Efficiency of Blue Organic Light-emitting Diodes Enhanced by Employing an Exciton Feedback Layer

We report that a novel exciton feedback effect is observed by introducing the bis(2-methyl-8-quinolinolato)(4-phenylphenolato)aluminum(BAlq)inserted between the emitting layer(EML)and the electron transporting layer in blue organic light emitting diodes.As an exciton feedback layer(EFL),the BAlq does not act as a traditional hole blocking effect.The design of this kind of device structure can greatly reduce excitons'quenching due to accumulated space charge at the exciton formation interface.Meanwhile,the non-radiative energy transfer from EFL to the EML can also be utilized to enhance the excitons'formation,which is confirmed by the test of photolumimescent transient lifetime decay and electroluminescence enhancement of these devices.Accordingly,the optimal device presents the improved performances with the maximum current efficiency of 4.2 cd/A and the luminance of 24600 cd/m~2,which are about 1.45 times and 1.75 times higher than those of device A(control device)without the EFL,respectively.Simultaneously,the device shows an excellent color stability with a tiny offset of the CIE coordinates(△x=±0.003,△y=±0.004)and a relatively lower efficiency roll-off of 26.2% under the driving voltage varying from 3 V to 10 V.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Pure blue and white light electroluminescence in a multilayer organic light-emitting diode using a new blue emitter

We characterized the 6,12-bis{[N-（3,4-dimethylphenyl）-N-（2,4,5-trimethylphenyl）]amino} chrysene （BmPAC）, which has been proven to be a blue fluorescent emission with high EL efficiency. The blue fluorescent device exhibits good performance with an external quantum efficiency of 5.8% and current efficiency of 8.9 cd/A, respectively. Using BmPAC, we also demonstrate a hybrid phosphorescence/fluorescence white organic light-emitting device （WOLED） with high efficiency of 36.3 cd/A. In order to improve the relative intensity of blue light, we plus a blue light-emitting layer （BEML） in front of the orange light emitting layer （YEML） to take advantage of the excess singlet excitons. With the new emitting layer of BEML/YEML/BEML, we demonstrate the fluorescence/phosphorescence/fluorescence WOLED exhibits good performance with a current efficiency of 47 cd/A and an enhanced relative intensity of blue light.     

Efficient Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diodes Using FITCNQ as the Indium-Tin-Oxide Modification Layer

A phosphorescent organic light emitting diode by using tetrafluorotetracyanoquinodimethane （F4 TCNQ） as the indium-tin-oxide modification layer and 4,4＇-bis（earbazol-9-yl）biphenyl （CBP） as the hole transporting layer is reported. CBP doped with a green phosphorescent dopant, tris（2-（p-tolyl）pyridine） iridium（III） （Ir（mppy）3） is used as the emission layer in this device, and the maximum current efficiency of 31.3 cd/A is achieved. Further- more, low efficiency roll-off of 10.4% is observed with device luminance increasing from 100 cd/m2 （29. 7 cd/A） to lO000 cd/m2 （26.5 cd/A）. It is demonstrated that a charge-generation area is formed at F4 TCNQ/CBP interface, which will benefit hole injection into the hole transporting layer. Moreover, use of the CBP hole transporting layer will benefit the low efficiency roll-off by broadening triplet exciton formation, as well as by avoiding accumulation of unbalanced carrier at the hole transporting layer/emission layer interface.     

Realization of Red-Organic-Light Emitting Diode by Introducing the Double Emitting Zone

A saturated red-organic-light emitting diode (OLED) has been realized by doping an emitting material both in the hole-transporting layer (HTL) and the electron-transporting layer (ETL) to form double emitting zone. The red dopant, 4-(Dicyanomethylene)-2-t-butyl-6-(1,1,7,7-tetramethyljulolidyl-9-enyl)-4H-pyran (DCJTB), was doped into the N,N′-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N,N′-diphenyl-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine (NPB) layer and the tris (8-quinolinolate) aluminium (Alq3) layer, both of which act as the emitting layers. The optimal device, with a structure of ITO/CuPc/NPB/NPB:DCJTB/Alq3:DCJTB/Alq3/LiF/Al, showed good chromaticity coordinates (x = 0.63,y = 0.36) at 8 V. Uniquely, the current efficiency of the device was relatively independent of the drive voltage in a wide range from 8 V to 20 V. That may be helpful to ameliorate the lifetime of the organic electrol,Jmlnescent devices and to adjust the grey-scale for the future full-colour display panel.     

