Tetrahedral Blue Fluorescent Material for OLED Efficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current OLED display panels suffer from low luminous efficiency of blue light materials, which hampers full-color OLED display and high electroluminescence efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A blue fluorescent material with a tetrahedral structure formed by connecting tert-butyl pyrene and a charge carrier transport unit to a same carbon of cyclohexane, increasing external quantum efficiency and reducing concentration quenching.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional blue light materials are used in OLED display panels, then the display can achieve full-color capability, but the luminous efficiency is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminous efficiencyVSAvoidlongevity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the molecular structure parameters of blue light materials by introducing a tetrahedral structure with tert-butyl pyrene core and specific charge carrier transport units (triazine, pyrimidine, or pyridine rings). This structural parameter change optimizes both luminous efficiency and longevity by improving charge carrier transport balance and reducing concentration quenching effects

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates composite blue light materials by combining tert-butyl pyrene core structures with different charge carrier transport units (triazine, pyrimidine, or pyridine rings). These composite structures achieve synergistic effects that simultaneously improve luminous efficiency through enhanced charge carrier transport and longevity through reduced molecular aggregation and concentration quenching

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Productivity

If the concentration of activated particles is increased to improve luminous efficiency, then more light is emitted, but concentration quenching occurs which reduces efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminous efficiencyVSAvoidconcentration quenching
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs asymmetric tetrahedral molecular structures with tert-butyl pyrene cores that create spatial separation between activated particles. The asymmetric geometry prevents close packing and reduces concentration quenching effects, allowing higher luminous efficiency without the energy losses associated with particle aggregation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

Solution Approach 2:

The tetrahedral structure introduces three-dimensional spatial separation between charge carriers and activated particles. This dimensional approach distributes particles in space rather than allowing two-dimensional or three-dimensional aggregation, thereby reducing concentration quenching while maintaining high luminous efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The tetrahedral structure enhances the distance between activated particles, reduces concentration quenching, and improves charge carrier transport balance, significantly increasing the external quantum efficiency of OLED displays.

Implementation Method 1

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have attracted much attention in academia and industry due to their high contrast ratio, wide viewing angles, low voltage, lightweight, self-illumination

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Implementation Method 2

the tetrahedral structure increases distance between activated particles and reduces a risk of concentration quenching and greatly increases membrane fluorescence quantum efficiency

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectConcentration quenching:

Implementation Method 3

the transport unit with high charge carrier mobility can improve a balance of the charge carrier transport, increase a probability of recombination, further improve an external quantum efficiency of an OLED display device

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCharge carrier transport:

Data Source

PatentUS11437581B2Blue fluorescent material and display panel
Publication Date: 2022.09.06 WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICON
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AI summary

The present application provides a blue fluorescent material and an OLED display panel, wherein the blue fluorescent material is a tetrahedral structure formed by simultaneously connecting a tert-butyl pyrene and a charge carrier transport unit to a same carbon of cyclohexane; wherein the tert-butyl pyrene increases an external quantum efficiency of the OLED display panel, and the tetrahedral structure increases distance between activated particles and reduces a concentration quenching. The charge carrier transport unit improves a balance of the carrier transfer and alleviates a problem that the current OLED display panel has a low luminous efficiency of the blue light material.