Fabrication and performances of a double-layer organic electroluminescent device using a novel starburst molecule, 1,3,5-tris[N-(4-diphenylaminophenyl)phenylamino]benzene, as a hole-transport material and tris(8-quinolinolato)aluminum as an emitting material

Abstract

A double-layer organic electroluminescent (EL) device was fabricated using a novel starburst molecule, 1,3,5-tris[N-(4-diphenylaminophenyl)phenylamino]benzene (p-DPA-TDAB), as a hole transport material and tris(8-quinolinolato) aluminum (Alq/sub 3/) as an emitting material, and its performance characteristics were investigated. It was found that p-DPA-TDAB, which forms a stable amorphous glass with a glass-transition temperature of 108/spl deg/C, functions as a good hole-transport material and that the EL device is thermally stable, operating at a temperature of 120/spl deg/C.