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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.498, 314-322, 2009
Organic Light-Emitting Devices Consisting of N-Triarylamine-Based Hole Injecting/Transporting Materials
A series of N-triarylamine-based derivatives such as 4,4'-bis[N-(1-naphthyl)-N- phenyl-amino]biphenyl (alpha-NPD), 1,3,5-tris[4-(3-methylphenyl(phenyl)amino) phenyl]benzene (m-MTDAPB) and 1,3,5-tris-{4-[1-naphthyl(phenyl)amino]phenyl}-benzene (1-TNAPB) were synthesized and characterized. Specially, 1-TNAPB was synthesized with high yield in 1 hr. The hole injecting/transporting properties of these materials were investigated by using double-layered organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with the configuration of ITO/N-triarylamine/Alq(3)/LiF/Al, in which Alq(3) was used as an emitting and electron transporting layer. A comparative study on EL performance of OLEDs fabricated with N-triarylamines as the hole injecting/transporting layer revealed that better results were observed in OLED with m-MTDAPB and alpha-NPD, respectively. OLED with m-MTDAPB (20nm thickness) showed maximum luminescence of 15,970 cd/m(2) at 10V and turn-on voltage of 4 V. On the other hand, alpha-NPD (50nm thickness) exhibited maximum luminescence of 17,650 cd/m(2) at 17V and turn-on voltage of 7 V.