Intrinsic luminance loss in phosphorescent small-molecule organic light emitting devices due to bimolecular annihilation reactions

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Giebink, N. C. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
D'Andrade, B. W. [4 ]
Weaver, M. S. [4 ]
Mackenzie, P. B. [4 ]
Brown, J. J. [4 ]
Thompson, M. E. [5 ]
Forrest, S. R. [2 ,3 ]
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[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[3] Univ Michigan, Dept Phys, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[4] Universal Display Corp, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA
[5] Univ So Calif, Dept Chem, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
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10.1063/1.2884530
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Operational degradation of blue electrophosphorescent organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) is studied by examining the luminance loss, voltage rise, and emissive layer photoluminescence quenching that occur in electrically aged devices. Using a model where defect sites act as deep charge traps, nonradiative recombination centers, and luminescence quenchers, we show that the luminance loss and voltage rise dependence on time and current density are consistent with defect formation due primarily to exciton-polaron annihilation reactions. Defect densities similar to 10(18) cm(-3) result in >50% luminance loss. Implications for the design of electrophosphorescent OLEDs with improved lifetime are discussed. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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