Carbazole/triphenylamine-cyanobenzimidazole hybrid bipolar host materials for green phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes

With a view to attain balanced charge flux for higher device performance of PhOLEDs, we have used carbazole/triphenyl amine as hole transporting moiety and cyano along with benzimidazole as electron transporting core in 3-Cbz-ImdCN, 4-Cbz-ImdCN and TPA-ImdCN. Their thermal, photophysical and electrochemical properties have been evaluated to shed light on structure-property-performance relationship. Good performances have been exhibited by these bipolar host materials in green PhOLEDs with maximum external quantum efficiencies were observed in the range of 5.3–11.5% using Ir(ppy)₃ emitter. Further, 3-Cbz-ImdCN hosted orange and red PhOLEDs with the Ir(MDQ)₂acac and Ir(piq)₂acac emitters revealed the external quantum efficiencies of 5.1% and 6.3%, respectively. In all the devices pure emission was observed from dopants only which clearly implies that the devices possess effective energy transfer from the host to the guest.     

Highly efficient,solution-processed orange–red phosphorescent OLEDs by using new iridium phosphor with thieno[3,2-c]pyridine derivative as cyclometalating ligand

A new orange iridium phosphor of (EtPy)₂Ir(acac) with thieno[3,2-c]pyridine derivative as cyclometalating ligand was designed and synthesized. The combination of thieno[3,2-c]pyridine with rigid fluorene moiety enlarged the π conjugation of ligand, and consequently caused the peak emission of (EtPy)₂Ir(acac) red-shift to 588 nm. By using (EtPy)₂Ir(acac) as the orange phosphor, the fully solution-processed PhOLEDs were fabricated with the following device configuration: ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PVK: PBD: (EtPy)₂Ir(acac)/CsF/Al. With PEDOT:PSS 8000 as the hole-injecting material, the orange device achieved a maximum current efficiency of 13.4 cd A⁻¹, a maximum power efficiency of 5.9 lm W⁻¹ and a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 11.2% with a CIE coordinate of (0.62, 0.38) that falls into the orange–red region. Moreover, at high luminance of 1000 cd m⁻², the device still remained high current efficiency of 8.7 cd A⁻¹ and EQE of 7.3%. To the best of our knowledge, these efficiencies were among the highest ever reported for solution-processed orange–red PhOLEDs.     

高效率磷光与荧光相结合的白色有机发光器件

制作了一种白色有机电致发光器件(WOLED)。将红光[Ir(piq)2(acac)]及绿光[Ir(ppy)3]磷光掺杂染料分别掺入到母体CBP中,在2种磷光发光层间插入蓝光材料DPVBi,引入电子传输能力强的BPhen作为电子注入层和空穴阻挡层,通过改变蓝光发光层的厚度,得到了高效率的WOLED,最大电流效率可达17.6cd/A,最大功率效率达13.7lm/W,最大亮度达27525cd/m2,当电压从4V变化到12V时,色坐标从(0.54,0.35)变化到(0.30,0.31),基本处于白光区。器件的特点在于DPVBi的存在阻挡了2种磷光材料间的能量转移,色度可以通过简单地调整DPVBi的厚度,避免使用稀有的蓝光磷光材料和与其相匹配的母体材料,同时又可以保持较高的发光效率。     

Emission from outside of the emission layer in state-of-the-art phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes

The emission zone profile in an organic light-emitting diode was extracted by fitting the experimentally measured far-field angular electroluminescence spectrum of a purposely designed device. It is based on a thin 10 nm emission layer doped with the red emitting phosphor Ir(MDQ)₂acac. We find strong indications for light emission originating from outside of the emission layer, even though the device has electron and hole blocking layers. These are commonly assumed to completely confine the charge carrier recombination and hence the light emission to the emission layer. Since the calculated internal spectrum of the emission matches the emitter photoluminescence spectrum well, diffusion of the emitter molecules outside of the emission layer is hypothesized.     

