Abstract
A novel intermediate connector (IC) was formed which was composed of aluminum (Al, 3 nm)/1,4,5,8,9,11-hexaazatriphenylene-hexacarbonitrile (HAT-CN). The 3-nm-thick Al in the IC is certified to efficiently generate intrinsic charge carriers, and the HAT-CN is proved to work as the holes injection layer (HIL) for the corresponding electroluminescent (EL) unit simultaneously. This simply IC comprehensively takes advantage of the features of the HAT-CN so as to stack two single EL units without introducing extra material. In addition to a significant enhancement in luminance and current efficiency, a current efficiency (CE) of 10.2 cd/A and a luminance of 2 042 cd/m2 under the current density 20 mA/cm2 of this tandem organic light emitting device (TOLED) are yielded, which are notably almost the sum of that of the two single-unit devices.
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This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20172159), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (No.2017GY-105).
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Liu, Yd., Li, Jc., Zhang, J. et al. Efficient blue fluorescence tandem organic light emitting device with a novel intermediate connector. Optoelectron. Lett. 15, 85–88 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-019-8125-2
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