A Novel Ambipolar Spirobifluorene Derivative that Behaves as an Efficient Blue-Light Emitter in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Yuan‐Li Liao, Chi‐Yen Lin, Ken‐Tsung Wong, Tei-Hung Hou, Wen‐Yi Hung

Organic Letters · 2007 · 95 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

A novel ambipolar spiro-configured D-A blue-light emitter bearing hole-transporting diphenylamino groups and electron-transporting phenylbenzimidazole groups was synthesized, characterized, and incorporated into an efficient single-layer organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device exhibiting blue-emission Commission International d'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of 0.15 and 0.14, a turn-on potential of 4 V, a maximum brightness of 2800 cd/m2 at 830 mA/cm2 (19 V), and a maximum quantum efficiency of 0.53% (0.61 cd/A).

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