Highly Efficient White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Phosphorescent Iridium Complexes with Multi-Light-Emitting Layers

Abstract

White organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) incorporating a blend of blue, green and red phosphorescent small molecular materials are presented in this article. 4,4′,4″-Tris(carbazol-9-yl)triphenylamine (TcTa) and 9-(4-tert-Butylphenyl)-3,6-bis(triphenylsilyl)-9H-carbazole (CzSi) with different transmission characteristics were selected as hosts for different emitting layers aim to promote holes transport, which will reinforce carriers’ balance and broaden carrier composite. On account of adaptive energy levels of the utilized dopants and hosts, secured phosphorescent WOLED displayed high efficiencies, low operating voltage and slow efficiency roll-off. In addition, distribution of carriers’ recombination zone and spectral of change were studied in detail to further understand the light-emitting mechanisms of obtained WOLEDs. Finally, by majorizing the dosage concentration of (fbi)2Ir(acac) (bis(2-(9,9-diethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)-1-phenyl-1H-benzoimidazol-N,C3)iridium(acetylacetonate)) and the architectures of WOLEDs, the optimal device exhibited the maximum efficiencies of 44.92 cd A−1, 42.85 lm W−1, 16.8%, respectively, turn on voltage of 2.6 V and Commission International de l’Eclairage coordinates of (0.337, 0.458) at the brightness level of 3000 cd m−2.

Keywords

• white organic light-emitting diodes
• efficiency
• efficient energy transfer
• phosphorescent luminescence