Organic light-emitting diodes based on a cohost electron transporting composite

The efficiency of green organic electroluminescent devices have been improved by cohosting the electron dominant complex, 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline into the traditional electron transporting layer of tris (8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum. In this cohost strategy, we demonstrate that the luminous efficiency is enhanced by >20% while the driving voltage can be reduced by ∼30% in a uniformly mixed composition as compared to the traditional device configuration. The corresponding device lifetime under atmospheric condition is extended by a factor of ∼1.8, attributed to the reduction of the accumulated positive charges near the electron-hole recombination regime. Results indicate that the knowledge of bulk conductivity engineering of organic n-type transporters is essential in enhancing organic light-emitting devices.

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