Efficiency of a blue organic light-emitting diode enhanced by inserting charge control layers into the emission region

We demonstrate high current efficiency of a blue fluorescent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) by using the charge control layers (CCLs) based on Alq3 . The CCLs that are inserted into the emitting layers (EMLs) could impede the hole injection and facilitate the electron transport, which can improve the carrier balance and further expand the exciton generation region. The maximal current efficiency of the optimal device is 5.89 cd/A at 1.81 mA/cm2 , which is about 2.19 times higher than that of the control device (CD) without the CCL, and the maximal luminance is 19.660 cd/m2 at 12V. The device shows a good color stability though the green light emitting material Alq3 is introduced as the CCL in the EML, but it has a poor lifetime due to the formation of cationic Alq3 species.     

The performance enhancement in organic light-emitting diode using a semicrystalline composite for hole injection

A semicrystalline composite, 3, 4, 9, 10 perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride （PTCDA） doped N,N＇-di（1-naphthyl）- N,N＇-diphenylbenzidine （NPB）, has been fabricated and characterized. An organic light-emitting diode using such a composite in hole injection exhibits the improved performance as compared with the reference device using neat NPB in hole injection. For example, at a luminance of 2000 cd/m2, the former device gives a current efficiency of 2.0cd/A, higher than 1.6cd/A obtained from the latter device. Furthermore, the semicrystalline composite has been shown thermally to be more stable than the neat NPB thin film, which is useful for making organic light emitting diodes with a prolonged lifetime.     

Stable efficiency roll-off in red phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes using a spirofluorene-benzofluorene based carbazole type host material

Red phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLEDs) with stable efficiency roll-off were developed using a spirofluorene-benzofluorene based carbazole type host material. 9-(Spiro[benzo[c]fluorene-7,9′-fluorene]-2′-yl)-9H-carbazole with a spiro[benzofluorene-7,9′-fluorene] and a carbazole unit was synthesized and it was used as the host material for the red PHOLED. The quantum efficiency of the red PHOLED was optimized at a doping concentration of 1% and the efficiency decrease at 10,000 cd/m² from the maximum efficiency was less than 10%.     

Improved performances in top-emitting organic light-emitting diodes based on a semiconductor zinc oxide buffer layer

Electroluminescence performances are improved by inserting a semiconductor zinc oxide (ZnO) buffer layer into the emissive tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum (Alq₃) layer and the semitransparent Al/Ag cathode in top-emitting organic light-emitting diodes (TEOLEDs) with structures of Si/SiO₂/Ag/Ag₂O/4,4′, 4″-tris(3- methylphenylphenylamino)triphenylamine/ 4,4′-bis[N-(1-naphthyl-1-)-N-phenyl- amino]-biphenyl/Alq₃/ZnO/Al/Ag. The thermal deposition of ZnO layer onto Alq₃ results in Alq₃ anion formation, which is beneficial to electron injection by generating some new energy levels in the forbidden band of Alq₃. In addition, a large hole-injection barrier of 2 eV at the interface of Alq₃/ZnO effectively blocks hole injection into Al/Ag cathode, leading to more carrier recombination in the emissive region.     

Low driving voltage in an organic light-emitting diode using MoO3/NPB multiple quantum well structure in a hole transport layer

The driving voltage of an organic light-emitting diode(OLED) is lowered by employing molybdenum trioxide(MoO3)/N,N’-bis(naphthalene-1-yl)-N,N’-bis(phe-nyl)-benzidine(NPB) multiple quantum well(MQW) structure in the hole transport layer.For the device with double quantum well(DQW) structure of ITO/[MoO3(2.5 nm)/NPB(20 nm)]2/Alq3(50 nm)/LiF(0.8 nm)/Al(120 nm)],the turn-on voltage is reduced to 2.8 V,which is lowered by 0.4 V compared with that of the control device(without MQW structures),and the driving voltage is 5.6 V,which is reduced by 1 V compared with that of the control device at the 1000 cd/m2.In this work,the enhancement of the injection and transport ability for holes could reduce the driving voltage for the device with MQW structure,which is attributed not only to the reduced energy barrier between ITO and NPB,but also to the forming charge transfer complex between MoO3 and NPB induced by the interfacial doping effect of MoO3.     

