Blue Exciplexes in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Opportunities and Challenges

Blue exciplexes, a critical innovative component in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) technology, exhibit substantial potential for enhancing device efficiency, reducing driving voltage, and simplifying structural designs. This article reviews the pivotal role of blue exciplexes in OLEDs, analyz...

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Main Authors: Duxu Yan, Mengmeng Zhang, Jintao Wang, Xiaoqing Jing, Jun Sun, Yongan Zhang, Liping Yang, Ren Sheng, Ping Chen
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
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Mengmeng Zhang
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Xiaoqing Jing
Jun Sun
Yongan Zhang
Liping Yang
Ren Sheng
Ping Chen
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description Blue exciplexes, a critical innovative component in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) technology, exhibit substantial potential for enhancing device efficiency, reducing driving voltage, and simplifying structural designs. This article reviews the pivotal role of blue exciplexes in OLEDs, analyzing their unique advantages and challenges as emitters and host materials. Through optimized molecular design, blue exciplexes achieve high color purity and emission efficiency, surpassing conventional fluorescent materials. Additionally, their wide energy bands and high triplet energy provide opportunities to improve the performance of sky-blue, deep-blue, and white OLEDs. However, limitations in deep-blue efficiency, material degradation due to high-energy excitons, and spectral red-shift pose significant challenges to their development. This review offers a comprehensive perspective and research reference on the photophysical mechanisms of blue exciplexes and their applications in display and lighting fields.
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spelling doaj-art-84e0311b94cb4e67ac6573859e361bf02025-08-20T03:03:28ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492025-03-01307155610.3390/molecules30071556Blue Exciplexes in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Opportunities and ChallengesDuxu Yan0Mengmeng Zhang1Jintao Wang2Xiaoqing Jing3Jun Sun4Yongan Zhang5Liping Yang6Ren Sheng7Ping Chen8Institute of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, ChinaInstitute of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, ChinaSchool of Information Engineering, Yantai Institute of Technology, Yantai 264005, ChinaInstitute of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, ChinaInstitute of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, ChinaInstitute of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, ChinaSchool of Information Engineering, Yantai Institute of Technology, Yantai 264005, ChinaInstitute of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, ChinaInstitute of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, ChinaBlue exciplexes, a critical innovative component in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) technology, exhibit substantial potential for enhancing device efficiency, reducing driving voltage, and simplifying structural designs. This article reviews the pivotal role of blue exciplexes in OLEDs, analyzing their unique advantages and challenges as emitters and host materials. Through optimized molecular design, blue exciplexes achieve high color purity and emission efficiency, surpassing conventional fluorescent materials. Additionally, their wide energy bands and high triplet energy provide opportunities to improve the performance of sky-blue, deep-blue, and white OLEDs. However, limitations in deep-blue efficiency, material degradation due to high-energy excitons, and spectral red-shift pose significant challenges to their development. This review offers a comprehensive perspective and research reference on the photophysical mechanisms of blue exciplexes and their applications in display and lighting fields.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/7/1556blue exciplexOLEDTADFefficiencyblue emissionhost materials
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Yongan Zhang
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Ren Sheng
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Blue Exciplexes in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Opportunities and Challenges
Molecules
blue exciplex
OLED
TADF
efficiency
blue emission
host materials
title Blue Exciplexes in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Opportunities and Challenges
title_full Blue Exciplexes in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Opportunities and Challenges
title_fullStr Blue Exciplexes in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Opportunities and Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Blue Exciplexes in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Opportunities and Challenges
title_short Blue Exciplexes in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Opportunities and Challenges
title_sort blue exciplexes in organic light emitting diodes opportunities and challenges
topic blue exciplex
OLED
TADF
efficiency
blue emission
host materials
url https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/7/1556
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