Red phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes using pyridine based electron transport type triplet host materials

Pyridine based electron transport type host materials were developed and their device performances were investigated according to doping concentration. The pyridine substituent was combined with a spirofluorenebenzofluorene core unit and a high quantum efficiency of 13.3% was achieved in red phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes at a low doping concentration of 2%. A simple red device without any electron transport layer could be fabricated and a simple device without any electron transport layer showed better power efficiency than the standard device with an electron transport layer.