基于红色荧光染料3-(dicyanomethylene)-5, 5-dimethyl-1-(4-dimethylamino-styryl) cyclohexene的高性能白色有机电致发光器件

研究了基于红色荧光染料3-（dicyanomethylene）-5, 5-dimethyl-1-（4-dimethylamino-styryl） cyclohexene（DCDDC）的白色有机电致发光器件的性能,分别制备了基于DCDDC超薄层和DCDDC掺杂主体材料的两种器件结构: 1）indium-tin oxide（ITO）/N, N′-diphenyl-N, N′-bis（1-naphthyl-pheny1）-1, 1′-biphenyl-4, 关键词： 有机电致发光器件 白色发光 红色荧光染料 掺杂     

Increased performance of an organic light-emitting diode by employing a zinc phthalocyanine based composite hole transport layer

We demonstrate that the electroluminescent performances of organic light-emitting diodes are significantly improved by employing a zinc phthalocyanine （ZnPc）-based composite hole transport layer （c-HTL）. The optimum ris-（8-hydroxyquinoline）aluminum （Alq3）-based organic light-emitting diode with a c-HTL exhibits a lower turn-on voltage of 2.8 V, a higher maximum current efficiency of 3.40 cd/A and a higher maximum power efficiency of 1.91 lm/W, which are superior to those of the conventional device （turn-on voltage of 3.8 V, maximum current efficiency of 2.60 cd/A, and maximum power efficiency of 1.21 lm/W）. We systematically studied the effects of different kinds of N’-diphenyl-N,N’-bis（1-naphthyl）（1,1’-biphenyl）-4,4’diamine （NPB）：ZnPc c-HTL. Meanwhile, we also investigate their mechanisms different from that in the case of using ZnPc as buffer layer. The specific analysis is based on the absorption spectra of the hole transporting material and current density–voltage characteristics of the corresponding hole-only devices.     

White organic light-emitting diodes based on a combined electromer and monomer emission in doubly-doped polymers

We report on white organic light-emitting diodes(WOLEDs) based on polyvinylcarbazole(PVK) doped with 1,1-bis((di-4-tolylamino)phenyl)cyclohexane(TAPC) and perylene,and investigate the luminescence mechanism of the devices.The chromaticity of light emission can be tuned by adjusting the concentration of the dopants.White light with the Commission Internationale de L’Eclairage(CIE) coordinates of(0.33,0.34) is achieved by mixing the yellow electromer emission of TAPC and the blue monomer emission of perylene from the device ITO/PVK:TAPC:perylene(100:9:1 in wt.)(100 nm)/tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum(Alq 3)(10 nm)/Al.The device exhibits a maximal luminance of 3727 cd/m2 and a current efficiency of 2cd/A.     

Color-tunable organic light-emitting devices using a thin N,N′-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N,N′-diphenyl-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine layer at heterojunction interface

Novel types of multilayer color-tunable organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) with the structure of indium tin oxide (ITO)/N,N′-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N,N′-diphenyl-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine (NPB)/aluminum (III)bis(2-methyl-8-quinolinato)4-phenylphenolato (BAlq)/tris-(8-hydroxyquinolate)-aluminum (Alq₃)/Mg:Ag were fabricated. By inserting a thin layer with different thickness of a second NPB layer at the heterojunction interface of BAlq/Alq₃, the emission zone of devices shifted greatly and optoelectronic characteristics underwent large variation. Although BAlq was reported as a very good hole-blocking and blue-light-emission material, results of measurements in this paper suggested that a certain thickness of NPB layer between BAlq and Alq₃ plays an important role to modify device characteristics, which can act as recombination-controlling layer in the multilayer devices. It also provides a simple way to fabricate color-tunable OLEDs by just changing the thickness of this “recombination-controlling” layer rather than doping by co-evaporation.