High performance semitransparent phosphorescent white organic light emitting diodes with bi-directional and symmetrical illumination

Wing Hong Choi, Hoi Lam Tam, Furong Zhu, Dongge Ma, Hisahiro Sasabe, Junji Kido

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Abstract

A semitransparent white organic light-emitting diode (WOLED) is produced based on a blue phosphorescence from iridium(III)[bis(4,6-difuorophenyl)- pyridinato-N,C2] picolinate and an orange phosphorescence from bis(2-(9,9-diethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)-1-phenyl-1H-benzoimidazol-N,C3) iridium(acetylacetonate). In this work, a hole-transporting layer of N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(1-naphthylphenyl)-1,1′-biphenyl-4, 4′-diamine (NPB) and an electron-transporting layer of 3,5,3″,5″-tetra-3-pyridyl-[1,1′;3′,1″] terphenyl (B3PyPB) were used. B3PyPB has high electron mobility and a high triplet energy level. The use of B3PyPB helps to reduce the triplet quenching and also to confine the charge recombination in the emissive region of a single-host two-color WOLED. A bi-layer Ag (10 nm)/MoO3 (2.5 nm)-modified indium tin oxide anode and a cathode of Al (1.5 nm)/Ag (15 nm)/NPB (50 nm) were employed. The semitransparent WOLEDs thus developed have perfect symmetrical, bi-directional illumination characteristics, and the weak angular dependent EL emission spectra, which are beneficial for application in planar diffused lighting.

Original languageEnglish
Article number153308
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume102
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2013

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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