Phosphor

Diimide

Quantum mechanics

Arylene

Photochemistry

Materials science

Phosphorescence

Alkyl

Molecule

Visual arts

Quantum yield

Physics

Organic chemistry

Cyan

Fluorescence

Perylene

Chemistry

Aryl

Optoelectronics

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Arylene diimide derived ambient organic phosphors are seldom reported despite their potential structural characteristics to facilitate the triplet harvesting. In this context, highly efficient room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) from simple, heavy‐atom substituted pyromellitic diimide derivatives in amorphous matrix and crystalline state is reported here. Multiple intermolecular halogen bonding interactions among these phosphors, such as halogen‐carbonyl and halogen‐π resulted in the modulation of phosphorescence, cyan emission from monomeric state and orange‐red emission from its aggregated state, to yield twin RTP emission. Remarkably, the air‐stable phosphorescence presented here own one of the highest quantum yield (≈48 %) among various organics in orange‐red emissive region.

Arylene Diimide Phosphors: Aggregation Modulated Twin Room Temperature Phosphorescence from Pyromellitic Diimides