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Title: Comparison of light out-coupling enhancements in single-layer blue-phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes using small-molecule or polymer hosts

Abstract

Single-layer blue phosphorescence organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) with either small-molecule or polymer hosts are fabricated using solution process and the performances of devices with different hosts are investigated. The small-molecule device exhibits luminous efficiency of 14.7 cd/A and maximum power efficiency of 8.39 lm/W, which is the highest among blue phosphorescence OLEDs with single-layer solution process and small molecular hosts. Using the same solution process for all devices, comparison of light out-coupling enhancement, with brightness enhancement film (BEF), between small-molecule and polymer based OLEDs is realized. Due to different dipole orientation and anisotropic refractive index, polymer-based OLEDs would trap less light than small molecule-based OLEDs internally, about 37% better based simulation results. In spite of better electrical and spectroscopic characteristics, including ambipolar characteristics, higher carrier mobility, higher photoluminescence quantum yield, and larger triplet state energy, the overall light out-coupling efficiency of small molecule-based devices is worse than that of polymer-based devices without BEF. However, with BEF for light out-coupling enhancement, the improved ratio in luminous flux and luminous efficiency for small molecule based device is 1.64 and 1.57, respectively, which are significantly better than those of PVK (poly-9-vinylcarbazole) devices. In addition to the theoretical optical simulation, the experimental data also confirmmore » the origins of differential light-outcoupling enhancement. The maximum luminous efficiency and power efficiency are enhanced from 14.7 cd/A and 8.39 lm/W to 23 cd/A and 13.2 lm/W, respectively, with laminated BEF, which are both the highest so far for single-layer solution-process blue phosphorescence OLEDs with small molecule hosts.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ;  [3]; ;  [4];  [5]; ; ;  [1];  [6]
  1. Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Taiwan (China)
  2. Department of Electronic Engineering, Mingchi University of Technology, New Taipei, Taiwan 24301, Taiwan (China)
  3. Department of Electronic Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 10607, Taiwan (China)
  4. Research Center for Applied Science Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11527, Taiwan (China)
  5. Chilin Technology Co., LTD, Tainan City, Taiwan 71758, Taiwan (China)
  6. Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, Taiwan (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22257794
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 114; Journal Issue: 17; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ANISOTROPY; BRIGHTNESS; CARRIER MOBILITY; COUPLING; DIPOLES; ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIMULATION; TRIPLETS

Citation Formats

Chang, Yung-Ting, Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, Taiwan, Liu, Shun-Wei, Yuan, Chih-Hsien, Lee, Chih-Chien, Ho, Yu-Hsuan, Wei, Pei-Kuen, Chen, Kuan-Yu, Lee, Yi-Ting, Wu, Min-Fei, Chen, Chin-Ti, and Wu, Chih-I. Comparison of light out-coupling enhancements in single-layer blue-phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes using small-molecule or polymer hosts. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4829677.
Chang, Yung-Ting, Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, Taiwan, Liu, Shun-Wei, Yuan, Chih-Hsien, Lee, Chih-Chien, Ho, Yu-Hsuan, Wei, Pei-Kuen, Chen, Kuan-Yu, Lee, Yi-Ting, Wu, Min-Fei, Chen, Chin-Ti, & Wu, Chih-I. Comparison of light out-coupling enhancements in single-layer blue-phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes using small-molecule or polymer hosts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829677
Chang, Yung-Ting, Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, Taiwan, Liu, Shun-Wei, Yuan, Chih-Hsien, Lee, Chih-Chien, Ho, Yu-Hsuan, Wei, Pei-Kuen, Chen, Kuan-Yu, Lee, Yi-Ting, Wu, Min-Fei, Chen, Chin-Ti, and Wu, Chih-I. 2013. "Comparison of light out-coupling enhancements in single-layer blue-phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes using small-molecule or polymer hosts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829677.
@article{osti_22257794,
title = {Comparison of light out-coupling enhancements in single-layer blue-phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes using small-molecule or polymer hosts},
author = {Chang, Yung-Ting and Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, Taiwan and Liu, Shun-Wei and Yuan, Chih-Hsien and Lee, Chih-Chien and Ho, Yu-Hsuan and Wei, Pei-Kuen and Chen, Kuan-Yu and Lee, Yi-Ting and Wu, Min-Fei and Chen, Chin-Ti and Wu, Chih-I},
abstractNote = {Single-layer blue phosphorescence organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) with either small-molecule or polymer hosts are fabricated using solution process and the performances of devices with different hosts are investigated. The small-molecule device exhibits luminous efficiency of 14.7 cd/A and maximum power efficiency of 8.39 lm/W, which is the highest among blue phosphorescence OLEDs with single-layer solution process and small molecular hosts. Using the same solution process for all devices, comparison of light out-coupling enhancement, with brightness enhancement film (BEF), between small-molecule and polymer based OLEDs is realized. Due to different dipole orientation and anisotropic refractive index, polymer-based OLEDs would trap less light than small molecule-based OLEDs internally, about 37% better based simulation results. In spite of better electrical and spectroscopic characteristics, including ambipolar characteristics, higher carrier mobility, higher photoluminescence quantum yield, and larger triplet state energy, the overall light out-coupling efficiency of small molecule-based devices is worse than that of polymer-based devices without BEF. However, with BEF for light out-coupling enhancement, the improved ratio in luminous flux and luminous efficiency for small molecule based device is 1.64 and 1.57, respectively, which are significantly better than those of PVK (poly-9-vinylcarbazole) devices. In addition to the theoretical optical simulation, the experimental data also confirm the origins of differential light-outcoupling enhancement. The maximum luminous efficiency and power efficiency are enhanced from 14.7 cd/A and 8.39 lm/W to 23 cd/A and 13.2 lm/W, respectively, with laminated BEF, which are both the highest so far for single-layer solution-process blue phosphorescence OLEDs with small molecule hosts.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4829677},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22257794}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 17,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Thu Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}