

Subjects

Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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activated delayed fluorescence

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light-emitting-diodes

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absorption spectroscopy

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emission spectroscopy

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electronic-structure

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solvation dynamics

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metal-complexes

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basis-sets

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transition

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systems

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