摘要
Two new orange-red emitting ruthenium complexes, [Ru(bpy)2(4,4鈥?bis(3-ethylheptyl)-2,2鈥?bipyridine)](PF6)2 and [Ru(bpy)2(4-dihexylmethyl-4鈥?heptyl-2,2鈥?bipyridine)](PF6)2 with branched alkyl side groups on the bipyridyl ligand have been synthesized and used as dopants in an organic light emitting device. The device that contains the complex containing the 4-dihexylmethyl-4鈥?heptyl-2,2鈥?bipyridine ligand 1.0聽wt.%doped polymer blends of poly(vinylcarbazole) and 2-tert-butylphenyl-5-biphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol as the emitting layer reached to a luminous efficiency of 7聽cd/A, and a maximum brightness of 3824聽cd/m2 with an electroluminescence spectral peak at 600聽nm and Commission Internationale de L鈥橢clairage chromaticity coordinates of (0.57, 0.39). The swallow-tail alkyl substituent in this complex played a significant role in lowering the tendency to aggregate and presenting a better electroluminescence efficiency than that of the complex derived from the 4,4鈥?bis(3-ethylheptyl)-2,2鈥?bipyridine) ligand in a device.