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Stacked white OLED having separate red, green and blue sub-elements

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OSTI ID:1136633

The present invention relates to efficient organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). The devices employ three emissive sub-elements, typically emitting red, green and blue, to sufficiently cover the visible spectrum. Thus, the devices may be white-emitting OLEDs, or WOLEDs. Each sub-element comprises at least one organic layer which is an emissive layer--i.e., the layer is capable of emitting light when a voltage is applied across the stacked device. The sub-elements are vertically stacked and are separated by charge generating layers. The charge-generating layers are layers that inject charge carriers into the adjacent layer(s) but do not have a direct external connection.

Research Organization:
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-07ER84809
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Patent Number(s):
8,766,291
Application Number:
13/124,698
OSTI ID:
1136633
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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