1. Blue organic electrophosphorescence using exothermic host–guest energy transfer
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Yeh-Jiun Tung, Stephen R. Forrest, Russell J. Holmes, Simona Garon, Mark E. Thompson, Raymond Kwong, and Julie J. Brown
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Exothermic reaction ,Materials science ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Electroluminescence ,Photochemistry ,Endothermic process ,law.invention ,chemistry ,law ,OLED ,Phosphorescent organic light-emitting diode ,Quantum efficiency ,Iridium ,Phosphorescence - Abstract
We demonstrate efficient blue electrophosphorescence using exothermic energy transfer from a host consisting of N,N′-dicarbazolyl-3,5-benzene (mCP) to the phosphorescent iridium complex iridium(III)bis[(4,6-difluorophenyl)-pyridinato-N,C2′]picolinate (FIrpic). By examining the temperature dependence of the radiative lifetime and the photoluminescence of a film of mCP doped with FIrpic, we confirm the existence of exothermic energy transfer in contrast to the endothermic transfer characteristic of the N,N′-dicarbazolyl-4-4′-biphenyl and FIrpic system. In employing exothermic energy transfer between mCP and FIrpic, a maximum external electroluminescent quantum efficiency of (7.5±0.8)% and a luminous power efficiency of (8.9±0.9)lm/W are obtained, representing a significant increase in performance over previous endothermic blue electrophosphorescent devices.
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- 2003
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