Abstract
Blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with enhanced efficiency and suppressed efficiency roll-offs were fabricated using a mixed host consisting of 3,3-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-biphenyl (mCBP) and bis[2-(diphenyl-phosphino)phenyl]ether oxide (DPEPO). Notably, mCBP and DPEPO, which are generally used as hosts in blue TADF OLEDs, exhibit material stability and efficiency as their trade-off characteristics. The mixed-host structure, when applied to 10,10′-(4,4′-sulfonylbis(4,1-phenylene))bis(9,9-dimethyl-9,10-dihydroacridine), which is a blue TADF dopant, facilitated a maximum efficiency of 18.1%. Furthermore, the critical current density (J0), at which the external quantum efficiency decreases by half of its maximum value, was observed to be 3.9 times that of the DPEPO device.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 110879 |
| Journal | Optical Materials |
| Volume | 113 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 Mar |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean Government (MSIT) (No. 2019R1A2B5B01070286 , No. 2020R1C1C1013567 ) and the Brain Korea 21 Plus Project in 2020 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- Blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)
- Capacitance–voltage
- Mixed-host
- Recombination zone
- Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- General Computer Science
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Spectroscopy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering