Regulation of Singlet and Triplet Excitons in a Single Emission Layer: Efficient Fluorescent/Phosphorescent Hybrid White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

[Image: see text] Two efficient fluorescent molecules, viz., (E)-2-(2-4-(1-2,3-dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxin-5-yl)-4,5-diphenyl-H-imidazole-2-yl)-[1,1-biphenyl]-4-yl)vinyl-1-yl(naphthalene-1-yl)-1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazole (DDIBNPPI) and (E)-4-(2-(2-(-4′-1(2,3-dihyderobenzo[b][1,4]dioxin-5-yl)-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazole-2-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)vinyl)-1H-phenanthr[9,10-d]imidazole-1-yl)-1-napthronitrile (DDIBPPIN), were designed and synthesized. DDIBNPPI and DDIBPPIN were obtained by rupturing the covalent bond of phenanthrimidazole core to prevent aggregation-induced quenching. In DDIBPPIN, naphthonitrile group was incorporated into azomethine nitrogen of phenanthrimidazole to enhance charge-transfer ability. The DDIBPPIN/CBP:DDIBPPIN-based device shows blue emission with η(c) (current efficiency) of 4.91/4.10 cd/A, η(p) (power efficiency) of 4.56/3.84 lm/W, and η(ex) (external quantum efficiency) of 5.11/5.96%. The η(s) (exciton utilization efficiency) values of DDIPNPPI and DDIBPPIN are of 27.0 and 30.3%, respectively. The DDIPNPPI and DDIBPPIN materials employed as a host to fabricate green and red phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes. The red/white devices (with 0.4% dopant concentration) with DDIBPPIN:Ir(MDQ)(2)(acac) exhibit maximum L of 69889/26319 cd/m(2), η(ex) of 19.6/16.6%, η(c) of 34.6/35.6 cd/A, and η(p) of 35.8/36.6 lm/W. The device with DDIBPPIN:Ir(ppy)(3)/DDIPNPPI:Ir(ppy)(3) exhibits green emission [Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (0.30,0.60)/(0.30,0.60)] with maximum L of 69906/69482 cd/m(2), η(ex) of 17.9/17.0%, η(c) of 59.8/58.6 cd/A, and η(p) of 63.6/61.3 lm/W. The white device using DDIBPPI:Ir(ppy)(3) (with 0.4% dopant concentration) exhibits maximum L of 22152 cd/m(2), η(ex) of 15.8%, η(c) of 31.4 cd/A, and η(p) of 36.1 lm/W.