High-color-quality white emission in AC-driven field-induced polymer electroluminescent devices

The high-color-quality white emission in an AC-driven field-induced electroluminescence (FIPEL) device consisting of a white emitting ter-polymer: poly(fluorene–benzothiadiazole–quinoline) PF–BT–QL combined with a red emitting dye: Bis(2-methyl-dibenzof,hquinoxaline)(acetylacetonate)iridium (III) Ir(MDQ)₂(acac) was achieved. The wide EL emission effectively covered the visible spectral region at the concentration of 5% Ir(MDQ)₂(acac) in PF–BT–QL and largely enriched the color rendering capability with a CIE (0.36, 0.38) close to the ideal equal-energy white (0.33, 0.33) and a CRI as high as 97.4, close to the blackbody curve characteristic and CCT between 3034 K and 5334 K which are required for high-quality white-light illumination. When further increasing the concentration of Ir(MDQ)₂(acac) to 10%, leading to a more pure white with CIE (0.36, 0.37) and a CRI as high as 97.1. Surprisingly, the FIPEL devices containing 20% and 30% Ir(MDQ)₂(acac) in PF–BT–QL still exhibit high-quality white emission with CIE (0.42, 0.37) and (0.32, 0.38) and CRI 93.9 and 88.9 at high electric field, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports of two-component FIPELs with a CRI > 90, especially with such a high concentration of the phosphor dopant. We attribute this to the unique carrier injection characteristics of the AC-driven field induced device. This further suggests its great potential application in display and solid state lighting.     

Charge conduction study of phosphorescent iridium compounds for organic light-emitting diodes application

The charge conduction properties of a series of iridium-based compounds for phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been investigated by thin-film transistor (TFT) technique. These compounds include four homoleptic compounds: Ir(ppy)₃, Ir(piq)₃, Ir(Tpa-py)₃, Ir(Cz-py)₃, and two heteroleptic compounds Ir(Cz-py)₂(acac) and FIrpic. Ir(ppy)₃, Ir(piq)₃ and FIrpic are commercially available compounds, while Ir(Tpa-py)₃, Ir(Cz-py)₃ and Ir(Cz-py)₂(acac) are specially designed to test their conductivities with respect to the commercial compounds. In neat films, with the exception of FIrpic, all Ir-compounds possess significant hole transporting capabilities, with hole mobilities in the range of about 5 × 10⁻⁶–2 × 10⁻⁵ cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹. FIrpic, however, is non-conducting as revealed by TFT measurements. We further investigate how Ir-compounds modify carrier transport as dopants when they are doped into a phosphorescent host material CBP. The commercial compounds are chosen for the investigation. Small amounts of Ir(ppy)₃ and Ir(piq)₃ (<10%) behave as hole traps when they are doped into CBP. The hole conduction of the doped CBP films can be reduced by as much as 4 orders of magnitude. Percolating conduction of Ir-compounds occurs when the doping concentrations of the Ir-compounds exceed 10%, and the hole mobilities gradually increase as their values reach those of the neat Ir films. In contrast to Ir(ppy)₃ and Ir(piq)₃, FIrpic does not participate in hole conduction when it is doped into CBP. The hole mobility decreases monotonically as the concentration of FIrpic increases due to the increase of the average charge hopping distance in CBP.     

掺杂与非掺杂相结合制备有机发光器件

采用掺杂和非掺杂方法制备了一种多层白色有机电致发光器件.DPVBi为蓝光发光层,将红光[Ir(piq)2(acac)]磷光掺杂染料掺入到母体BAlq中作为红光发光层,荧光材料QAD以亚单层的方式插入Alq3中作为绿光发光层,通过改变亚单层的厚度,得到了高效率的有机发光器件,此器件的最大电流效率可达6.1 cd/A,最大功率效率达3.1 lm/W,最大亮度达25 300 cd/m2,当电压从4V变化到14V时,色坐标从(0.45,0.55)变化到(0.47,0.37),处于黄白光区.此器件的特点在于器件的性能可以通过简单地调整QAD的厚度进行控制,避免了使用多掺杂层工艺的复杂性.     

