White organic light emitting device
View Patent ↗Provided is a white organic light emitting device including an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed therebetween, the organic layer having a structure wherein an arrangement of a green emissive layer and a blue emissive layer is formed on both surfaces of a red emissive layer such that the resultant structure is symmetrical around the red emissive layer, and a spacer layer is disposed between opposing surfaces of the blue emissive layer and the green emissive layer, where the white organic light emitting device including this structure exhibits a constant luminescence spectra irrespective of any change in current density. A method of forming the white organic light emitting device is also disclosed.
1. A white organic light emitting device comprising an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between opposing surfaces of the anode and the cathode, the organic layer comprising a first blue emissive layer, a first spacer layer disposed on a surface of the first blue emissive layer, a first green emissive layer disposed on a surface of the first spacer layer opposite the first blue emissive layer, a red emissive layer disposed on a surface of the first green emissive layer opposite the first spacer layer, a second green emissive layer disposed on a surface of the red emissive layer opposite the first green emissive layer, a second spacer layer disposed on a surface of the second green emissive layer opposite the red emissive layer, and a second blue emissive layer formed on a surface of the second spacer layer opposite the second green emissive layer, in this order from a surface of the anode, wherein each of the first and second blue emissive layers comprises a host material and a fluorescent dopant, the first and second green emissive layers and the red emissive layer each comprise a host material, and each of the first and second spacer layers consists essentially of a host material.
2. The white organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of each of the first and second blue emissive layers is about 2 to about 20 nm.
3. The white organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of each of the first and second green emissive layers is about 2 to about 20 nm.
4. The white organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the red emissive layer is about 5 to about 30 nm.
5. The white organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second green emissive layers and the red emissive layer comprise a host material and a phosphorescent dopant.
6. The white organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the host material is 4,4′-bis(N-carbazolyl)biphenyl (CBP), 1,3,5-tris(carbazol-9-yl) benzene (TCP), or 1,3-bis(carbazol-9-yl)benzene (mCP).
7. The white organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the spacer layer is 4 to 10 nm.
8. The white organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the blue emissive layer comprises one selected from the group consisting of 4,4′-bis(9-ethyl-3-carbazovinylene)-1,1′-biphenyl (BczVBi), distyrylarylene (DSA), derivatives of DSA, distyrylbenzene (DSB), derivatives of DSB, 4,4′-bis(2,2′-diphenylvinyl)-1,1′-biphenyl (DPVBi), derivatives of DPVBi, spiro-DPVBi, and spiro-6P, as the fluorescent dopant.
9. The white organic light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein the green emissive layer comprises Ir(PPy) 3 (PPy=2-phenylpyridine) or 3-(2-Benzothiazolyl)-7-(diethylamino)coumarin (coumarin 6), as a phosphorescent dopant.
10. The white organic light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein the red emissive layer comprises any one selected from the group consisting of bis(2-phenylquinolyl-N,C2′)acetylacetonate (PQIr), 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-t-butyl-6-(1,1,7,7-tetramethyljulolidyl-9-enyl)-4H-pyran (DCJTB) and PtOEP, as the phosphorescent dopant.
11. The white organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the organic layer further comprises at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a hole injection layer, an electron blocking layer, a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer, a hole blocking layer and an electron injection layer.
12. The white organic light emitting device of claim 10 , wherein the organic layer further comprises at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a hole injection layer, an electron blocking layer, a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer, a hole blocking layer and an electron injection layer.
13. A white organic light emitting device comprising an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between opposing surfaces of the anode and the cathode, the organic layer comprising a first blue emissive layer, a first spacer layer disposed on a surface of the first blue emissive layer, a first green emissive layer disposed on a surface of the first spacer layer opposite the first blue emissive layer, a second spacer layer disposed on a surface of the first green emissive layer,
a red emissive layer disposed on a surface of the second spacer layer opposite the first green emissive layer,
a third spacer layer disposed on a surface of the red emissive layer opposite the second spacer layer,
a second green emissive layer disposed on a surface of the third spacer layer opposite the red emissive layer,
a fourth spacer layer disposed on a surface of the second green emissive layer opposite the third spacer layer, and
a second blue emissive layer formed on a surface of the fourth spacer layer opposite the second green emissive layer, in this order from a surface of the anode,
wherein each of the first and second blue emissive layers comprises a host material and a fluorescent dopant, the first and second green emissive layers and the red emissive layer each comprise a host material, and each of the first to fourth spacer layers consists essentially of a host material.
14. The white organic light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the first and second green emissive layers and the red emissive layer comprise a host material and a phosphorescent dopant.
15. The white organic light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the host material is 4,4′-bis(N-carbazolyl)biphenyl (CBP), 1,3,5-tris(carbazol-9-yl)benzene (TCP), or 1,3-bis(carbazol-9-yl)benzene (mCP).
16. The white organic light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the blue emissive layer comprises one selected from the group consisting of 4,4′-bis(9-ethyl-3-carbazovinylene)-1,1′-biphenyl (BczVBi), distyrylarylene (DSA), derivatives of DSA, distyrylbenzene (DSB), derivatives of DSB, 4,4′-bis(2,2′-diphenylvinyl)-1,1′-biphenyl (DPVBi), derivatives of DPVBi, spiro-DPVBi, and spiro-6P, as the fluorescent dopant.
17. The white organic light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the green emissive layer comprises Ir(PPy) 3 (PPy=2-phenylpyridine) or 3-(2-Benzothiazolyl)-7-(diethylamino)coumarin (coumarin 6), as the phosphorescent dopant.
18. The white organic light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the red emissive layer comprises any one selected from the group consisting of bis(2-phenylquinolyl-N,C2′)acetylacetonate (PQIr), 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-t-butyl-6-(1,1,7,7-tetramethyljulolidyl-9-enyl)-4H-pyran (DCJTB) and PtOEP, as the phosphorescent dopant.