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Article

The Photoluminescent Properties of New Cationic Iridium(III) Complexes Using Different Anions and Their Applications in White Light-Emitting Diodes

by
Hui Yang
,
Guoyun Meng
,
Yayun Zhou
,
Huaijun Tang
*,
Jishou Zhao
and
Zhengliang Wang
*
Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Utilization of Mineral Resources in Ethnic Regions, Joint Research Centre for International Cross-border Ethnic Regions Biomass Clean Utilization in Yunnan, School of Chemistry & Environment, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming 650500, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Materials 2015, 8(9), 6105-6116; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma8095296
Submission received: 19 July 2015 / Revised: 29 August 2015 / Accepted: 6 September 2015 / Published: 14 September 2015
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Developments in Organic Dyes and Pigments)
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Abstract

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Three cationic iridium(III) complexes [Ir(ppy)2(phen)][PF6] (C1), [Ir(ppy)2(phen)]2SiF6 (C2) and [Ir(ppy)2(phen)]2TiF6 (C3) (ppy: 2-phenylpyridine, phen: 1, 10-phenanthroline) using different anions were synthesized and characterized by 1H Nuclear magnetic resonance (1HNMR), mass spectra (MS), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra and element analysis (EA). After the ultraviolet visible (UV-vis) absorption spectra, photoluminescent (PL) properties and thermal properties of the complexes were investigated, complex C1 and C3 with good optical properties and high thermal stability were used in white light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) as luminescence conversion materials by incorporation with 460 nm-emitting blue GaN chips. The integrative performances of the WLEDs fabricated with complex C1 and C3 are better than those fabricated with the widely used yellow phosphor Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ (YAG). The color rendering indexes of the WLEDs with C1 and C3 are 82.0 and 82.6, the color temperatures of them are 5912 K and 3717 K, and the maximum power efficiencies of them are 10.61 Lm·W−1 and 11.41 Lm·W−1, respectively.

1. Introduction

More and more interest is focused on white light-emitting diodes (WLEDs), because of their high efficiency, long lifetime, energy-saving and environmentally friendly properties [1,2,3]. At present, the commercial WLEDs are mainly obtained by the combination of yellow phosphor Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ (YAG) with blue GaN-LED chips (λem ≈ 460 nm). It is well known that the main emission wavelength of the YAG is in the greenish yellow region [4]. Thus, WLEDs fabricated with YAG have low color rendering index (Ra) and high color temperature (Tc) because of the absence of red components in their spectra [5,6,7]. In order to enhance the emission of YAG in red regions, YAG is optimized by doping with some rare earth ions (such as Eu3+, or Pr3+) [6,7,8]. Although optimized YAG exhibit slightly red emission, but the yellow emission of the phosphors is obviously decreased. Hence, the development of new yellow phosphors for WLEDs based on blue LED chips is urgently needed.
Recently, many organic luminescent conversion materials have also been used in LEDs, such as organic rare earth complexes [9,10,11], luminescent polymers [12,13,14] and small-molecule fluorescent dyes [15,16]. Cationic iridium(III) complexes with organic ligands composed of organic iridium(III) complex cation and inorganic acid anion (such as PF6−, ClO4− and BF4−) have been widely applied in light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) [17,18,19] and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [20,21,22,23], as well as used as highly efficient luminescent materials in metal-oxide/metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for LEDs and chemical sensors [24,25,26] because of their excellent photochemical and photophysical properties, such as high efficiency of 100% theoretical internal quantum efficiency, excellent color tenability via various ligands, short triplet state lifetimes, high thermal and photic stability and so on. These properties of cationic iridium(III) complexes meet the requirement of LEDs.
In this paper, three cationic iridium(III) complexes were synthesized with different anion sources, and their photoluminescence (PL) properties were investigated. Finally, the performances of WLEDs based on them were investigated.