(t-bt)2Ir(acac)超薄层厚度对有机电致发光器件性能的影响

以新型铱配合物黄光磷光染料bis[2-(4-tertbutylphenyl)benzothiazolato-N,C2']iridium(acetylacetonate)[(tbt)2Ir(acac)]为超薄层,制备了结构为indium tin oxide(ITO)/N,N'-bis(naphthalen-1-yl)-N...     

Critical Role of Triplet Exciton Interface Trap States in Bilayer Films of NPB and Ir(piq)3

Investigations are carried out into triplet transfer in bilayer films of NPB (N,N´‐diphenyl‐N,N´‐bis(1‐naphthyl)‐1,1´‐biphenyl‐4,4?‐diamine) and Ir(piq)₃ (Iridium (III) Tris(1‐phenylisoquinoline) using laser light pulses to excite the upper surface of the NPB, and thereafter observing the decay dynamics in the Ir(piq)₃ layer situated beneath the NPB. The NPB layer thickness is varied from 13 nm to 80 nm. The results show that up to 200 ns after excitation, the multiexponential decay of directly excited Ir(piq)₃ is observed, thereafter the decay is monoexponential. It is concluded that this monoexponential decay after 200 ns is due to triplets that are transferred to the Ir(piq)₃ via migration from the NPB. The thicker the NPB layer the longer it takes for the reservoir of NPB triplets to deplete via the Ir(piq)₃, with the result that the apparent monoexponential lifetime of the Ir(piq)₃ increases as the thickness of the NPB films increases. Based on time resolved spectra and decays, it is concluded that triplets arriving from NPB are trapped at interface sites of Ir(piq)₃ and do not migrate directly to the bulk states of Ir(piq)₃. A model based on exciton diffusion kinetics, including the presence of interface trap sites, is described, which accurately predicts this behavior.     

Properties of non-doped organic light-emitting devices based on an ultrathin iridium complex phosphor layer

Organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) were constructed with a structure of indium tin oxide (ITO)/N,N'-bis(naphthalen-1-yl)-N'-bis(phenyl)-benzidine (NPB) (50-xnm)/bis[2-(4-tertbutylphenyl)benzothiazolato-N,C2'] iridium (acetylacetonate) [(t-bt)2Ir(acac)] (nm)/NPB (30nm)/Mg:Ag (200nm).A thin blue emission material of NPB was used as a separating layer,and the (t-bt)2Ir(acac) yellow phosphorescent dye was acted as an ultrathin light-emitting layer.TPBI acted as both hole-blocking and electron-transporting layer.By changing the location (x) and the thickness (d) of the phosphor dye,the variation of device performance were investigated.The results showed that all the devices had a turn-on voltage of 2.8V.In the case of d=0.2nm and x=5nm,the OLED had a maximum luminance of 18367cd/m2 and a maximum power efficiency of 5.3lm/W.The high performance is attributed to both direct charge carrier trapping of iridium phosphor dye and the thin NPB separation layer,which effectively confines the recombination zone of charge carriers.     

异质结堆叠发光层红色磷光有机发光二极管

本文采用主客体交错结构的发光层,即发光层是 由多组主体材料CBP和客体材料Ir(piq)₂(acac)异质结堆叠构成的。为了改善器件的性能 ,分别优化 了单主体层和单客体层的厚度。研 究表明,单主体层厚度为3~4 nm,单客体层厚度为0.3 nm时,器件能够获得的最大电流效率为3.92 cd/A,色纯度 和发光稳 定性俱佳,1mA工作电流下的CIE色坐标为(0.669,0.308),当工作电流从0.1 mA变化 到1mA,色度坐标的变化值(Δ(x,y)) 仅为(0.004,0.002)。所采用的 主客体交错发光层的制备方法,工艺简单,且因为能分别调整主客体层的厚度而改善因客体 分子聚集或因长程偶极子间相互作用对发光效率的影响,为非掺杂磷光有机发光二极管的制 备提供了思路。     

