High efficiency hybrid white organic light-emitting diodes based on a simple and efficient exciton regulation emissive layer structure

It is well-known that hybrid white organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) are constructed by blue fluorophors and red-green or orange phosphors, therefore, theoretically exhibiting the advantages of long lifetime and high efficiency. However, the efficiency is far from reaching the expected values. Here, we designed a simple and efficient exciton regulation emissive layer (EML) structure to fabricate high efficiency hybrid WOLEDs. The EML sequentially comprises a yellow EML of phosphor doped hole-transporting material, a blue EML of a blend of hole- and electron-transporting materials and an exciton regulation layer of ultra-thin green phosphor inserted in electron-transporting material. It can be seen that the emissive excitons are well regulated by such a strategic EML structure. The resulting WOLEDs exhibit a maximum forward viewing external quantum efficiency and power efficiency of 18.2% and 72.9 lm W−1, respectively, and they are as high as 16.7% and 61.7 lm W−1 at 100 cd m−2, and 12.5% and 37.7 lm W−1 at 1000 cd m−2, showing the positive properties of high efficiency and low efficiency roll-off. Such outstanding performance will greatly promote the development of high performance hybrid WOLEDs. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.