Tuning Energy Levels of Electron‐Transport Materials by Nitrogen Orientation for Electrophosphorescent Devices with an ‘Ideal’ Operating Voltage

Abstract

A series of 1,3,5-triazine-core-containing electron-transport materials (ETMs) are reported as an undoped electron-transport layer (ETL), whose energy levels can be tuned by introducing pyridine rings on the periphery of the molecule and also orientation of nitrogen. An unprecedented low operating voltage of 2.42 V, corresponding to the emitting photon energy (hv), was achieved for the fac-tris(2-phenylpyridine) iridium (Ir(PPy)3) based green phosphorescent OLEDs at 100 cd m−2 without consumption of their efficiency. Moreover, the threshold voltage for electroluminescence can be even 0.1 ∼ 0.2 V lower than the minimum value of hv/e. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.