“Steric armor” strategy of blue fluorescent emitters to against
photooxidation-induced degradation
Abstract
Stability against oxygen is an important factor affecting the
performance of organic semiconductor devices. Improving photooxidation
stability can prolong the service life of the device and maintain the
mechanical and photoelectric properties of the device. Generally,
various encapsulation methods from molecular structure to macroscopic
device level are used to improve photooxidation stability. Here, we
adopted a crystallization strategy to allow
14H-spiro[dibenzo[c,h]a-cridine-7,9′-uorene] (SFDBA) to pack
tightly to resist fluo-rescence decay caused by oxidation. In this case,
the inert group of SFDBA acts as a “steric armor”, protecting the
photosensitive group from being attacked by oxygen. Therefore, compared
with the fluorescence quenching of SFDBA powder under two hours of
sunlight, SFDBA crystal can maintain its fluorescence emission for more
than eight hours under the same conditions. Furthermore, the
photolu-minescence quantum yields (PLQYs) of the crystalline film is
327.37 % higher than that of the amorphous film. It shows that the
crystal-lization strategy is an effective method to resist oxidation.