Efficient white-light-emitting diodes based on poly(N-vinylcarbazole) doped with blue fluorescent and orange phosphorescent materials

Abstract

We have fabricated polymer white-light-emitting devices possessing a single emitting layer containing a hole-transporting host polymer, poly(N-vinylcarbazole), and an electron-transporting auxiliary, 2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole, doped with a blue-light-emitting amino-substituted distyrylarylene fluorescent dye and an orange-light-emitting osmium phosphor. The doubly doped device exhibited an intense white emission having Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage coordinates of (0.33, 0.34), a high external quantum efficiency of 6.12% (13.2 cd/A), and a maximum brightness of 11 306 cd/m(2). The color coordinates remained unchanged over a range of operating voltages, even at luminance as high as 1x10(4) cd/m(2). (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.