White Organic Light-Emitting Devices Based on 2-（2-Hydroxyphenyl） Benzothiazole and Its Chelate Metal Complex

We present three kinds of organic light-emitting devices (OLED) fabricated to achieve the emission of bright and pure white light. Device A, with a double-layered structure using 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl) benzothiazole (HBT) and poly (N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) as the emitting layer (EML) and the hole transport layer (HTL) respectively, could realize the blue-green light emission. Bis-(2-(2-hydroxyphenyl) benzothiazole)zinc (Zn(BTZ)2), synthesized with zinc acetate dihydrate and HBT to form a complex, is used as main EMLs in a similar structure to fabricate devices B and C. Bright and pure white light emissions can be obtained from device C which was fabricated with a green-white emitting host Zn(BTZ)2 and red dopant 5,6,11,12-tetraphenylnaphthacene (rubrene). The maximum quantum efficiency of device C could reach 0.63%, and the corresponding brightness and CIE coordinates were 4000cd/m^2 and (x=0.341, y=0.334) at the driving voltage of 20V.     

Top-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Devices Based on Silicon Substrate with High Luminance and Low Turn-on Voltage

We have fabricated a top-emitting organic light-emitting device on silicon substrate with high yellow luminance based on 5,6,11,12-tetraphenylnaphthacene sub-monolayer. It consists of a thin layer of highly conductive silver as the semitransparent cathode and surfaced-modified Ag as the anode. The device turns on at 3 V with the luminance of 8.4 cd/m^2. The maximum current efficiency is 1.3 cd/A at 6 V and the luminance reaches 14790 cd/m^2 at 14 V. The performance of the device is excellent in top-emitting organic light-emitting devices according to our knowledge.     

Doping in the Mixed Layer to Achieve High Brightness and Efficiency Organic Light Emitting Devices

Doping in the mixed layer was introduced to fabricate high brightness and high efficiency organic light emitting devices.In these devices,a copper phthalocyanine(CuPc) film acts as the buffer layer,a naphthylphenybiphenyl amine (NPB) film as the hole transport layer and a tris(8-hydroxyquinolinolate) aluminium (Alq3) film as the electron transport layer.The luminescent layer consists of the mixture of NPB,Alq3( to be called the mixed layer),and an emitting dopant 5,6,11,12-petraphenylnaphthacene (rubrene),where the concentration of NPB declined and the concentration of Alq3 was increased gradually in the deposition process.Adopting this doping mixed layer,the device exhibits the maximum emission of 49300cd/m^2 at 35V and the maximum efficiency of 7.96cd/A at 10.5V,which have been improved by two times in comparison with conventional doped devices.We attribute this improvement to the effective confinement of carriers in the mixed layer,which leads to the increase of the recombination efficiency of carriers.     

稳定的蓝色及白色有机薄膜电致发光器件

报道了一种稳定的蓝色和白色有机薄膜电致发光器件,蓝色器件最大亮度为7526cd／m^2,最大效率1．451m／W,半亮度寿命1035h(初始亮度l00cd／m^2)。白色器件的最大亮度为14850cd／m^2,最大效率2．881m／W,色度x=0．31,y=0．38,且色度不随电流增大而变化,半亮度寿命为2860h(初始亮度100cd／m^2)。     

Efficient bright white organic light-emitting diode based on non-doped ultrathin 5,6,11,12-tetraphenylnaphthacene layer

High-performance undoped white organic light-emitting diode (OLED) has been fabricated using an ultrathin yellow-emitting layer of 5,6,11,12-tetraphenylnaphthacene (rubrene) inserted at two sides of interface between two N,N′-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N,N′- biphenyl-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′- diamine (NPB) layers as a hole transporting and blue emissive layer, respectively. The results showed that a maximum luminance of the device reached to as high as 21,500 cd/m² at 15 V. The power efficiencies of 2.5 and 1.6 lm/W at a luminance of 1000 and 10000 cd/m², respectively, were obtained. The peaks of electroluminescent (EL) spectra locate at 429 and 560 nm corresponding to the Commissions Internationale De L’Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.32, 0.33), which is independent of bias voltage. The performance enhancement of the device may result from direct charge carrier trapping in rubrene. Energy transfer mechanism was also found in the EL process.     

