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Luminous Efficiency (luminous + efficiency)
Selected AbstractsPure and Saturated Red Electroluminescent Polyfluorenes with Dopant/Host System and PLED Efficiency/Color Purity Trade-OffsADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 18 2010Lei Chen Abstract Three kinds of red electroluminescent (EL) polymers based on polyfluorene as blue host and 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole derivatives with different emission wavelengths as red dopant units on the side chain are designed and synthesized. The influence of the photoluminescence (PL) efficiencies and emission wavelengths of red dopants on the EL efficiencies and color purities of the resulting polyfluorene copolymers of dopant/host system is investigated by adjusting the electron donating ability of the donor units in D- , -A-D typed 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole derivatives. The devices of these red-emitting polymers realize remarkable EL efficiency/color purity trade-offs. The single-layer devices with the configuration of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/Polymer/Ca/Al show pure red emission at 624 nm with a luminous efficiency of 3.83 cd A,1 and CIE of (0.63, 0.35) for PFR1, saturated red emission at 636 nm with a luminous efficiency of 2.29 cd A,1 and CIE of (0.64, 0.33) for PFR2, respectively. By introduction of an additional electron injection layer PF-EP(Ethanol soluble phosphonate-functionalized polyfluorene), high performance pure and saturated red emission two-layer devices (ITO/PEDOT:PSS/Polymer/PF-EP/LiF/Al) were achieved with maximum luminous efficiencies of 5.50 cd A,1 and CIE of (0.62, 0.35) for PFR1, 3.10 cd A,1 and CIE of (0.63, 0.33) for PFR2, respectively, which are the best results for pure and saturated fluorescent red EL polymers reported so far. [source] High-Performance All-Polymer White-Light-Emitting Diodes Using Polyfluorene Containing Phosphonate Groups as an Efficient Electron-Injection LayerADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 17 2010Baohua Zhang Abstract We report an efficient non-doped all-polymer polymer white-light-emitting diode (PWLED) with a fluorescent three-color, white single polymer as an emissive layer, an ethanol-soluble phosphonate-functionalized polyfluorene (PF-EP) as an electron-injection/electron-transport layer, and LiF/Al as a cathode, respectively. The all-polymer PWLED achieves a peak external quantum efficiency of 6.7%, a forward viewing luminous efficiency of 15.4 cd A,1 and a power efficiency of 11.4 lm W,1, respectively, at a brightness of 347 cd m,2 with Commission Internationale d'Eclairage coordinates of (0.37, 0.42) and color rendering index of 85, which is the best results among the non-doped PWLEDs. Moreover, this kind of PWLED not only shows excellent color stability, but also achieves high brightness at low voltages. The brightness reaches 1000, 10000, and 46830 cd m,2 at voltages of 4.5, 5.4, and 7.5 V, respectively. The significant enhancement of white-single-polymer-based PWLEDs with PF-EP/LiF/Al to replace for the commonly used Ca/Al cathode is attributed to the more efficient electron injection at PF-EP/LiF/Al interfaces, and the coordinated protecting effect of PF-EP from diffusion of Al atoms into the emissive layer and exciton-quenching near cathode interfaces. The developed highly efficient non-doped all-polymer PWLEDs are well suitable for solution-processing technology and provide a huge potential of low-cost large-area manufacturing for PWLEDs. [source] Molecular Engineering of Blue Fluorescent Molecules Based on Silicon End-Capped Diphenylaminofluorene Derivatives for Efficient Organic Light-Emitting MaterialsADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 8 2010Kum Hee Lee Abstract Blue fluorescent materials based on silicone end-capped 2-diphenylaminofluorene derivatives are synthesized and characterized. These materials are doped into a 2-methyl-9,10- di -[2-naphthyl]anthracene host as blue dopant materials in the emitting layer of organic light-emitting diode devices bearing a structure of ITO/DNTPD (60,nm)/NPB (30,nm)/emitting layer (30,nm)/Alq3 (20,nm)/LiF (1.0,nm)/Al (200,nm). All devices exhibit highly efficient blue electroluminescence with high external quantum efficiencies (3.47%,7.34% at 20,mA,cm,2). The best luminous efficiency of 11.2,cd,A,1 and highest quantum