2. Experimental Section

2.1. Synthesis and Fabrication

All reagents and chemicals are of analytical grade and used as supplied without further purification unless otherwise stated. The cationic iridium(III) complexes were synthesized according to our previous work [20,21,22], as shown in Figure 1. The chloro-bridged dimer (ppy)2Ir(μ-Cl)2Ir(ppy)2 (643 mg, 0.60 mmol, ppy:2-phenylpyridine) and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen, 237.6 mg, 1.2 mmol) were added into glycoland then kept at 150 °C in Ar atmosphere with stirring for 16 h. After being cooled to room temperature, 10 mL 0.3 mol·L−1 aqueous solution of ammonium salts NH4PF6, (NH4)2TiF6 or (NH4)2SiF6 was added with stirring, respectively. After the counter ion-exchange reaction from Cl− to PF6−, TiF62− or SiF62− [27], plentiful floccules precipitate appeared. The precipitate was filtered, washed with water and dried in vacuum. The crude product was purified by column chromatography on silica gel with a mixture of CH2Cl2 and ethanol (volume ratio, 10:1) as eluent. All complexes were characterized by 1H Nuclear magnetic resonance (1HNMR), mass spectra (MS), elemental analysis (EA) and infrared spectra (IR). Yellow phosphor YAG was synthesized according to the reference [28]. The stoichiometric mixtures of Y2O3, Al(OH)3 and CeO2 were ground and fired at 1300 °C for 8 h in reducing atmosphere (N2:H2 = 95:5).
The series of WLEDs were fabricated by coating the mixture of epoxy resin and iridium(III) complexes or YAG phosphors on GaN chips.
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Figure 1. Synthetic route and chemical structures of the cationic iridium(III) complexes.
Figure 1. Synthetic route and chemical structures of the cationic iridium(III) complexes.
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2.2. Characterization

1HNMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker AV400 spectrometer operating at 400 MHz. Elemental analyses (EA) were performed on a Vario EL III Elemental Analysis Instrument. Mass spectra (MS) were obtained on a Bruker amaZon SL liquid chromatography mass spectrometer (LC-MS) with an electrospray ionization (ESI) interface using methanol as matrix solvent. Infrared spectra (IR) were recorded using a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (IS10). Excitation and emission spectra were documented on a Cary Eclipse FL1011M003 (Varian, Palo Alto, CA, USA) spectrofluorometer, and the xenon lamp was used as excitation source. Thermogravimetric (TG) analysis was carried out up to 700 °C in N2 atmosphere with a heating speed of 10.0 K/min on a NETZSCH STA 449F3 thermogravimetric analyzer. The electroluminescent spectra of LEDs were recorded on a high-accuracy array spectrometer (HSP6000, HongPu Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd., Hangzhou, China).
[Ir(ppy)2(phen)][PF6] (C1), yellow solid, yield: 85%, 1HNMR (400 MHz, CD3OD, 25 °C, ppm): 8.77 (d, 2H, 3J = 8.0 Hz, ArH), 8.36 (d, 2H, 3J = 4.8 Hz, ArH), 8.30 (s, 2H, ArH), 8.13 (d, 2H, 3J = 8.0 Hz, ArH), 7.86–7.93 (m, 4H, ArH), 7.80 (t, 2H, 3J = 8.4 Hz, ArH), 7.45 (d, 2H, 3J = 5.6 Hz, ArH), 7.08 (t, 2H, 3J = 7.6 Hz, ArH), 6.95 (t, 2H, 3J = 8.0 Hz, ArH), 6.90 (t, 2H, 3J = 7.6 Hz, ArH), 6.41 (d, 2H, 3J = 7.6 Hz, ArH). FTIR (KBr, cm−1): 3452, 3131, 1693, 1657, 1609, 1580, 1476, 1123, 1068, 964, 847, 617, 560, 539, 517. ESI-MS (m/z, being shown in Figure S1): 681.1 [M-PF6]+. Element Anal. Calc. For C34H24F6IrN4P(%): C, 49.45; H, 2.93; N, 6.78; Found(%): C, 49.32; H, 2.86; N, 6.60.
[Ir(ppy)2(phen)]2SiF6 (C2), yellow solid, yield: 40%. 1HNMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 25 °C, ppm): 8.93 (d, 4H, 3J = 8.0 Hz, ArH), 8.44 (s, 4H, ArH), 8.25 (d, 4H, 3J = 4.8 Hz, ArH), 7.88–7.93 (m, 8H, ArH), 7.72–7.73 (m, 8H, ArH), 7.31 (d, 4H, 3J = 5.6 Hz, ArH), 7.08 (t, 4H, 3J = 7.6 Hz, ArH), 6.97 (t, 4H, 3J = 7.6 Hz, ArH), 6.89 (t, 4H, 3J = 6.4 Hz, ArH), 6.40 (d, 4H, 3J = 7.6 Hz, ArH). FTIR (KBr, cm−1): 3453, 3133, 1694, 1657, 1461, 1390, 1350, 1264, 1123, 1068, 994, 954, 864, 821, 764, 618, 562, 539, 517. ESI-MS (m/z, being shown in Figure S1): 681.1 [1/2(M-SiF6)]+. Element Anal. Calc. For C68H48F6Ir2N8Si(%): C, 54.32; H, 3.22; N, 7.45; Found(%): C, 54.14; H, 3.53; N, 7.52.
[Ir(ppy)2(phen)]2TiF6 (C3), yellow solid, yield: 73%. 1HNMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 25 °C, ppm): 9.00 (d, 4H, 3J = 8.0 Hz, ArH), 8.49 (s, 4H, ArH), 8.25 (d, 4H, 3J = 4.8 Hz, ArH), 7.90–7.93 (m, 8H, ArH), 7.72–7.74 (m, 8H, ArH), 7.32 (d, 4H, 3J = 6.0 Hz, ArH), 7.09 (t, 4H,3J = 7.2 Hz, ArH), 6.98 (t, 4H, 3J = 8.0 Hz, ArH), 6.90 (t, 4H, 3J = 6.8 Hz, ArH), 6.40 (d, 4H, 3J = 7.6 Hz, ArH). FTIR (KBr, cm−1): 3451, 3131, 1694, 1657, 1606, 1460, 1381, 1347, 1265, 1124, 1069, 994, 955, 865, 823, 762, 616, 562, 539, 518. ESI-MS (m/z, being shown in Figure S1): 681.1 [1/2(M-TiF6)]+. Element Anal. Calc. For C68H48F6Ir2N8Ti(%): C, 53.61; H, 3.18; N, 7.36; Found(%): C, 53.85; H, 3.45; N, 7.62.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. UV-Vis Absorption Spectra

