New Pt(II) dichloride complexes [Pt(1-iqdzH)Cl
2] (
2a) and [Pt(3-iqdzH)Cl
2] (
2b), in which idqzH = 1- or 3-isoquinolinylindazole, were prepared by treatment of the corresponding indazoles with K
2PtCl
4 in aqueous HCl solution. Despitetheir nonemissive nature, these complexes could react with excess indazole, sodium picolinate, and 3-trifluoromethyl-5-(2-pyridyl) pyrazole [(fppz)H] to afford the respective
a and
b series of luminescent complexes [Pt(1-iqdz)(L
X)]and [Pt(3-iqdz)(L
X)], where L
X = 1-iqdz (
1a), 3-iqdz (
1b), pic (
3a,
3b), and fppz (
4a,
4b). Single-crystal X-raydiffraction studies of
1b,
2a, and
3b revealed a planar molecular geometry without notable intermolecular Pt···Ptcontact in the solid crystal, a result of the steric repulsion imposed by the bulky indazole fragments. For coordinationcomplexes
1,
3, and
4, photoluminescence in degassed CH
2Cl
2 revealed high quantum efficiency and short radiativelifetimes in the range of several microseconds. As supported by the spectral feature, the associated radiationlifetimes, and a computational approach based on time-dependent density function theory (TD-DFT), the origin ofthe emission is attributed to a mixed
3MLCT/
3 transition. The TD-DFT approach further confirmed that, exceptfor the series
1 complexes, the HOMO of 3-iqdz complexes
3b and
4b is much less located at the central Pt(II)atom than the HOMO orbitals of the respective 1-iqdz complexes
3a and
4a, leading to a smaller degree of MLCTcontribution. Consequently, there are a blue-shifted emission signal and an inferior emission quantum yield for the3-iqdz derivatives. OLED devices with a multilayer configuration of ITO/NPB/CBP:
3a/BCP/Alq
3/LiF/Al were fabricatedusing a CBP layer doped with various concentrations of
3a, ranging from 6% to 100%, within the emitting layer.The best device performance was realized using a 6% doping concentration, for which the external quantum yieldof 4.93%, luminous efficiency of 12.19 cd/A, and power efficiency of 6.12 lm W
-1 were observed at 20 mA/cm
2,while a maximum luminescence as high as 20296 cd/m
2 was also realized at 16 V, showing good prospect for thefabrication of Pt(II) based OLEDs.