Citation: Shi-Yang Shao, Jun-Qiao Ding, Li-Xiang Wang. New applications of poly(arylene ether)s in organic light-emitting diodes[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2016, 27(8): 1201-1208. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2016.07.006 shu

New applications of poly(arylene ether)s in organic light-emitting diodes

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

Corresponding author: Jun-Qiao Ding, junqiaod@ciac.ac.cn Li-Xiang Wang, lixiang@ciac.ac.cn
Received Date: 11 May 2016
Revised Date: 5 July 2016
Accepted Date: 6 July 2016
Available Online: 16 August 2016

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Compared with conventional p-conjugated polymers, poly(arylene ether)s (PAEs) may take advantages of excellent thermal properties, well-defined effective conjugated length and no catalyst contamination. Recently, their applications have been extended from engineering plastics to optoelectronic materials. In this review, various kinds of functional PAEs used as fluorescent polymers, host polymers and phosphorescent polymers in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are outlined, and their molecular design, synthesis and device performance are overviewed.
- Poly(arylene ether)s,
- Organic light-emitting diodes,
- Fluorescent polymers,
- Host polymers,
- Phosphorescent polymers
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