The UV-visible absorption spectra of the iridium(III) complexes in CH2Cl2 solution of 1.0 × 10−5 mol·L−1 at room temperature are shown in Figure 2. The intense absorption bands in the ultra-violet region between 230 nm and 350 nm are ascribed to the spin-allowed 1π–π* transition of the ligands. The weak absorption band from 350 nm extending to the visible region are overlapping absorption of 1MLCT (metal-ligand charge-transfer), 1LLCT (ligand-to-ligand charge-transfer), 3MLCT, 3LLCT and ligand-centered (LC) 3π–π* transitions [20,29]. The absorption of spin-forbidden 3MLCT, 3LLCT and 3LCπ–π* mixing with higher-lying 1MLCT transitions exhibiting largish intensity is caused by the strong spin-orbit coupling endowed by the heavy iridium(III) atom [30,31]. Since all the absorption spectra of the complexes are caused by the same organic iridium(III) complex cation [Ir(ppy)2(phen)]+, the absorption spectra very much resemble one another, all of them have the same maximum absorption wavelength peaked at 267 nm. However, the absorption intensities of them at same wavelengths are different which means the absorption is affected by different anions of PF6−, SiF62− and TiF62−. The complex C3 with TiF62− exhibits the maximum absorption intensity and that of the complex C2 with SiF62− is the minimum.
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Figure 2. UV-Vis absorption spectra of the cationic iridium(III) complexes in CH2Cl2 at 1.0 × 10−5 mol·L−1 at room temperature.
Figure 2. UV-Vis absorption spectra of the cationic iridium(III) complexes in CH2Cl2 at 1.0 × 10−5 mol·L−1 at room temperature.
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3.2. Photoluminescent Properties

