Synthesis and property of new propeller shaped emitting materials for organic light-emitting devices

New propeller type emitting compound, namely 3,6-di-anthracen-9-yl-9,10-bis-(4-anthracen- 9-yl-phenyl)-phenanthrene[TAnDAP] and 3,6-bis-(10-phenyl-anthracen-9-yl)-9,10-bis-[4-(10-phenylanthracen- 9-yl)-phenyl]-phenanthrene [TAnPDAP] were synthesized through Suzuki and McMurry reactions. We investigated their physical properties such as optical, electrochemical, and electroluminescent properties. The two compounds were used as an emitting layer in OLED devices: ITO/2-TNATA (60 nm)/NPB (15 nm)/non-doped: TAnDAP or TAnPDAP (35 nm)/Alq3 (20 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (200 nm). The TAnDAP OLED device showed C.I.E. value of (0.28, 0.41) and luminance efficiency of 3.81 cd/A at 10 mA/cm². The TAnPDAP device showed C.I.E. value of (0.20, 0.27) and high luminance efficiency of 5.40 cd/A at 10 mA/cm². TAnPDAP was found to show better luminance efficiency and C.I.E. value than TAnDAP because it has a bulky 9-phenylanthracene.