High Performance Polymer Electrophosphorescent Devices with tert‐Butyl Group Modified Iridium Complexes as Emitters

The synthesis and photophysical study of two novel tert‐butyl modified cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes, i.e., bis(4‐tert‐butyl‐2‐phenylbenzothiozolato‐N,C^2′) iridium(III)(acetylacetonate) [(tbt)₂Ir(acac)] and bis(4‐tert‐butyl‐1‐phenyl‐1H‐benzimidazolato‐N,C^2′) iridium(III)(acetylacetonate) [(tpbi)₂Ir(acac)], are reported, their molecular structures were characterized by ¹³C NMR, ¹H NMR, ESI‐MS, FT‐IR, and elementary analysis. Compared with their prototypes without tert‐butyl substituents [(bt)₂Ir(acac) and (pbi)₂Ir(acac)], (tbt)₂Ir(acac) and (tpbi)₂Ir(acac) both have shortened phosphorescent lifetimes[(tbt)₂Ir(acac) versus (bt)₂Ir(acac), 1.1 μs:1.8 μs; (pbi)₂Ir(acac) versus (tpbi)₂Ir(acac), 0.8 μs:1.82 μs]. Moreover, (tbt)₂Ir(acac) has much more improved phototoluminescence quantum efficiencies in CH₂Cl₂ solution, [(tbt)₂Ir(acac), 0.51; (bt)₂Ir(acac), 0.26]. Employing them as dopants, high performance double‐layer PLEDs were fabricated. The (tbt)₂Ir(acac)‐based and (tpbi)₂Ir(acac)‐based PLEDs have the maximum external quantum efficiencies of 8.71 % and 10.25 %, respectively, and high EL quantum efficiencies of 5.92 % and 7.21 % can be achieved under high driven current density of 100 mA cm^–2. PLEDs fabricated with both the two phosphors have much broadened EL spectra with FWHM of > 110 nm, which afford the feasibility to be used as dopants in white LEDs, and the best doping concentrations of the two complexes in fabrication of PLEDs were optimized.     

Fluorene‐Based Asymmetric Bipolar Universal Hosts for White Organic Light Emitting Devices

Two new bipolar host molecules composed of hole‐transporting carbazole and electron‐transporting cyano ( CzFCN ) or oxadiazole ( CzFOxa )‐substituted fluorenes are synthesized and characterized. The non‐conjugated connections, via an sp³‐hybridized carbon, effectively block the electronic interactions between electron‐donating and ‐accepting moieties, giving CzFCN and CzFOxa bipolar charge transport features with balanced mobilities (10^?5 to 10^?6 cm² V^?1 s^?1). The meta–meta configuration of the fluorene‐based acceptors allows the bipolar hosts to retain relatively high triplet energies [E_T = 2.70 eV ( CzFOxa ) and 2. 86 eV ( CzFCN )], which are sufficiently high for hosting blue phosphor. Using a common device structure – ITO/PEDOT:PSS/DTAF/TCTA/host:10% dopants (from blue to red)/DPPS/LiF/Al – highly efficient electrophosphorescent devices are successfully achieved. CzFCN ‐based devices demonstrate better performance characteristics, with maximum η_ext of 15.1%, 17.9%, 17.4%, 18%, and 20% for blue (FIrpic), green [(PPy)₂Ir(acac)], yellowish‐green [m‐(Tpm)₂Ir(acac)], yellow [(Bt)₂Ir(acac)], and red [Os(bpftz)₂(PPhMe₂)₂, OS1], respectively. In addition, combining yellowish‐green m‐(Tpm)₂Ir(acac) with a blue emitter (FIrpic) and a red emitter (OS1) within a single emitting layer hosted by bipolar CzFCN , three‐color electrophosphorescent WOLEDs with high efficiencies (17.3%, 33.4 cd A^?1, 30 lm W ^?1), high color stability, and high color‐rendering index (CRI) of 89.7 can also be realized.     

