Citation: SHAO Shiyang, DING Junqiao, WANG Lixiang. Recent Advances on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Polymers[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, ;2018, 35(9): 993-1004. doi: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2018.09.180202 shu

Recent Advances on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Polymers

State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China

Corresponding author: DING Junqiao, lixiang@ciac.ac.cn WANG Lixiang, lixiang@ciac.ac.cn
Received Date: 1 June 2018
Revised Date: 4 June 2018
Accepted Date: 5 June 2018

Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51573182the National Natural Science Foundation of China 91333205the 973 Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology 2015CB655000Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51573182, No.51203149, No.91333205), the 973 Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology(No.2015CB655000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51203149

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Thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymers can achieve 100% internal quantum efficiency by utilizing triplet excitons through enhanced reverse intersystem crossing process from the lowest triplet state to singlet state, thereby representing a promising approach toward low-cost and high-effiicnecy light-emitting polymers. Recently, great progress has been made on the material design and device performance of thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymers. This review is aimed to summarize the research progresses on thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymers, with the focus on the molecular design, photophysical characteristic and device performance of mainchain-and sidechain-type thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymers as well as thermally activated delayed fluorescence dendrimers. Finally, the perspectives and the key challenges on developing thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymers are also discussed.
- thermally activated delayed fluorescence,
- organic light-emitting diodes,
- light-emitting polymer,
- solution process
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