Theoretical insights into charge transport and photophysical properties of conjugated azaphosphole scaffolds
摘要
Efficient hole-transport materials and robust blue emitters remain bottlenecks in organic optoelectronics. We computationally designed and screened π-extended benzazaphosphole derivatives (1–9) to clarify how donor/acceptor substitution and conjugation control charge transport, emission, and nonlinear optical (NLO) response.
MethodsThe series exhibits narrowed frontier orbital gaps (≈2–3 eV) consistent with intra-molecular charge transfer, blue shifted S1 → S0 fluorescence with substantial oscillator strengths and a systematic preference for hole transport (λh < λe across the set). Stand out candidates include: 6, with an exceptional static first-order hyperpolarizability βtot ≈ 7.7 × 103 a.u., and 7, which shows low hole reorganization energy (λh ≈ 0.13 eV) together with balanced photophysics. Computed energy level alignment indicates compatibility with representative fullerene ETMs and common HTMs, supporting integration into OLED/OSC stacks. Collectively, 6–8 emerge as priority targets for experimental validation as blue emissive HTMs with strong NLO potential.