Optimizing the charge balance of fluorescent organic light-emitting devices to achieve high external quantum efficiency beyond the conventional upper limit

Abstract

The external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) of fluorescent light emitting devices are drastically improved by optimizing the charge balance. When N,N'-di(naphthalene-1-yl)- N,N'-diphenylbenzidine (NPD) is used as a hole-transporting layer (HTL) and Alq(3) as an electron-transporting layer (ETL) with the green dopant 2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-1,1,7,7-tetramethyl-1H,5H,11H-10-(2-benzothiazolyl)quinolizino-[9,9a,1gh]coumarin (C545T), the EQE is observed to be approximately 3%. However, when the HTL and ETL materials are optimized, a 7.5% external quantum efficiency (EQE) in a green-emitting device and an 8.2% EQE in a blue-emitting device are achieved at 100 cd m(-2) .