Amber L. Von Ruden, L. Cosimbescu, Evgueni Polikarpov
Sep 29, 2010
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Chemistry of Materials
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We report the design, synthesis, thermal, and photophysical properties of two phosphine oxide based electron transport/hole blocking materials, 2,6-bis(4-(diphenylphosphoryl)phenyl)pyridine (BM-A11) and 2,4-bis(4-(diphenyl-phosphoryl)phenyl)pyridine (BM-A10), for blue electrophosphorescent organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). The use of these materials in blue OLEDs with iridium(III) bis[(4,6-difluorophenyl)-pyridinato-N,C2′]picolinate (Firpic) as the phosphor was demonstrated. Using the dual host device architecture with BM-A10 as the electron transport material (ETM) yields a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 8.9% with a power efficiency of 21.5 lm/W (4.0 V and 35 cd/m2). When BM-A11 is used as the ETM, the maximum EQE and power efficiency improves to 14.9% and 48.4 lm/W, respectively (3.0 V and 40 cd/m2).