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Organic Small Molecules Host Materials for Blue Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

  • Huang Bin ,
  • Tang Jinan ,
  • Jiang Wei ,
  • Yang Wen ,
  • Ban Xinxin ,
  • Sun Yueming
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  • a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189;
    b Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Southeast University Chengxian College, Nanjing 210088

Received date: 2012-12-09

  Revised date: 2013-01-29

  Online published: 2013-02-05

Supported by

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51103023, 21173042), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, No. 2013CB932900).

Abstract

Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) have gained tremendous attention due to their significant potential applications in flat-panel displays and solid state lighting. Blue electrophosphorescent devices are bottlenecks of research of OLEDs because of efficiency and stability, the choice of host materials for blue electrophosphorescence is very important. This review summarizes the recent progress in organic small molecules host materials for blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes, focusing on the design strategies and device performance. Different type host materials including hole-transport-type host materials, silane-based host materials, electron-transport-type host materials, bipolar transport host materials and solution-processed host materials for blue electrophosphorescence are summarized with their structures, features and corre-sponding devices performance. Finally, the direction of development of organic small molecule host materials for blue electrophosphorescence is prospected.

Cite this article

Huang Bin , Tang Jinan , Jiang Wei , Yang Wen , Ban Xinxin , Sun Yueming . Organic Small Molecules Host Materials for Blue Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013 , 33(07) : 1395 -1406 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201212011

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