We report on the performance of green phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes based on the well-known host 4,4'-di(carbazol-9-yl)-biphenyl and the green phosphor emitter fac tris(2-phenylpyridinato-N,C(2)') iridium. Using a spin-coated hole-injection/transport layer of poly(N-vinyl-carbazole) and a hole-blocking/electron-transport layer of 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, devices with efficiencies of 21.2% and 72 cd/A at 100 cd/m(2) were obtained in a simplified device geometry that requires the deposition of only two organic layers from the vapor phase. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.