Four-wavelength white organic light-emitting diodes using 4,4′-bis-[carbazoyl-(9)]-stilbene as a deep blue emissive layer

Abstract

White organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) with four wavelengths were fabricated by using three doped layers, which were obtained by separating recombination zones into three emitter layers. Among these emitters, blue emissions with two wavelengths (456 and 487 nm) were occurred in the 4,4′-bis(carbazoyl-(9))-stilbene (BCS) host doped with a perylene dye. Also, a green emission was originated from the tris(8-quinolinolato)aluminum (III) (Alq 3) host doped with a green fluorescent of 10-(2-benzothiazolyl)-1,1,7,7-tetramethyl-2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-1H,5H,11H-[1]benzopyrano [6,7,8- ij]-quinolizin-11-one (C545T) dye. Finally, an orange emission was obtained from the N, N′-bis(1-naphthyl)- N, N′-diphenyl-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine (NPB) host doped with a 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2- tert-butyl-6-(1,1,7,7-tetramethyljulolidyl-9-enyl)-4H-pyran (DCJTB) dye. The white light could be emitted by simultaneously controlling the emitter thickness and concentration of fluorescent dyes in each emissive layer, resulting in partial excitations among those three emitter layers. Electroluminescent spectra of the device obtained in this study were not sensitive to driving voltage of the device. Also, the maximum luminance for the white OLED with the CIE coordinate of (0.34, 0.34) was 56,300 cd/m 2 at the applied bias voltage of 11.6 V. Also, its external quantum and the power efficiency at about 100 cd/m 2 were 1.68% and 2.41 lm/W, respectively.