The Fabrication of OLED using PBD as a Hole Blocking Layer

Oganic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) using PBD(2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-(4-tert-butylpheny)-1,3,4oxadiazole) as a hole blocking layer were fabricated and their device performances were investigated. The devices have a structure of glass substrate ${\setminus}$ indium tin oxide (ITO) ${\setminus}$ TPD(HTL)${\setminus}$PBD,BCP(HBL)${\setminus}$Alq3(EIL)${\setminus}$Mg:Ag(cathode). In this work Bathocuproine(BCP:2,9-Dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline) and PBD which were previously known as a good ETL material were used as a HBL. By employing HBL, the luminance and quantum efficiency of OLEDs could be improved due to the increase of recombination probability of electrons and holes.