Effect of SiO2/Si3N4 dielectric distributed Bragg reflectors (DDBRs) for Alq3/NPB thin-film resonant cavity organic light emitting diodes

In this article, we report on the effect of SiO₂/Si₃N₄ dielectric distributed Bragg reflectors (DDBRs) for Alq₃/NPB thin-film resonant cavity organic light emitting diode (RCOLED) in increasing the light output intensity and reducing the linewidth of spontaneous emission spectrum. The optimum DDBR number is found as 3 pairs. The device performance will be bad by further increasing or decreasing the number of DDBR. As compared to the conventional Alq₃/NPB thin-film organic light emitting diode (OLED), the Alq₃/NPB thin-film RCOLED with 3-pair DDBRs has the superior electrical and optical characteristics including a forward voltage of 6 V, a current efficiency of 3.4 cd/A, a luminance of 2715 cd/m² under the injection current density of 1000 A/m², and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 12 nm for emission spectrum over the 5-9 V bias range. These results represent that the Alq₃/NPB thin-film OLED with DDBRs shows a potential as the light source for plastic optical fiber (POF) communication system.     

同时掺杂磷光和荧光染料的白色有机电致发光器件性能研究

以磷光染料Ir(piq)₂(acac)作为发光掺杂剂,掺入空穴传输性主体材料NPB中得到红色发光层,荧光材料TBP掺入到主体CBP中作为蓝色发光层,制备了结构为ITO/NPB/NPB：Ir(piq)₂(acac)/CBP/CBP：TBPe/BCP/ALq/Mg：Ag的双发光层白色有机电致发光器件.其中ALq₃、未掺杂的NPB和CBP及BCP层分别作为电子传输层、空穴传输层和激子阻挡层.实验中通过调节发光层厚度及Ir(piq)_{2关键词： 磷光 激子阻挡层 有机电致发光}     

Blue organic light-emitting diodes with 2-methyl-9,10-bis(naphthalen-2-yl)anthracene as hole transport and emitting layer and the impedance spectroscopy analysis

2-methyl-9,10-bis(naphthalen-2-yl)anthracene (MADN) based fluorescent blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are demonstrated. With MADN as emitting layer, experiments indicate that thick MADN (40–60 nm) is preferable for constructing efficient blue OLED. With MADN as hole-transport and emitting layer and tris(8-hydroxy-quinolinato)aluminium (Alq₃) as electron-transport layer, the OLED electroluminescent characteristics show a mixture emission of MADN and Alq₃ with Commission Internationale d'Eclairage (CIE) color coordinates of (0.25, 0.34), indicating feasible hole transporting in MADN. Using 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BPhen) replacing Alq₃ as electron-transport layer, the OLED shows deep blue emission with a maximum luminous efficiency of 4.8 cd/A and CIE color coordinates of (0.16, 0.09). The hole transport characteristics of MADN are further clarified by constructing hole-only device and performing impedance spectroscopy analysis. The results indicate that MADN shows superior hole-transport ability which is almost comparable to typical hole-transport material of N,N′-bis(naphthalen-1-yl)-N,N′-bis(phenyl)-benzidine (NPB), suggesting a promising application for constructing efficient blue OLED with integrated hole-transport layer and emitting layer.     

Improving the color purity and efficiency of blue organic light-emitting diodes (BOLED) by adding hole-blocking layer

This work demonstrates the fabrication of a bright blue organic light-emitting diode (BOLED) with good color purity using 4,4′-bis(2,2-diphenylvinyl)-1,1′-biphenyl (DPVBi) and bathocuproine (BCP) as the emitting layer (EML) and the hole-blocking layer (HBL), respectively. Devices were prepared by vacuum deposition on indium tin oxide (ITO)-glass substrates. The thickness of DPVBi used in the OLED has an important effect on color and efficiency. The blue luminescence is maximal at 7670 cd/m² when 13 V is applied and the BCP thickness is 2 nm. The CIE coordinate at a luminance of 7670 cd/m² is (0.165, 0.173). Furthermore, the current efficiency is maximum at 4.25 cd/A when 9 V is applied.     

