Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.463, 315-321, 2007
New Zn complex derivatives for red OLEDs host materials
New two metal complexes, di-(Phenyl dipyrrylmethene) zinc (Zn(PPM)(2)) and di-(Pentafluorophenyl dipyrrylmethene) zinc (Zn(PFPPM)(2)) as a host material instead of Alq(3) were synthesized. To evaluate electroluminescent properties, multilayered organic light-emitting devices were fabricated by using 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-tert- buthyl-6-(1,1,7,7-tetramethyljulolidyl-9-enyl)-4H-pyran (DCJTB) as a dopant and Alq(3) as an electron transporting layer. Alq(3) and Zn(PPM)(2) host EL devices exhibited DCJTB emission peak at around 617 nm due to energy transfer from Alq(3) and Zn(PPM)(2) to DCJTB. However Zn(PFPPM)(2) host device shows no DCJTB emission peak because Zn(PFPPM)(2) device emit EL light of 563 and 700 nm. The Zn(PPM)(2) device showed same luminance efficiency as Alq(3) device, but showed better power efficiency of 1.2 times than Alq(3) device.