Charge transport materials for the manufacture of OLEDs

  • Kathirgamanathan, Poopathy (OLED-T Ltd) ;
  • Surendrakumar, S. (OLED-T Ltd) ;
  • Ganeshamurugan, S. (OLED-T Ltd) ;
  • Kumaraverl, M. (OLED-T Ltd) ;
  • Paramaswara, G. (OLED-T Ltd) ;
  • Partheepan, A. (OLED-T Ltd) ;
  • Ravichandran, S. (OLED-T Ltd)
  • Published : 2006.08.22

Abstract

OLEDs are becoming established as a commercially viable flat panel display technology of choice of the $21^{st}$ century because of its lightweight, fast response time, lower thickness than LCD's and potentially low cost (1-2). For the OLEDs to function effectively, highly thermally stable materials, which offer high efficiency and long operational lifetimes are required. To achieve long lifetime, highly stable charge (both holes and electrons) transporters are essential. OLED-T provides these materials as well as fluorescent and phosphorescent dopants. This paper reports a unique patented hole injector (E9363) and an electron transporter (E246) that increases the lifetime and efficiency and reduces operating voltage. Further, an electron injector, EEI-101, which evaporates at a very low temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ as opposed to the conventional LiF, which requires $580^{\circ}C$, is also presented.

Keywords