Yellow and Red Electrophosphors Based on Linkage Isomers of Phenylisoquinolinyliridium Complexes: Distinct Differences in Photophysical and Electroluminescence Properties

We report the synthesis and organic light‐emitting devices (OLEDs) made from a series of 1‐phenyl‐ and 3‐phenylisoquinolinyliridium complexes in which the phenyl group is linked to the C1 and C3 carbons of isoquinoline, respectively. These linkage isomers show distinct differences in their photophysical and electroluminescence (EL) properties, including the magnitude of phosphorescent lifetimes and photoluminescence (PL) and EL emission wavelengths, as well as the phenomenon of triplet–triplet (T–T) annihilation. Complexes of these two families show a strong absorption band in the region 440–490 nm assignable to spin‐forbidden ³MLCT (metal–ligand charge‐transfer) bands. The extinction coefficients of these bands are similar to those of spin‐allowed ¹MLCT bands, indicative of an anomalously strong spin–orbital coupling. Upon excitation, 1‐phenylisoquinolinyliridium complexes exhibit a single phosphorescent emission band in the red region (595–631 nm). All of these red phosphors show outstanding EL performance with negligible T–T annihilation because of short phosphorescent lifetimes (1.04–2.46 μs in CH₂Cl₂) and good emission quantum yields. One representative, [Ir(5‐f‐1piq)₂(acac)] (acac = acetylacetonate) ( 3 ) (5‐f‐1piqH = 5‐fluoro‐1‐phenylisoquinoline), is not only the brightest at low voltages (1883 cd m^–2 at 7.1 V; 8320 cd m^–2 at 9.0 V) but also shows a η_ext value of. 6.50 % at high current (J = 400 mA cm^–2). The maximum brightness is 38 218 cd m^–2 (x = 0.68, y = 0.31) with the full width at half maximum (FWHM) only 50 nm at 8 V. In contrast, 3‐phenylisoquinolinyliridium complexes show phosphorescent emissions in the yellow region (534–562 nm) but with a long phosphorescent lifetime (3.90–15.6 μs in CH₂Cl₂)_. Most of these yellow phosphors suffer T–T annihilation in the EL performance. The exception is [Ir(3‐piq)₂(acac)] ( 5 ) (3‐piqH = 3‐phenylisoquinoline), which has a relatively short lifetime 3.90 μs in CH₂Cl₂. Complex 5 achieves an external efficiency (η_ext) value of 5.27 % at J = 20 mA cm^–2 and maintains a η_ext value of 3.58 at J = 400 mA cm^–2 with a maximum brightness of 65 448 cd m^–2 (x = 0.49, y = 0.51).     

Improved hole-transporting properties of Ir complex-doped organic layer for high-efficiency organic light-emitting diodes

We have investigated the hole-transporting properties of three different Ir complexes doped 4,4′,4″-tri (N-carbazolyl) triphenylamine (TCTA) using a series of hole-only devices. The improvement of hole-transporting ability was depended on the species of Ir complexes and their doping concentrations. We attributed the improved performance to their strong electron-accepting abilities or hole-transfer capabilities. Yellow organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on bis(2-phenylbenzothiazolato)(acetylacetonate)iridium bt₂Ir(acac) were fabricated by utilizing this method with optimized doping concentration. The best electroluminescent (EL) performance of maximum 83.6 lm/W was obtained for the yellowing-emitting OLED by doping of Firpic into TCTA hole transport layer, compared with the cases of doping of Ir(ppy)₃ into TCTA and doping of Ir(bpiq)₂acac into TCTA. Moreover, the turn-on voltage of device decreased to 2.2 V, which was corresponding to the optical band gap of the emitter.     