The excitation and emission spectra of the cationic iridium(III) complexes in CH2Cl2 solutions at 1.0 × 10−5 mol·L−1 at room temperature are shown in Figure 3. In addition, due to the same organic iridium(III) complex cation [Ir(ppy)2(phen)]+, three cationic iridium(III) complexes exhibit similar excitation and emission spectra. For complexes C1, C2 and C3, the maximum excitation wavelengths are 278 nm, 267 nm and 282 nm respectively, the maximum emission wavelengths are all 568nm. In general, for mixed-ligand cationic iridium(III) complexes, usually three excited states usually contribute to the observed light emission, those are 3LCπ–π*, 3MLCT and 3LLCT [32]. All complexes exhibit broad and almost featureless emission spectra, which demonstrated that the emissive excited states have predominantly 3LCπ–π* characters other than 3MLCT or 3LLCT [33].
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Figure 3. Excitation (Ex, λem = 580 nm) and emission (Em, λex = 342 nm) spectra of the cationic iridium(III) complexes in CH2Cl2 at 1.0 × 10−5 mol·L−1 at room temperature.
Figure 3. Excitation (Ex, λem = 580 nm) and emission (Em, λex = 342 nm) spectra of the cationic iridium(III) complexes in CH2Cl2 at 1.0 × 10−5 mol·L−1 at room temperature.
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Figure 4 and Figure 5 are excitation and emission spectra of the solid powders of YAG and three cationic iridium(III) complexes. As shown in Figure 4, at emission wavelength of 565 nm, the complexes all exhibit similar broad excitation bands from 250 nm to 550 nm, and all of them have two peaks with the maximum excitation wavelengths around 337 nm and 444 nm respectively. The YAG has a main peak at 400–515 nm with the maximum excitation wavelengths of 460 nm. In other words, all of the above-mentioned phosphors can be well excited by 460 nm emitting blue GaN chip and white light can be obtained by combining light from the chip and from one of the phosphors. However, as shown in Figure 5, the emission bands of YAG and cationic iridium(III) complexes are different. The emission of YAG mainly contains greenish yellow light, so its combination with 460 nm emitting blue GaN chip will obtain cool white light, on the contrary, the emission of the cationic iridium(III) complexes covers yellow light and part of orange red light, which can be coated on 460 nm emitting blue GaN chip for obtaining warm white light. From the excitation and emission spectra, another piece of information can be obtained, that the emission intensity of cationic iridium(III) complex C3 with TiF62− is higher than that of the others, likely due to its higher excitation light absorption. The order of emission intensities is C3 > C1 > C2, which means that different anions in the complexes will affect their emission intensities.
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Figure 4. Excitation spectra (λem = 565 nm) of YAG (a) and the cationic iridium(III) complexes (b) powders.
Figure 4. Excitation spectra (λem = 565 nm) of YAG (a) and the cationic iridium(III) complexes (b) powders.
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Figure 5. Emission spectra (λex = 444 nm) of YAG (a) and the cationic iridium(III) complexes (b) powders.
Figure 5. Emission spectra (λex = 444 nm) of YAG (a) and the cationic iridium(III) complexes (b) powders.
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3.3. Thermal Stability

High thermal stability is an essential requirement for WLEDs, since WLEDs are fabricated and work usually at a temperature even near (but not exceeding) 150 °C [34]. The thermal properties of three cationic iridium(III) complexes are characterized by thermogravimetry (TG), and shown in Figure 6. At low temperature, approximately from room temperature to 220 °C for C1, from room temperature to 155 °C for C2, and from room temperature to 185 °C for C3 respectively, every complex has a little mass loss of adsorptive water and organic solvent residues, about 2.0% for C1, 4.0% for C2 and 3.0% for C3 respectively. Due to the easily degradable property of SiF62− (SiF62−→ SiF4↑ + 2F−) [35], there is an obvious mass loss process between 200 °C and 300 °C (with a point of inflection at about 230 °C) on the TG curve of C2; however, C1 and C3 with stable anions of PF6− and TiF62− do not show similar mass loss. At relatively high temperature, above 295 °C for C1, 345 °C for C2, and 315 °C for C3 respectively, every complex shows a big mass loss caused by the loss of neutral auxiliary ligands (1,10-phenanthroline) [22,36]. The results of thermal and optical properties suggest that complex C1 and complex C3 are suitable to be used in LEDs but complex C2 is unsuitable.
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Figure 6. Thermogravimetric curves of the cationic iridium(III) complexes.
Figure 6. Thermogravimetric curves of the cationic iridium(III) complexes.
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3.4. Fabrication and Performance of WLEDs