Solidly mounted resonators consisting of a molybdenum and titanium Bragg reflector

Bright and efficient stacked color-tunable organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) using an intermediate Al/Au electrode have been reported. The effects of the thicknesses of Al and Au layers on the luminance characteristics have been comprehensively studied. After optimization, the bottom-emission single-unit OLED of 4,4^′,4^′′-Tris(N-3-methylphenyl-N-phenyl-amino) triphenylamine/N,N^′-diphenyl-N,N^′-bis(1-naphthyl)-(1,1^′-biphenyl)-4,4^′-diamine/tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum has a maximum luminance efficiency (η_L) of 3.37 cd/A by using Al/Au as the cathode and 2.92 cd/A by using Al/Au as the anode. Meanwhile, by introducing the optimized intermediate Al/Au electrode into the stacked color-tunable (red to blue) OLEDs, a red unit with maximum η_L of 4.73 cd/A and a blue unit with maximum η_L of 3.96 cd/A have been obtained. The color can be tuned efficiently along a linear route from pure red with the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.662, 0.330) to sky blue with the CIE coordinates of (0.155, 0.340). This scheme can be a potential candidate for achieving high-brightness and efficient stacked color-tunable OLEDs. PACS 78.60.Fi; 78.66.Qn; 81.05.Lg; 85.30.De     

发光层和空穴传输层对白色电致发光器件性能的影响

利用电子传输性能良好的苯并噻唑螯合锌(Zn(BTZ)₂)作为蓝光层，通过设计不同类型的空穴传输层并试验不同厚度的发光层后，制作了一种最佳厚度的双发光层白色电致发光器件：氧化铟锡(ITO)/N-N′-双(3-甲基苯基)-N-N′-二苯基-1-1′-二苯基-4-4′-二胺(TPD)∶N,N′-二(1-萘基)-N,N′-二苯基-1,1′-联苯-4-4′-二胺(NPB)(1∶0.0 关键词： 厚度 空穴传输层 白光 载流子     

An organic light-emitting device with ultrathin quantum-well structure as light emitting layer

Both phosphorescent materials and devices, which emit red and green light, already have great performance and breakthrough. The biggest challenge and bottleneck is the blue phosphorescent device, if we want to popularize phosphorescent organic light-emitting device (OLED) in the full-color panel. This paper brings a new quantum-well structure in light-emitting layer. We select the commonly used phosphor materials, N,N′-dicarbazoly-2,5-benzene (mCP) and bis(3,5-difluoro-2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl-(2-carboxypyridyl)iridium(III) (FIrpic). The structure of the device is indium-tin oxide (ITO)/N,N′-bis(naphthalene-1-y1)-N,N′-bis(phenyl)-benzidine (NPB)/di-[4-(N,N-ditolyl-amino)-phenyl]cyclohexane (TAPC)/mCP/FIrpic/mCP/4,7-dipheny1-1,10-phenanthroline (Bphen)/Mg:Ag. The blue OLED of good performance is achieved by adjusting the thickness of FIrpic. When the thickness of FIrpic is 0.2 nm and the Current density is 34.86 mA/cm², the results show that the luminance of the device is 1000 cd/m², then the luminous power efficiency of the device is 6.01 lm/W. Meanwhile, the light emitting mechanism of ultrathin quantum-well structure is well studied, the quantum confinement effect and the role of quantum well structure as the light-emitting layer in the blue phosphorescent devices are mainly analyzed.     

Fe3O4P型掺杂对有机电致发光器件性能的提高

将金属氧化物Fe3O4在空穴传输材料中进行P型掺杂并制作有机电致发光器件,使器件的开启电压由5 V降至2.5 V;20 mA/cm2电流密度下的功率效率由1.2 lm/W提高到2.0 lm/W;10 V下的亮度由1 680cd/m2提高到30 590 cd/m2.紫外-可见-红外吸收光谱及紫外光电子能谱的测试分析结果表...