Abstract
A mononuclear Sm(III) complex involving Pic and EO4 (where Pic=picrate anion and EO4=tetraethylene glycol) has been studied. It shows a bright-orange emission when used as active material in a monolayer electroluminescent device of ITO/EO4SmPic/Al. The crystal structure of the complex consists of [Sm(Pic)2(H2O)(EO4)] cation and [Pic]- anion. The Sm(III) ion is coordinated with nine oxygen atoms from one EO4 ligand in a pentadentate mode, two Pic anions each in bidentate and monodentate modes, and one water molecule. Both the terminal alcohol groups of the acyclic EO4 ligand were involved in the OH⋯O hydrogen bonding by infinite one-dimensional (1D) chain within a symmetry direction [0 1 0]. The photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of the thin film shows the typical spectral features of the Sm(III) ion (4G5/2→6H7/2 transitions). The root-mean-square (rms) of the roughness of thin film is 30.605 nm and indicates that the formation of the monolayer electroluminescent device is not uniform and retains a high crystallinity. Typical semiconductor currentvoltage (IV) property was also observed in this device with threshold and turn voltages of 2.8 and 6.2 V, respectively. The [Sm(Pic)2(H2O)(EO4)](Pic) ·H2O complex can be applied as a luminescent center in OLED for bright-orange emission.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1959-1965 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Luminescence |
Volume | 131 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2011 |
Keywords
- Electroluminescent
- OLED
- Picrate complex
- Samarium
- Tetraethylene glycol