Exciplex-Based Electroluminescence: Over 21% External Quantum Efficiency and Approaching 100 lm/W Power Efficiency

Benzimidazole-triazine-based electron acceptor PIM-TRZ with high triplet exited-state energy and strong electron-transport ability was newly developed. A series of highly efficient exciplex emitters have been fabricated. The TAPC:PIM-TRZ (TAPC: di-[4-(N,N-ditoly amino)-phenyl]cyclohexane) film shows a high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yields (PLQY, Φf) of 93.4%, and the device based on TAPC:PIM-TRZ exhibits a low turn-on voltage of 2.3 V, high maximum efficiency of 71.2 cd A–1 (current efficiency, CE), 97.3 lm W–1 (power efficiency, PE), and 21.7% (external quantum efficiency, EQE), as well as a high EQE of 16.2% at a luminance of 5000 cd m–2. The device displays the highest efficiency among reported organic light-emitting devices with an exciplex film as the emitting layer. Furthermore, a green device is also fabricated with a TAPC:PIM-TRZ cohost using C545T (C545T: (10-(2-benzothiazolyl)-2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-1,1,7,7-tetramethyl-1H,5H,11H-benzopyrano[6,7-8-I,j]quinolizin-11-one)) as the dopant, and the h...