Vinyl-type polynorbornene with 9,9′-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diylbis-9H-carbazole side groups as a host material for highly efficient green phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes?

Journal of Materials Chemistry Pub Date: 2011-02-24 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03755A

Abstract

The soluble polynorbornene (P1) bearing 9,9′-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diylbis-9H-carbazole (CBP) side groups was investigated as a host material for green emitters in phosphorescent OLED devices. The vinyl addition polymerization of norbornene monomers using Pd(II) catalyst efficiently produces P1 in combination with 1-octene chain transfer agent. P1 exhibits high thermal stability with high decomposition (Td5 > 451 °C) and glass transition temperatures (Tg > 361 °C). The HOMO (ca. ?5.5 eV) and LUMO (ca. ?2.1 eV) levels with the triplet energy of ca. 2.60 eV suggest that P1 is suitable for a host material for green emitters. The solution-processed devices based on the emissive layers containing P1host doped with various concentration of fac-Ir(ppy)3 (1–6 wt%) display stable green emission of fac-Ir(ppy)3 with high device performances. The external quantum efficiency and power efficiency reach 7.2% and 11 lm/W, respectively, at the optimum doping concentration of fac-Ir(ppy)3 (2 wt%). The device performances are found to be slightly lower than those of PhOLED with molecular CBP host but higher than those of a PVK-based device. It is shown that in conjunction with the good processability of polynorbornene backbones, the high levels of the effective hole and electron mobilities of P1 (ca. 10?3 and 10?5 cm2/Vs, respectively) as well as large triplet energy inherited from CBP side groups are mainly responsible for the high performance of the phosphorescent OLEDs with solution-processed P1host:emitter layers.

Graphical abstract: Vinyl-type polynorbornene with 9,9′-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diylbis-9H-carbazole side groups as a host material for highly efficient green phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes
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