efficiency of 7.34% at 20,mA,cm,2 are obtained in a device with CIE coordinates (0.15, 0.25). A deep-blue OLED with CIE coordinates (0.15, 0.14) exhibits a luminous efficiency of 3.70,cd,A,1 and quantum efficiency of 3.47% at 20,mA,cm,2. [source] Red-Emitting Polyfluorenes Grafted with Quinoline-Based Iridium Complex: "Simple Polymeric Chain, Unexpected High Efficiency"ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 1 2010Zhihua Ma Abstract A series of red-light emitting electrophosphorescent polyfluorenes (PFs) with varying content of a quinoline-based iridium complex, (PPQ)2Ir(acac) (bis(2,4-diphenylquinolyl-N,C2,) iridium(acetylacetonate)), in the side chain are synthesized by Suzuki polycondensation. Because of the efficient Förster energy transfer from the PF main chain to (PPQ)2Ir(acac) and direct charge trapping on the complex, the electroluminescent emission from PF is nearly completely quenched, even though the amount of iridium complex incorporated into the polymers is as low as 1,mol %. Based on a single-layer device configuration, a luminous efficiency of up to 5.0,cd A,1 with a luminance of 2000,cd m,2 and Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage coordinates of (0.63, 0.35) (x, y) is realized, which is far superior to that of previously reported red-light emitting PFs containing benzothiazole- and isoquinoline-based iridium complexes. This result is beyond expectations, especially when considering that the simple polymeric chain involved has no additional charge-transporting moieties. Noticeably, the device efficiency remains as high as 4.2,cd A,1 with a luminance of 4000,cd m,2 even at current densities of 100,mA cm,2. Further optimization of the device configuration by incorporating an additional electron-injection layer leads to improved efficiencies of 8.3 and 7.5,cd A,1 at luminances of 100 and 1000,cd m,2, respectively. This state-of-the-art performance indicates that covalently attaching quinoline-based iridium complexes to a PF backbone is a simple and effective strategy to develop high-efficiency red-light emitting electrophosphorescent polymers. [source] Electroluminescence and Laser Emission of Soluble Pure Red Fluorescent Molecular Glasses Based on DithienylbenzothiadiazoleADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 18 2009Ju Huang Abstract Soluble molecular red emitters 1a/1b are synthesized by Stille coupling from 2-(3,5-di(1-naphthyl)phenyl)thiophene precursors. The compounds show emission maxima at ca. 610,nm in CH2Cl2 solution and 620,nm in solid films. Replacing the n -hexyl substituent by 4- sec -butoxyphenyl produces a marked increase of glass transition temperature (Tg) from 82,°C to 137,°C and increases the solubility in toluene and p -xylene, thus improving the film-forming properties. Cyclic voltammetry shows that the compounds can be reversibly oxidized and reduced around +1.10 and ,1.20,V, respectively. A two-layered electroluminescent device based on 1b produces a pure red light emission with CIE coordinates (0.646, 0.350) and a maximal luminous efficiency of 2.1,cd A,1. Furthermore, when used as a solution-processed red emitter in optically pumped laser devices, compound 1b successfully produces a lasing emission at ca. 650,nm. [source] Designing a Stable Cathode with Multiple Layers to Improve the Operational Lifetime of Polymer Light-Emitting DiodesADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 12 2009Tae-Woo Lee Abstract The short device lifetime of blue polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) is still a bottleneck for commercialization of self-emissive full-color displays. Since the cathode in the device has a dominant influence on the device lifetime, a systematic design of the cathode structure is necessary. The operational lifetime of blue PLEDs can be greatly improved by introducing a three-layer (BaF2/Ca/Al) cathode compared with conventional two-layer cathodes (BaF2/Al and Ba/Al). Therefore, the roles of the BaF2 and Ca layers in terms of electron injection, luminous efficiency, and device lifetime are here investigated. For efficient electron injection, the BaF2 layer should be deposited to the thickness of at least one monolayer (,3,nm). However, it is found that the device lifetime does not show a strong relation with the electron injection or luminous efficiency. In order to prolong the device lifetime, sufficient reaction between BaF2 and the