N-heterocyclic carbazole-based hosts for simplified single-layer phosphorescent OLEDs with high efficiencies.

Highly efficient single-layer organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are demonstrated using new N-heterocyclic carbazole-based host materials. Phosphorescent OLEDs with a structure of ITO/MoO(3) /host/host:dopant/host/Cs(2) CO(3) /Al are fabricated in which the new materials act simultaneously as electron-transport, hole-transport, and host layer. Devices with maximum current and external quantum efficiencies of 92.2 cd A(-1) and 26.8% are achieved, the highest reported to date for a single-layer OLED.