High efficient and high color pure blue light emitting materials: New asymmetrically highly twisted host and guest based on anthracene

New asymmetrically highly twisted anthracene derivatives serve as a matched host and guest material in high efficiency blue OLEDs. 2-(2-Methylnaphtathalene-1-yl)-9,10-di(naphthalene-2-yl)anthracene and N-(4-(10-naphthalene-2-yl)anthracene-9-yl)phenyl-N-phenylnaphthalene-2-amine were prepared as host material and as guest material, respectively. Multilayer organic electroluminecent devices constructed using these foregoing twisted anthracene derivatives as the emitting layer gave quantum efficiencies of 5% and exhibited a pure blue emission with CIE chromaticity coordinates x = 0.15, y = 0.14–0.18.

► A new asymmetrically arylamine substituted anthracene derivative was synthesized. ► It exhibits blue shades in the device with CIE of (0.14, 0.18) and maximum EQE of 5%. ► Its matched energy level and morphological stability led to improved efficiency.