In order to investigate the potential application of these cationic iridium(III) complexes, a series of WLEDs were fabricated by coating these complexes (doped in epoxy resin at mass ratio of 1:30) on the 460 nm emitting blue GaN chips. The electroluminescent (EL) spectra of these LEDs devices are shown in Figure 7. Figure 7a illustrates the EL spectrum of single LED chip with the strongest emission peaked at ~460 nm. Figure 7b is the EL spectrum of the WLED using the mixture of YAG and epoxy resin (the ratio of mass is 1:3) under 20 mA current excitation. The broad band in blue region is due to the emission of GaN chip, and the greenish yellow emission is due to the emission of YAG. The performance of this WLED is listed in Table 1. The WLED based on YAG exhibits high Tc (7338 K) and low Ra (74.7). Figure 7c,d presents the EL spectra of the WLEDs based on the mixture of the cationic iridium(III) complexes and epoxy resin (the ratio of mass is 1:30). Some differences can be found in the EL spectra of these WLEDs from Figure 7. Firstly, the yellow emission part in spectrum of WLED with complex C3 shows obvious red-shift compared with that of YAG. Besides, the ration of blue emission and yellow emission in Figure 7d is smaller than that in Figure 7b. These results indicate that the WLED fabricated with complex C3 share better performance than that with YAG. The related parameters of these WLEDs are also listed in Table 1. Among these WLEDs based on iridium(III) complexes, the WLED fabricated with C3 shows the strongest white light, and shows lower Tc (3717 K) and higher Ra (82.6) compared with those of WLEDs based on YAG and C1.Moreover, a little of complex C3 can share intense yellow emission excited by the emission of GaN chip, compared with YAG. Hence the complex C3 maybe find application in WLEDs.
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Figure 7. EL spectra of several LEDs at 20 mA forward bias: (a) The original blue GaN chip without phosphor (b) Blue GaN chip and YAG as phosphor (c) Blue GaN chip and complex C1 as phosphor (d) Blue GaN chip and complex C3 as phosphor.
Figure 7. EL spectra of several LEDs at 20 mA forward bias: (a) The original blue GaN chip without phosphor (b) Blue GaN chip and YAG as phosphor (c) Blue GaN chip and complex C1 as phosphor (d) Blue GaN chip and complex C3 as phosphor.
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Table
Table 1. Performances of LEDs under 20 mA current excitation.
Table 1. Performances of LEDs under 20 mA current excitation.
LEDMass ratio of Phosphor and Epoxy ResinTc (K)RaLuminous Efficiency (Lm/W)CIE (x, y)
only blue GaN chip‒10000049.512.91(0.13, 0.06)
YAG and blue GaN chip1:3733874.714.61(0.29, 0.35)
C1 and blue GaN chip1:30591282.010.61(0.32, 0.35)
C3 and blue GaN chip1:30371782.611.41(0.40, 0.40)

4. Conclusions

Three cationic iridium(III) complexes [Ir(ppy)2(phen)][PF6] (C1), [Ir(ppy)2(phen)]2SiF6 (C2) and [Ir(ppy)2(phen)]2TiF6 (C3) with different anions were synthesized. Complex C1 and C3 exhibit good optical properties and high thermal stability; however, these properties of complex C2 are poor, probably due to the easily degradable property and high water adsorption of SiF62−. Complex C1 and C3 exhibit intense and broad greenish-yellow emission with broad excitation bands in blue region. The WLEDs fabricated using complex C1 and C3 as luminescence conversion materials show good optical performances that are better than those of the widely used yellow phosphor YAG; therefore, these two complexes (especially complex C3) are considered to be good candidates for WLEDs.

Supplementary Materials

Supplementary materials can be accessed at: https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/1996-1944/8/9/6105/s1.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 21262046 and 21261027), Program for Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in Universities of Yunnan Province (2011UY09) and Yunnan Provincial Innovation Team (2011HC008).

Author Contributions

Hui Yang, Guoyun Meng and Yayun Zhou performed the experiments; Hui Yang, Huaijun Tang and Zhengliang Wang analyzed the data; and Hui Yang wrote the initial draft of the manuscript. Huaijun Tang and Zhengliang Wang designed and supervised the project, reviewed and contributed to the final revised manuscript. All authors contributed to the analysis and conclusion, and read the final paper.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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