Harvesting Excitons Via Two Parallel Channels for Efficient White Organic LEDs with Nearly 100% Internal Quantum Efficiency: Fabrication and Emission‐Mechanism Analysis

By incorporating two phosphorescent dyes, namely, iridium(III)[bis(4,6‐difluorophenyl)‐pyridinato‐N,C²′]picolinate (FIrpic) for blue emission and bis(2‐(9,9‐diethyl‐9H‐fluoren‐2‐yl)‐1‐phenyl‐1H‐benzoimidazol‐N,C³)iridium(acetylacetonate) ((fbi)₂Ir(acac)) for orange emission, into a single‐energy well‐like emissive layer, an extremely high‐efficiency white organic light‐emitting diode (WOLED) with excellent color stability is demonstrated. This device can achieve a peak forward‐viewing power efficiency of 42.5 lm W^?1, corresponding to an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 19.3% and a current efficiency of 52.8 cd A^?1. Systematic studies of the dopants, host and dopant‐doped host films in terms of photophysical properties (including absorption, photoluminescence, and excitation spectra), transient photoluminescence, current density–voltage characteristics, and temperature‐dependent electroluminescence spectra are subsequently performed, from which it is concluded that the emission natures of FIrpic and (fbi)₂Ir(acac) are, respectively, host–guest energy transfer and a direct exciton formation process. These two parallel pathways serve to channel the overall excitons to both dopants, greatly reducing unfavorable energy losses. It is noteworthy that the introduction of the multifunctional orange dopant (fbi)₂Ir(acac) (serving as either hole‐trapping site or electron‐transporting channel) is essential to this concept as it can make an improved charge balance and broaden the recombination zone. Based on this unique working model, detailed studies of the slight color‐shift in this WOLED are performed. It is quantitatively proven that the competition between hole trapping on orange‐dopant sites and undisturbed hole transport across the emissive layer is the actual reason. Furthermore, a calculation of the fraction of trapped holes on (fbi)₂Ir(acac) sites with voltage shows that the hole‐trapping effect of the orange dopant is decreased with increasing drive voltage, leading to a reduction of orange emission.     

Carbazole-bridged triphenylamine-bipyridine bipolar hosts for high-efficiency low roll-off multi-color PhOLEDs

Three new bipolar molecules composed of carbazole, triarylamine, and bipyridine were synthesized and utilized as host materials in multi-color phosphorescent OLEDs (PhOLEDs). These carbazole-based materials comprise a hole-transport triarylamine at C3 and an electron-transport 2,4′- or 4,4′-bipyridine at N9. The different bipyridine isomers and linking topology of the bipyridine with respect to carbazole N9 not only allows fine-tuning of physical properties but also imparts conformational change which subsequently affects molecular packing and carrier transport properties in the solid state. PhOLEDs were fabricated using green [(ppy)₂Ir(acac)], yellow [(bt)₂Ir(acac)], and red [(mpq)₂Ir(acac)] as doped emitters, which showed low driving voltage, high external quantum efficiency (EQE), and extremely low efficiency roll-off. Among these new bipolar materials, the 2Cz-44Bpy-hosted device doping with 10% (ppy)₂Ir(acac) as green emitting layer showed a high EQE of 22% (79.8 cd A⁻¹) and power efficiency (PE) of 102.5 lm W⁻¹ at a practical brightness of 100 cd m⁻². In addition, the device showed limited efficiency roll-off (21.6% EQE) and low driving voltage (2.8 V) at a practical brightness of 1000 cd m⁻².     

