White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Fluorescent Tube Efficiency

Reineke, Sebastian; Lindner, Frank; Schwartz, Gregor; Seidler, Nico; Walzer, Karsten; Lüssem, Björn; Leo, Karl

doi:10.1557/proc-1212-s02-06

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“…The most striking success of this approach is the realization of organic field effect transistors with improved operational stability 4,7 , highly efficient organic light emitting diodes 8,9 and solar cells with improved performance 10,11 . We focus on the case of p-type doping, that is, the introduction of excess positive charge carriers (holes) in the semiconductor.…”

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How intermolecular geometrical disorder affects the molecular doping of donor–acceptor copolymers

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Molecular doping of conjugated polymers represents an important strategy for improving organic electronic devices. However, the widely reported low efficiency of doping remains a crucial limitation to obtain high performance. Here we investigate how charge transfer between dopant and donor-acceptor copolymers is affected by the spatial arrangement of the dopant molecule with respect to the copolymer repeat unit. We p-dope a donor-acceptor copolymer and probe its charge-sensitive molecular vibrations in films by infrared spectroscopy. We find that, compared with a related homopolymer, a four times higher dopant/ polymer molar ratio is needed to observe signatures of charges. By DFT methods, we simulate the vibrational spectra, moving the dopant along the copolymer backbone and finding that efficient charge transfer occurs only when the dopant is close to the donor moiety. Our results show that the donor-acceptor structure poses an obstacle to efficient doping, with the acceptor moiety being inactive for p-type doping.

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“…One method of enhancing the out-coupling efficiency is to use a high-refractiveindex glass substrate and a hemisphere microlens thereon [16][17][18] . Moreover, a Bragg diffraction grating (BDG), a low-index grid and an internal scattering structure of the organic layer have been introduced in these devices for the light extraction of the indium tin oxide (ITO)/organic WG mode [19][20][21][22][23][24] .…”

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Highly efficient inverted polymer light-emitting diodes using surface modifications of ZnO layer

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Organic light-emitting diodes have been recently focused for flexible display and solid-state lighting applications and so much effort has been devoted to achieve highly efficient organic light-emitting diodes. Here, we improve the efficiency of inverted polymer light-emitting diodes by introducing a spontaneously formed ripple-shaped nanostructure of ZnO and applying an amine-based polar solvent treatment to the nanostructure of ZnO. The nanostructure of the ZnO layer improves the extraction of the waveguide modes inside the device structure, and a 2-ME þ EA interlayer enhances the electron injection and hole blocking in addition to reducing exciton quenching between the polar-solvent-treated ZnO and the emissive layer. Therefore, our optimized inverted polymer light-emitting diodes have a luminous efficiency of 61.6 cd A À 1 and an external quantum efficiency of 17.8%, which are the highest efficiency values among polymer-based fluorescent light-emitting diodes that contain a single emissive layer.

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“…1 White OLEDs, in particular, offer great potential for energy-efficient general illumination: luminous efficacies of more than 90 lm W 21 , comparable to the best fluorescent tubes, have already been reported. 2,3 Furthermore, OLED-based light sources can be made mechanically flexible and transparent, offering new opportunities for architecture, visual art and decoration. 4 The reliable realtime tunability of the OLED emission color would impart further momentum to OLED technology on its way to becoming a widespread source of general illumination.…”

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Get it white: color-tunable AC/DC OLEDs

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Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have gained considerable attention because of their use of inherently flexible materials and their compatibility with facile roll-to-roll and printing processes. In addition to high efficiency, flexibility and transparency, reliable color tunability of solid state light sources is a desirable feature in the lighting and display industry. Here, we demonstrate a device concept for highly efficient organic light-emitting devices whose emission color can be easily adjusted from deep-blue through cold-white and warm-white to saturated yellow. Our approach exploits the different polarities of the positive and negative half-cycles of an alternating current (AC) driving signal to independently address a fluorescent blue emission unit and a phosphorescent yellow emission unit which are vertically stacked on top of each other. The electrode design is optimized for simple fabrication and driving and allows for two-terminal operation by a single source. The presented concept for color-tunable OLEDs is compatible with application requirements and versatile in terms of emitter combinations. INTRODUCTIONIn recent years, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have evolved into a mature technology and OLEDs are now used in various display applications. OLEDs provide an internal charge-to-photon conversion efficiency of nearly 100% and deliver homogeneous emission over large areas, making them promising candidates for new and innovative lighting applications. 1 White OLEDs, in particular, offer great potential for energy-efficient general illumination: luminous efficacies of more than 90 lm W 21 , comparable to the best fluorescent tubes, have already been reported. 2,3 Furthermore, OLED-based light sources can be made mechanically flexible and transparent, offering new opportunities for architecture, visual art and decoration. 4 The reliable realtime tunability of the OLED emission color would impart further momentum to OLED technology on its way to becoming a widespread source of general illumination. Thus far, two different color-tuning concepts have prevailed in the literature. One exploits voltagedependent changes in emission color and was demonstrated as early as 1994 for OLEDs fabricated from polymer blends. 5 Voltage-dependent color shifts are the result of a variety of mechanisms, e.g., voltagedependent charge trapping, a spatial shift of the recombination zone, a modified exciton distribution, or exciton quenching at high current densities. [5][6][7] However, this approach has several drawbacks: not only are the mechanisms that lead to voltage-dependent color-shifts difficult to control, but adjusting the driving voltage also unavoidably results in a dramatic and undesired change in device brightness. The second concept overcomes the disadvantages of the voltage-controlled approach by using a stacked tandem OLED structure with two (or more) independently addressable units emitting light of different colors. 8,9 In comparison with the first method, this approach provides

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White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Fluorescent Tube Efficiency

Cited by 233 publications

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How intermolecular geometrical disorder affects the molecular doping of donor–acceptor copolymers

How intermolecular geometrical disorder affects the molecular doping of donor–acceptor copolymers

Highly efficient inverted polymer light-emitting diodes using surface modifications of ZnO layer

Get it white: color-tunable AC/DC OLEDs

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