Crystalline thin-film organic light-emitting diodes (C-OLEDs) can achieve a large light emission and a low Joule-heat loss under low driving voltage due to the high carrier mobility of the crystalline thin films. However, it is urgent for the C-OLEDs to improve their external quantum efficiency (EQE). Here, a novel strategy is proposed using a doped "hot exciton" material to sensitize a high PLQY blue emitter in C-OLEDs. Benefiting from the capability of the "hot exciton" material harnessing triplet/singlet excitons, the C-OLED exhibits an efficiency breakthrough with a maximum EQE of 6.2%, a much enhanced blue photon output with pure blue emission Commission International de L'Eclairage (CIE) (0.14, 0.15), a low turn-on/operation voltage of 2.6 V(@1 cd m-2 )/3.8 V (@1000 cd m-2 ), and a maximum power efficiency (PE) of 9.4 lm W-1 . This work unlocks the potential of C-OLEDs for achieving high photon output with high EQE.
Keywords: OLED; crystalline molecular thin films; doping; hot exciton material.
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