A host material with a small singlet–triplet exchange energy for phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes: Guest,host, and exciplex emission

A host material containing a triazine core and three phenylcarbazole arms, called 2,4,6-tris(3-(carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)-triazine (TCPZ), was developed for phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Ultra-low driving voltages were achieved by utilizing TCPZ as the host due to its decreased singlet–triplet exchange energy (ΔE_ST) and low-lying lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level. Interaction between the RGB triplet emitters and TCPZ were studied in both photoluminescent and electroluminescent processes. Transient photoluminescence (PL) measurement of the co-deposited film of fac-tris(2-phenylpyridine) iridium (Ir(PPy)₃):TCPZ exhibits a shoulder at 565 nm whose lifetime is about two times longer than that of the Ir(PPy)₃ triplet excitons and can be attributed to the triplet exciplex formed between Ir(PPy)₃ and TCPZ. Such exciplex was also found for the green phosphorescent OLED, giving the most efficient phosphorescent OLED with triplet exciplex emission hitherto. Different from the PL process, a broad featureless band with a maximum at 535 nm was found for the OLED based on an EML of iridium(III) bis(4,6-(di-fluorophenyl)pyridinato-N,C²′)picolinate (FIrpic):TCPZ, which can be attributed to the emission from the singlet excited state of TCPZ formed by direct hole-electron recombination. A multi-emitting-layer white OLED was also fabricated by utilizing FIrpic and tris(1-phenylisoquinolinolato-C²,N)iridium(III) (Ir(piq)₃) as the complementary triplet emitters and TCPZ as the host. Different from most of ever reported white OLEDs fabricated with blue/red complementary triplet emitters that exhibit color rendering index (CRI) lower than 70, a high CRI of 82 is achieved due to the combination of blue and red phosphorescence emissions from FIrpic and Ir(piq)₃, and the emerging green fluorescence emission from TCPZ.     

Inducing the trap-site in an emitting-layer for an organic upconversion device exhibiting high current-gain ratio and low turn-on voltage

We report a fabrication method of controlling the doped concentration of phosphorescent dye to induce the trap-site in an emitting layer (EML) for an efficient near-infrared (NIR) organic upconversion device (OUD). Such an OUD was used as a device configuration of ITO/mixed layer of chloroaluminum phthalocyanine and C₆₀/1,1-bis(di-4-tolylaminophenyl) cyclohexane/4,4′ -Bis(N-carbazolyl)-1,1′ -biphenyl doped with fac-tris (2-phenylpyridine) iridium (III) [Ir(ppy)₃]/4,7-diphenyl-l,10-phenanthroline/CS₂CO₃/Ag to provide a green emission under NIR illumination. Our optimized OUD with a high Ir(ppy)₃ doped concentration of ∼13 wt% exhibited a higher electroluminescent efficiency in the display unit and was suitable for inducing a large amount of trap-sites in the EML, which effectively blocked the hole and electron carrier in the EML. To induce the trap-site in the EML by the doping process, we used a hole- and electron-only device to examine the OUD with a lower dark current density. As a result, an optimal OUD with a current gain as high as 21,300 (defined as the light current density divided by dark current density) at a driving voltage of 3 V was successfully achieved.     

Enhancing the efficiency of simplified red phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes by exciton harvesting

High efficiency red phosphorescent organic light emitting diode (PHOLED) employing co-doped green emitting molecule bis(2-phenylpyridine)(acetylacetonate)iridium(III) [Ir(ppy)₂(acac)] and red emitting molecule bis(2-methyldibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline)(acetylacetonate)iridium(III) [Ir(MDQ)₂(acac)] into 4,4′-bis(carbazol-9-yl)biphenyl (CBP) host in a simplified wide-bandgap platform is demonstrated. The green molecule is shown to function as an exciton harvester that traps carriers to form excitons that are then efficiently transferred to the Ir(MDQ)₂(acac) by triplet-to-triplet Dexter energy transfer, thereby significantly enhancing red emission. In particular, a maximum current efficiency of 37.0 cd/A and external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 24.8% have been achieved without additional out-coupling enhancements. Moreover, a low efficiency roll-off with the EQE remaining as high as 20.8% at a high luminance of 5000 cd/m² is observed.