overlying Ca layer should take place during the deposition where the thickness of each layer is around that of a monolayer. [source] Characteristics of Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Organic Films and Light-Emitting Diodes Compared with their Vacuum-Deposited CounterpartsADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 10 2009Tae-Woo Lee Abstract Although significant progress has been made in the development of vacuum-deposited small-molecule organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), one of the most desired research goals is still to produce flexible displays by low-cost solution processing. The development of solution-processed OLEDs based on small molecules could potentially be a good approach but no intensive studies on this topic have been conducted so far. To fabricate high-performance devices based on solution-processed small molecules, the underlying nature of the produced films and devices must be elucidated. Here, the distinctive characteristics of solution-processed small-molecule films and devices compared to their vacuum-deposited counterparts are reported. Solution-processed blue OLEDs show a very high luminous efficiency (of about 8.9,cd A,1) despite their simplified structure. A better hole-blocking and electron-transporting layer is essential for achieving high-efficiency solution-processed devices because the solution-processed emitting layer gives the devices a better hole-transporting capability and more electron traps than the vacuum-deposited layer. It is found that the lower density of the solution-processed films (compared to the vacuum-deposited films) can be a major cause for the short lifetimes observed for the corresponding devices. [source] Rational Design of Chelating Phosphine Functionalized Os(II) Emitters and Fabrication of Orange Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes Using Solution Process,ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 2 2008M. Cheng Abstract A new series of charge neutral Os(II) pyridyl azolate complexes with either bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) or cis -1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene (dppee) chelates were synthesized, and their structural, electrochemical, photophysical properties and thermodynamic relationship were established. For the dppm derivatives 3a and 4a, the pyridyl azolate chromophores adopt an eclipse orientation with both azolate segments aligned trans to each other, and with the pyridyl groups resided the sites that are opposite to the phosphorus atoms. In sharp contrast, the reactions with dppee ligand gave rise to the formation of two structural isomers for all three kind of azole chromophores, with both azolate or neutral heterocycles (i.e., pyridyl or isoquinolinyl fragments) located at the mutual trans -disposition around the Os metal (denoted as series of a and b complexes). These chelating phosphines Os(II) complexes show remarkably high thermal stability, among which and several exhibit nearly unitary phosphorescence yield in deaerated solution at RT. A polymer light-emitting device (PLED) prepared using 0.4 mol % of 5a as dopant in a blend of poly(vinylcarbazole) (PVK) and 30 wt % of 2- tert -butylphenyl-5-biphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) exhibits yellow emission with brightness of 7208 cd m,2, an external quantum efficiency of 10.4 % and luminous efficiency of 36.1 cd A,1 at current density of 20 mA cm,2. Upon changing to 1.6 mol % of 6a, the result showed even better brightness of 9212 cd m,2, external quantum efficiency of 12.5 % and luminous efficiency of 46.1 cd A,1 at 20 mA cm,2, while the max. external quantum efficiency of both devices reaches as high as 11.7 % and 13.3 %, respectively. The high PL quantum efficiency, non-ionic nature, and short radiative lifetime are believed to be the determining factors for this unprecedented achievement. [source] Highly Efficient Polymer White-Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Lithium Salts Doped Electron Transporting Layer,ADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 3 2009Fei Huang A Li2CO3 -doped water/alcohol-soluble neutral conjugated polymer is used as the electron-injection layer in a solution-processed polymer OWLED with very high efficiency. A maximum forward viewing luminous efficiency of 36.1 cd A,1 and a power efficiency of 23.4 lm W,1 were achieved, values