Efficient and stable single-doped white OLEDs using a palladium-based phosphorescent excimer

Tyler Fleetham, Yunlong Ji, Liang Huang, Trenten S. Fleetham, Jian Li

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Abstract

A tetradentate Pd(ii) complex, Pd3O3, which exhibits highly efficient excimer emission is synthesized and characterized. Pd3O3 can achieve blue emission despite using phenyl-pyridine emissive ligands which have been a mainstay of stable green and red phosphorescent emitter designs, making Pd3O3 a good candidate for stable blue or white OLEDs. Pd3O3 exhibits strong and efficient phosphorescent excimer emission expanding the excimer based white OLEDs beyond the sole class of Pt complexes. Devices of Pd3O3 demonstrate peak external quantum efficiencies as high as 24.2% and power efficiencies of 67.9 Lm per W for warm white devices. Furthermore, Pd3O3 devices in a carefully designed stable structure achieved a device operational lifetime of nearly 3000 h at 1000 cd m-2 without any outcoupling enhancement while simultaneously achieving peak external quantum efficiencies of 27.3% and power efficiencies over 81 Lm per W.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7983-7990
Number of pages8
JournalChemical Science
Volume8
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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