《White organic light-emitting diodes with fluorescent tube efficiency》.pdf

Vol 459 | 14 May 2009 | doi:10.1038/nature08003 LETTERS White organic light-emitting diodes with fluorescent tube efficiency 1 1 1 1 1 ¨ ¨ 1 1 Sebastian Reineke , Frank Lindner , Gregor Schwartz , Nico Seidler , Karsten Walzer , Bjorn Lussem Karl Leo The development of white organic light-emitting diodes1 (OLEDs) amounts15. Hence, the greatest potential for a substantial increase in holds great promise for the production of highly efficient large- EQE and power efficiency is to enhance the light outcoupling. area light sources. High internal quantum efficiencies for the con- Here we present an OLED structure that combines a novel concept version of electrical energy to light have been realized2–4. for energy-efficient photon generation with improved outcoupling. Nevertheless, the overall device power efficiencies are still consid- The key feature of the OLED layer structure is the positioning of the erably below the 60–70 lumens per watt of fluorescent tubes, blue phosphor within the emission layer and its combination with a which is the current benchmark for novel light sources. carefully chosen host material: energetically, the triplet energy of the Although some reports about highly power-efficient white blue emitter material is in resonance with its host so that the blue OLEDs exist5,6, details about structure and the measurement con- phosphorescence is not accompanied by internal triplet energy ditions of these structures have not b