Iridium complexes demonstrating broadband emission through controlled geometric distortion and applications thereof

• US 9,312,502 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2013
• Issued: 04/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents (University of Arizona)
• Original Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents (University of Arizona)
• Inventors: Li, Jian, Turner, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): KOSACK, JOSEPH R
• Application Number:
  US13/963,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20140073798A1
• Time in Patent Office: 977 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 15/0033 Iridium compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/06 containing organic luminescent materials
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1029 containing one nitrogen atom as the heteroatom
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1044 containing two nitrogen atoms as heteroatoms
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/185 of the platinum group, i.e. Os, Ir, Pt, Ru, Rh or Pd
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/10 Triplet emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 30/00 Organic devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation integrated devices or assemblies of multiple devices H10K39/00, H10K65/00; electrolytic light-sensitive devices H01G9/20
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/342 comprising iridium
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/549 Organic PV cells

Abstract

Iridium compounds and their uses are disclosed herein. For example, carbazole containing iridium compounds are disclosed. The compounds are useful in many devices, including, but not limited to, electroluminescent devices.

Claims

1. A compound having the structure:

2. A electroluminescent device comprising the compound of claim 1.

3. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) comprising the compound of claim 1.

4. An organic photovoltaic device comprising the compound of claim 1.