We investigate the influence of the hole injection layer (HIL) on the performance of vapor-deposited tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum-based organic light-emitting diodes. Four different HIL materials were used: 4,4′, 4″-tris{N,(3-methylphenyl)-N-phenylamino}-triphenylamine) (m-MTDATA), 4,4′, 4″-tris{N,-(2-naphthyl)-N-phenylamino}-triphenylamine, copper phthalocyanine, and oxotitanium phthalocyanine. In all cases, Alq3 acts as the emitting layer as well as electron-transporting layers. Evidence showed that m-MTDATA exhibits a dense film structure and fine surface morphology, leading to easier hole migration at the indium tin oxide/m-MTDATA and m-MTDATA/hole-transport layer junctions. It also possesses a shallow bulk trap level, providing more detrapping holes from the bulk trap states to highest occupied molecular orbital states for transporting in m-MTDATA. We suggest that these are the main contributing factors to the superior current density–voltage and luminance-voltage performance of this device.

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This study reports the fabrication of a highly efficient, very high color-rendering index (CRI) white organic light-emitting diode (OLED) using five organic dyes doped into two different phosphorescent and fluorescent emissive layers separated by a high tripletenergy interlayer. The resulting white OLED achieves a 93 CRI with a power efficiency of 23.3 lm W À1 at 100 cd m À2 , or 14.3 lm W À1 at 1000 cd m À2 . This high CRI is attributable to the five dyes employed in this design, which together emit a relatively wide spectrum that nearly covers the entire range of visible light. At the proper thickness, the interlayer enables the device to balance the distribution of carriers in the two emissive zones and achieve a maximum power efficiency while maintaining high CRI.