New platinum(II) one-armed Schiff base complexes for blue and orange PHOLEDs applications

The condensation of different groups substituted salicylaldehydes with aniline and 2,4,5-trifluoroaniline, afforded five one-armed Schiff base ligands HL 1 , HL 2 , HL 3 , HL 4 and HL 5 . And their platinum(II) complexes Pt(L 1 ) 2 , Pt(L 2 ) 2 , Pt(L 3 ) 2 , Pt(L 4 ) 2 , Pt(L 5 ) 2 and PtL 5 · DMSO were prepared through the metallation of ligands with K 2 PtCl 4 . All ligands and complexes were characterized by 1 H NMR, infrared spectroscopy , mass spectrometry and single crystal X-ray diffraction. And their thermal stability, photophysical properties, and electrochemical behaviors were investigated in detail. Using these complexes as phosphorescent emitting materials, blue to orange light-emitting devices were fabricated with moderate efficiencies. The maximum current efficiency, power efficiency, and brightness for the 3.0 wt % Pt(L 3 ) 2 doped OLED are 1.12 cd A −1 , 0.62 l m W −1 and 1521 cd m −2 , respectively. Given the synthetic simplicity and ease of structural variation, the results here indicate that these platinum(II) Schiff base complexes are good candidates for phosphorescent OLEDs.