Solution-processed organic films of multiple small-molecules and white light-emitting diodes

We investigated characteristics of solution-processed films of 4,4'-bis(2,2-diphenylvinyl)-1,1'-bibenyl (DPVBi), N,N'-bis(naphthalene-1-yl)-N,N'-bis(phenyl)-benzidine (NPB), and their blends, and it was found that the spin-coated films of NPB, and blends of NPB and DPVBi, though having lower densities, were more uniform than their vacuum-deposited counterparts. Using the spin-coated films of NPB: DPVBi as mixed host, doped with blue dye (4,4'-bis[2-(4-(N,N-diphenylamino) phenyl)vinyl] biphenyl) and yellow dye (5,6,11,12-tetraphenylnaphacene), new white organic light-emitting devices (WOLEDs) were demonstrated. The luminance (maximum luminance of 35822 cd/m(2)), efficiency (5.3 lm/W (100 cd/m(2)) and 8.3 cd/A (1000 cd/m(2))) and stability of these solution-processed devices are better than or equivalent to the vacuum-deposited one, which was expected as an alternative route to the fabrication of small-molecular WOLEDs, reducing the cost of devices and avoiding the complexities of the co-evaporation of multiple dopants and host materials in the vacuum deposition. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.