Novel host materials for blue phosphorescent OLEDs

Peter Strohriegl; Daniel Wagner; Pamela Schrögel; Sebastian T. Hoffmann; Anna Köhler; Ute Heinemeyer; Ingo Münster

doi:10.1117/12.2023305

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27 September 2013 Novel host materials for blue phosphorescent OLEDs

Peter Strohriegl, Daniel Wagner, Pamela Schrögel, Sebastian T. Hoffmann, Anna Köhler, Ute Heinemeyer, Ingo Münster

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Proceedings Volume 8829, Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices XVII; 882906 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023305
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We present two classes of host materials for blue phosphors. The first are carbazole substituted biphenyls 1-9. In these CBP-type materials the triplets are confined to one half of the molecules by using either twisted biphenyls or by a metalinkage of the carbazoles to the biphenyl. We obtained high triplet energies of 2.95-2.98 eV and high glass transition temperatures in the range of 100-120 °C. OLEDs were fabricated using the host material 6 and the carbene emitter Ir(dbfmi) with pure blue emission at 450 nm. The devices achieved an external quantum efficiency of 8.7% at 100 cd/m² and 6.1% at 1000 cd/m². MBPTRZ with an electron transporting biscarbazolyltriazine that is separated from the hole transporting carbazole by a non-conjugated, meta-linked biphenyl unit is an example for a bipolar matrix material. The excellent glass forming properties and the high T_g of 132 °C ensure morphological stability in OLEDs. The meta-linkage and the additional twist at the biphenyl unit, which is achieved by two methyl groups in the 2- and 2’-position of the biphenyl in MBPTRZ leads to a decoupling of the electron accepting and electron donating part and therefore to a high triplet energy of 2.81 eV. DFT calculations show a clear separation of the electron and hole transporting moieties. A phosphorescent OLED with MBPTRZ as host and FIrpic as emitter reached a maximum external quantum efficiency of 7.0%, a current efficiency of 16.3 cd/A and a power efficiency of 6.3 lm/W.

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Peter Strohriegl, Daniel Wagner, Pamela Schrögel, Sebastian T. Hoffmann, Anna Köhler, Ute Heinemeyer, and Ingo Münster "Novel host materials for blue phosphorescent OLEDs", Proc. SPIE 8829, Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices XVII, 882906 (27 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023305

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