Highly Efficient Deep Blue Aggregation-Induced Emission Organic Molecule: A Promising Multifunctional Electroluminescence Material for Blue/Green/Orange/Red/White OLEDs with Superior Efficiency and Low Roll-Off

For the constant demand of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with high efficiency, long lifetime, and low cost for display and lighting applications, the development of high-performance organic electroluminescence materials is key. Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogens (AIEgens) provide a promising choice for their excellent performance in nondoped devices. Here we report a multifunctional deep blue AIE material, which can be used not only as an excellent blue emitter but also as a good host of green/orange/red phosphors. A deep blue nondoped OLED with a CIEy of 0.08 and high external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 7.0% is achieved. Furthermore, a series of green/orange/red phosphorescent OLEDs with high efficiency and low roll-off are obtained. Impressively, hybrid white OLEDs (WOLEDs) based on the deep blue AIEgen exhibit simultaneously high CRI (>90), excellent efficiency (EQEmax> 25%, PEmax = 99.9 lm W–1 for two-color WOLEDs, PEmax = 60.7 lm W–1 for four-color WOLEDs), low roll-off (PE1000nit = 72.1 lm W–1 for two-color WOLEDs, PE1000nit = 43.5 lm W–1 for four-color WOLEDs), and superior stable color, indicative of the multifunction of AIEgens. Accordingly, this work opens a new direction for achieving high-performance OLEDs, particularly offering a smart but simple way to depress the efficiency roll-off and reduce the cost of OLEDs for practical applications.