Tuning charge balance in solution-processable bipolar triphenylamine-diazafluorene host materials for phosphorescent devices

Zhaokang Fan, Huiru Zhao, Nengquan Li, Yiwu Quan, Qingmin Chen, Shanghui Ye, Shuhua Li, Ying Wang, Quli Fan, Wei Huang

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Abstract

Three bipolar hosts, namely TPA-DAF, TPA-DAF2, and TPA-DAF3, comprising an electron-donating triphenylamine (TPA) group and electron-accepting 4,5-diazafluorene (DAF) units are investigated for phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PhOLEDs). Given the nonplanar structure of the sp3-hybridized C9 atom in DAF unit, these molecules have a highly nonplanar configuration, good film-forming property, and high triplet energy (ET) of 2.88-2.89 eV. Among them, TPA-DAF shows more balanced carrier injecting/transporting ability, suitable highest occupied molecular orbital (MO) energy level and higher current density, and therefore TPA-DAF-based devices exhibit the best performances, having an extremely slight efficiency roll-off with current efficiency of 20.0 cd/A at 973 cd/m2, 19.5 cd/A at 5586 cd/m2, and 17.6 cd/A at 9310 cd/m2 for blue PhOLEDs; 23.5 cd/A at 1059 cd/m2 and 15.3 cd/A at 8850 cd/m2 for green PhOLEDs; and 12.2 cd/A at 1526 cd/m2, 10.5 cd/A at 5995 cd/m2, and 9.2 cd/A at 8882 cd/m2 for red PhOLEDs, respectively. The results also provide a direct proof for the influence of charge balance on the device performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9445-9452
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume7
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 May 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 4,5-diazafluorene
  • bipolar host
  • phosphorescent diodes
  • triphenylamine

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