Bright white organic light-emitting diodes based on two blue emitters with similar molecular structures

Abstract

We show that highly efficient and chromatically stable white organic electroluminescent devices can be obtained, based on two blue emitters with similar structures: 9,10-di-(2-naphthyl)-anthracene (ADN) and 9,10-di-(2-naphthyl)-2-terbutyl-anthracene doped with yellow-orange emitting 5,6,11,12-tetraphenylnaphthacene (rubrene) at ultralow doping concentrations (0.01%–0.05%). The relative intensity of the blue and orange-yellow emissions could be fine-tuned by varying the doping concentrations of rubrene in the host to achieve pure white emission. The energy-transfer mechanism of ADN and rubrene with ultralow doping concentrations is discussed in terms of the long excitondiffusion distance of ADN.