N-Rich Electron Acceptor: Triplet Harvesting in Multichromophoric Pyridoquinoxaline and Pyridopyrazine-Based Organic Emitters

Abstract

<p></p><p>Control of nonradiative deactivation of triplet states and tuning the singlet-triplet energy gap (ΔE<sub>ST</sub>) are the major challenges to develop materials exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) and room temperature phosphorescence (RTP). Herein, we propose a new class of multichromophoric tridonor-acceptor (D<sub>3</sub>-A) compounds with rigid and flexible π-spacer having N-rich pyridoquinoxaline (PQ) and pyridopyrazine (PZ) acceptor core, respectively. The molecule with carbazole (Cz) donors at <i>meta</i> to quinoxaline (QX) nitrogen of rigid PQ core exhibits TADF. Whereas, the variation of the linkage position of Cz to PQ as well as twisted and flexible PZ core show predominantly RTP due to relatively higher singlet-triplet energy gap (ΔE<sub>ST</sub>). Increasing the donor strength with phenoxazine (PO) in PZ system leads to simultaneous TADF and RTP. Further, we demonstrate the promising scope of all-organic triplet harvesting materials in solid-state security encryption.</p><br><p></p>