Synthesis and 1.1 μm near-infrared electrophosphorescence properties of a phenoxy-substituents copper phthalocyanine

A novel copper phthalocyanine bearing phenoxy-substituents was prepared and characterized by MS and Elemental analysis. Its UV/Vis absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectra were investigated. Organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) were demonstrated by employing this copper phthalocyanine doped into 4, 4′-N,N′-dicarbazole-biphenyl (CBP). Room-temperature electrophosphorescence was observed at about 1.1 μm due to transitions from the first excited triplet state to the singlet ground state (T 1–S0) of this CuPc. The intensity of NIR emission at lower doping concentrations (about 10 wt %) was extremely high compared with devices doped with fluorescent dyes. The results indicated that direct charge trapping appears to be the dominant mechanism.