High-Efficiency White Light Emission Using a Phosphorescent Sensitizer in Organic Light-Emitting Devices

We have fabricated white organic light-emitting devices by using the phosphorescent material fac tris (2-phenylpyridine) iridium [Ir(ppy₃)] as a sensitizer, as a result, the efficiency of these devices is improved dramatically. Ir(ppy)₃ and the fluorescent dye 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-t-butyl-6-(1,1,7,7- tetramethyljulolidyl-9-enyl)(DCJTB) are co-doped into 4,4-N,N-dicarbazole-biphenyl (CBP) host, whose thickness affects both color and efficiency of the devices. Tris (8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq) and 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (bathocuproine or BCP) are used as electron-transporting and exciton-blocking layers, respectively, and N,N-diphenyl-N,N-bis(1-naphthyl)-(1,1-biphenyl)-4,4-diamine (NPB) as a blue light-emitting as well as hole-transporting layer. The maximum efficiencies of the devices with 15 and 20 nm co-doped BCP tuning layer are 7.5 and 8.6 cd/A, respectively, and the former presents fairly pure white emission with CIE coordinates of (0.33, 0.32) at 10 V, which is very stable at various biases (10–19 V).     

以BAlq为主体的高效高色纯度的红色有机电致磷光器件

以铱配合物红色磷光体Ir(piq)₂(acac)为掺杂剂,制备了基于BAlq材料的红色电致磷光器件,其结构为ITO/NPB(30nm)/Ir(piq)₂(acac):BAlq(25nm)/BCP(13nm)/Alq₃(35nm)/LiF(1nm)/Al(1000nm),当掺杂浓度为8%的时候,器件发光的色坐标为(x=0.67,y=0.32),基本满足了全色显示对红色发光的要求。在电压为16V时,器件达到最高亮度9380cd/m²。在电流密度为5.45mA/cm²时,外量子效率达到最大5.7%。由于磷光体Ir(piq)₂(acac)的磷光寿命较短,所以器件在高电流密度下,仍然保持较高的外量子效率。电流密度为100mA/cm²时,外量子效率仍然维持在4.7%。进一步研究表明在器件中短程的Dexter能量传递以及红光染料对空穴的直接捕获两种机制同时存在。     

一种新型铕配合物的有机电致发光性能

研究了一种新型的稀土金属铕配合物EuL₁L₂的光致发光和电致发光特性。将这种铕配合物掺杂到PVK:PBD中,制备成结构为ITO/PVK:PBD:EuL₁L₂/PBD/Alq₃/Mg:Ag/Ag的器件,对其电致发光性能进行研究,发现Eu³⁺离子和Alq₃的相对发光强度随PVK:PBD:EuL₁L₂和Alq₃之间的激子阻挡层PBD的厚度变化而变化,通过调节PBD的厚度,得到了色纯度较高的红色电致发光器件,其光谱具有显著的Eu³⁺离子的光谱特征。