Efficiency enhancement in tandem organic light-emitting devices with a hybrid charge generation layer composed of BEDT-TTF-doped TPBi/mCP/HAT-CN

Abstract

Tandem organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) were fabricated with a hybrid organic charge generation layer (CGL) composed of bis(ethylenedithio)-tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF) doped 1,3,5-tris(N-phenylbenzimiazole-2-yl) benzene (TPBi), 1,3-bis(cabazol-9-yl) benzene (mCP), and 1,4,5,8,9,11-hexaazatriphenylene hexacarbonitrile (HAT-CN) in an attempt to enhance their current efficiency. While the operating voltage of the tandem OLEDs with a hybrid structure composed of BEDT-TTF-doped TPBi, mCP, and a HAT-CN CGL at 10 mA/cm(2) was 1 V lower than that of the tandem OLEDs with a typical CGL composed of BEDT-TTF-doped TPBi and a HAT-CN, the corresponding the current efficiency of the tandem OLEDs with a hybrid CGL at 10 mA/cm(2) was 2.9 cd/A higher than that of the tandem OLEDs with a typical CGL. The increase in the current efficiency and the decrease in the operating voltage of the tandem OLEDs with the hybrid CGL were attributed to enhanced electron injection due to the insertion of the mCP layer into the hybrid CGL.