The Golden Age of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials: Design and Exploitation

Marques dos Santos, John; Hall, David; Basumatary, Biju; Bryden, Megan; Chen, Dongyang; Choudhary, Praveen; Comerford, Thomas; Crovini, Ettore; Danos, Andrew; De, Joydip; Diesing, Stefan; Fatahi, Mahni; Griffin, Maire; Kumar Gupta, Abhishek; Hafeez, Hassan; Hämmerling, Lea; Hanover, Emily; Haug, Janine; Heil, Tabea; Karthik, Durai; Kumar, Shiv; Lee, Oliver; Li, Haoyang; Lucas, Fabien; Frank Ross Mackenzie, Campbell; Mariko, Aminata; Matulaitis, Tomas; Millward, Francis; Olivier, Yoann; Qi, Quan; Samuel, Ifor D.W.; Sharma, Nidhi; Si, Changfeng; Spierling, Leander; Sudhakar, Pagidi; Sun, Dianming; Tankelevičiūtė, Eglė; Duarte Tonet, Michele; Wang, Jingxiang; Wang, Tao; Wu, Sen; Xu, Yan; Zhang, Le; Zysman-Colman, Eli

Abstract

Since the seminal report by Adachi and co-workers in 2012, there has been a veritable explosion of interest in the design of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) compounds, particularly as emitters for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). With rapid advancements and innovation in materials design, the efficiencies of TADF OLEDs for each of the primary color points as well as for white devices now rival those of state-of-the-art phosphorescent emitters. Beyond electroluminescent devices, TADF compounds have also found increasing utility and applications in numerous related fields, from photocatalysis, to sensing, to imaging and beyond. Following from our previous review in 2017 ( Adv. Mater. 2017, 1605444 ), we here comprehensively document subsequent advances made in TADF materials design and their uses from 2017–2022. Correlations highlighted between structure and properties as well as detailed comparisons and analyses should assist future TADF materials development. The necessarily broadened breadth and scope of this review attests to the bustling activity in this field. We note that the rapidly expanding and accelerating research activity in TADF material development is indicative of a field that has reached adolescence, with an exciting maturity still yet to come.

Citation

Marques dos Santos, J., Hall, D., Basumatary, B., Bryden, M., Chen, D., Choudhary, P., Comerford, T., Crovini, E., Danos, A., De, J., Diesing, S., Fatahi, M., Griffin, M., Kumar Gupta, A., Hafeez, H., Hämmerling, L., Hanover, E., Haug, J., Heil, T., Karthik, D., …Zysman-Colman, E. (2024). The Golden Age of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials: Design and Exploitation. Chemical Reviews, 124(24), 13736-14110. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00755

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Jun 4, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Dec 12, 2024
• Publication Date: Dec 25, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jun 5, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 13, 2024
• Journal: Chemical Reviews
• Print ISSN: 0009-2665
• Electronic ISSN: 1520-6890
• Publisher: American Chemical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 124
• Issue: 24
• Pages: 13736-14110
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00755
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2473564