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Title: Modeling the Charge and Exciton Distributions in Phosphorescent White Organic Light Emitting Diodes

Abstract

A comprehensive numerical model is developed to quantitatively analyze the charge and exciton distributions in phosphorescent white organic light emitting diodes (WOLEDs). The model encompasses bipolar charge drift-diffusion transport with doping-dependent charge mobilities, field-dependent charge hopping across multiple interfaces, exciton generation, diffusion, energy transfer, radiative decay, and non-radiative exciton annihilation. The model is validated by direct measurement of the exciton distribution in monochromatic phosphorescent OLEDs. It is then applied to complex, multilayer WOLEDs where it is used to accurately predict their intensity and current-dependent spectral shifts. The magnitudes of different exciton loss channels in WOLEDs are calculated and quantitatively compared. This model provides an alternative for the many experimental iterations commonly used to optimize the color balance of complex OLEDs. In this context, the model inspired the addition of a hole blocking layer in the WOLED to balance the charge conduction and reduce spectral shifts – a design that is verified by experiment.

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Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1993006
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0008723
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Photonics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: ACS Photonics; Journal ID: ISSN 2330--4022
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Qu, Boning, Zhao, Haonan, and Forrest, Stephen R. Modeling the Charge and Exciton Distributions in Phosphorescent White Organic Light Emitting Diodes. United States: N. p., 2023. Web. doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00271.
Qu, Boning, Zhao, Haonan, & Forrest, Stephen R. Modeling the Charge and Exciton Distributions in Phosphorescent White Organic Light Emitting Diodes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00271
Qu, Boning, Zhao, Haonan, and Forrest, Stephen R. Sun . "Modeling the Charge and Exciton Distributions in Phosphorescent White Organic Light Emitting Diodes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00271. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1993006.
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