Improved stability of organic electroluminescent devices by doping styrylamines in hole or electron transporting layer

Abstract

The stability of green organic electroluminescent devices has been improved by doping styrylamine derivate, p-bis(p-N,N-diphenyl-aminostyryl)benzene (DSA-Ph) in hole or electron transporting layer. Compared with the undoped device, the stability of the electron transporting layer has increased by a factor of 1.8 without affecting the electroluminescence efficiency of 11 cd/A and color (CIEx,y=0.34, 0.62). The enhanced stability is believed to derive from the hole trapping nature of DSA-Ph which can reduce the residual hole carriers in tris(8-hydroquinolinato)aluminum (Alq(3)) and suppress the formation of fluorescent quencher of Alq(3) cationic species. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.