Tetra‐N‐Fused Indolocarbazole Multiple Resonance Emitters Enabling Ultra‐Narrowband Pure Green Emission with High Efficiency and Stability

D Dawei Zhang (State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Molecular & Process Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering) Q Qian Wang J Jianping Zhou W Wenbo Yuan C Chuanqin Cheng (Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing China) J Jinbei Wei (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing P. R. China) D Dongdong Zhang L Lian Duan (Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry)

Abstract

Abstract Developing efficient narrowband emitters beyond the blue region remains challenging for indolocarbazole‐based multiple resonance (ICz‐MR) systems, primarily due to the inherent trade‐off between spectral red‐shifting and linewidth broadening. To address this, we pioneer tetra‐N‐fused ICz isomers ( l ‐N4ICz and s ‐N4ICz) with four consecutive para ‐positioned nitrogen atoms, forming extended π‐systems via alternating six‐/five‐membered ring fusion. The linear isomer l ‐N4ICz achieves sharp green photoluminescence peaking at 506 nm with a full width at half maxima (FWHM) of merely 14 nm—surpassing the bent analogue—alongside suppressed spectral shoulders and higher photoluminescence efficiency. Theoretical studies reveal the critical role of orbital symmetry engineering of adjacent segments in governing the optoelectronic properties of isomers. Organic light‐emitting diodes with l ‐N4ICz deliver pure‐green electroluminescence with an ultra‐narrow FWHM of 19 nm and the first chromaticity y ‐coordinate reaching 0.7 among ICz‐MR systems, alongside a peak external quantum efficiency of 30.1%, which remains at >20% even under extremely high luminance over 200 000 cd m −2 . The same device also sets a benchmark long operational lifetime of 2327 h to decay to 90% of the initial luminance of 1000 cd m −2 . These findings highlight the great potential of multi‐N‐fused ICz‐MR structures for highly efficient, stable, and narrow electroluminescence.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 64, Issue 46
Published November 10, 2025
ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher Wiley

Journal Info

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Wiley

ISSN: 1433-7851 Physical Sciences

Authors (8)

D

Dawei Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Molecular & Process Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering

Q

Qian Wang

J

Jianping Zhou

W

Wenbo Yuan

C

Chuanqin Cheng

Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing China

J

Jinbei Wei

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing P. R. China

D

Dongdong Zhang

L

Lian Duan

Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry