Red organic light-emitting diodes using an emitting assist dopant

Abstract

We propose an emitting assist (EA) dopant system for obtaining organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with pure red emission. The EA dopant (rubrene) did not itself emit but assisted the energy transfer from the host (Alq3) to the red emitting dopant (DCM2). The cell structure used was {indium tin oxide/hole injection layer [(20 nm), CuPc/hole transport layer (50 nm), NPB/emitting layer (40 nm), Alq3+DCM2 (2%)+rubrene (5 wt %)]/MgIn}. (CuPc: Copper (II) phthalocyanine, NPB: N, N′-Di(naphthalen-1-yl)-N, N′-diphenyl-benzidine, DCM2: 4-Dicyanomethylene- 2-methyl-6-[2-(2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-1H,5H-benzo[ij]quinolizin-8-yl)vinyl]-4H-pyran). A stable red emission (chromaticity coordinates: x=0.64, y=0.36) was obtained in this cell within the luminance range of 100–4000 cd/m2. When the cell was not doped with rubrene, the emission color changed from red to orange as the luminance increased. The EA dopant system is a promising method for obtaining red OLEDs.