| Abstract: | Abstract— A new type of ancillary ligand for blue‐emitting heteroleptic iridium complexes has been successfully developed. New ligands, 3‐(trifluoromethyl)‐5‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)‐1,2,4‐triazolate and 5‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)‐tetrazolate, show stronger blue‐shifting power than that of the picolate of FIrpic [iridium (III) bis(4,6‐difluorophenylpyridinato)picolate]. Organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) fabricated with a new complex, FIrtaz [iridium (III) bis(4,6‐difluorophenylpyridinato)(5‐(pyridine‐2‐yl)‐1,2,4‐triazolate) or FIrN4 [(iridium (III) bis(4,6‐difluorophenylpyridinato)(5‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)‐tetrazolate], as the blue dopant in the host of mCP [1,3‐ bis(9‐carbazolyl)benzene], exhibit near‐saturated blue electrophosphorescence with Commision Internale de l'Eclairage (CIEx,y) coordinates of (0.14, 0.18) and (0.15, 0.24), respectively. |
