The present invention relates to the field of organic light-emitting materials, and specifically to a heat-induced delayed
fluorescence complex, a preparation method thereof, and an organic electroluminescent device. The present invention provides a heat-induced delayed
fluorescence complex, a preparation method thereof, and an organic electroluminescent device. The heat-induced delayed
fluorescence complex provided by the present invention has TADF characteristics, good stability, short delayed fluorescence lifetime, and high fluorescence efficiency; it utilizes the strong coordination ability of
nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic groups such as dipyridine and
terpyridine, and after coordinating them with
metal cations, increases their
receptor strength and improves the rigidity of their derivatives, and utilizes the coordination effect to induce
organic molecules that originally do not have TADF to form a complex with TADF characteristics after coordination and has a high
luminescence efficiency. Experiments show that the complex provided by the present invention achieves an external
quantum efficiency of 11.7% in the performance test of the electroluminescent device, breaking through the external
quantum efficiency limit of 5% of traditional
fluorescent materials.