comparable to those reported for the state-of-the-art vacuum deposited small -molecule OWLEDs. [source] Carbazolevinylene-based polymers and model compounds with oxadiazole and triphenylamine segments: Synthesis, photophysics, and electroluminescenceJOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (IN TWO SECTIONS), Issue 16 2008Panagiotis D. Vellis Abstract Two new soluble alternating carbazolevinylene-based polymers POXD and PTPA as well as the corresponding model compounds MOXD and MTPA were synthesized by Heck coupling. POXD and MOXD contained 2,5-diphenyloxadiazole segments, while PTPA and MTPA contained triphenylamine segments. All samples displayed high thermal stability. The polymers had higher glass transition temperature (Tg) than their corresponding model compounds. The samples showed absorption maximum at 364,403 nm with optical band gap of 2.62,2.82 eV. They emitted blue-green light with photoluminescence (PL) emission maximum at 450,501 nm and PL quantum yields in THF solution of 0.15,0.36. The absorption and the PL emission maxima of PTPA and MTPA were blue-shifted as compared to those of POXD and MOXD. The electroluminescence (EL) spectra of multilayered devices made using four materials exhibited bluish green emissions, which is well consistent with PL spectra. The EL devices made using poly(vinyl carbazole) doped with MOXD and MTPA as emitting materials showed luminances of 12.1 and 4.8 cd m,2. POXD and PTPA exhibited 25.4, and 96.3 cd m,2, respectively. The polymer containing the corresponding molecules in the repeating group showed much higher device performances. Additionally, POXD and MOXD exhibited better stability of external quantum efficiency (EQE) and luminous efficiency with current density resulting from enhancing the electron transporting properties. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 5592,5603, 2008 [source] White-Light Emission from a Single Polymer with Singlet and Triplet Chromophores on the BackboneMACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, Issue 24 2006Hongyu Zhen Abstract Summary: A strategy to generate an efficient white-light emission has been developed by mixing fluorescence and phosphorescence emission from a single polymer. Fluorene is used as the blue-emissive component, benzothiadiazole (BT) and the iridium complex [(btp)2Ir(tmd)] are incorporated into a polyfluorene backbone, respectively, as green- and red-emissive chromophores by Suzuki polycondensation. By changing the contents of BT and [(btp)2Ir(tmd)] in the polymer, the electroluminescence spectrum from a single polymer can be adjusted to achieve white-light emission. A white polymeric light-emitting diode (WPLED) with a structure of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PVK/PFIrR1G03/CsF/Al shows a maximum external quantum efficiency of 3.7% and the maximum luminous efficiency of 3.9 cd,·,A,1 at the current density of 1.6 mA,·,cm,2 with the CIE coordinates of (0.33, 0.34). The maximum luminance of 4,180 cd,·,m,2 is achieved at the current density of 268 mA,·,cm,2 with the CIE coordinates of (0.31, 0.32). The white-light emissions from such polymers are stable in the white-light region at all applied voltages, and the electroluminescence efficiencies decline slightly with the increasing current density, thus indicating that the approach of incorporating singlet and triplet species into the polymer backbone is promising for WPLEDs. Structure of PFIrR1G04 and the EL spectra of its devices under various voltages. Device structure: ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PVK/polymer/CsF/Al. [source] Fragmentation model analysis of the observed atmospheric trajectory of the Tagish Lake fireballMETEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE, Issue 2 2007k CEPLECHA An initial mass of 56,000 kg, derived from seismic and infrasound data by Brown et al. (2002), proved to be consistent with a very low value of intrinsic ablation coefficient of 0.0009 s2 km,2. The average residual of the best fit to the observed light curve was ±0.10 stellar magnitude. The apparent ablation coefficient varied from 0.0009 to 1.52 s2 km,2 with an average value of 0.054 s2 km,2 (determined by the gross fragmentation [GF] model). The FM found 33 individual fragmentation events during the penetration of the 56,000 kg initial mass of the Tagish Lake meteoroid through the atmosphere, with five of the events fragmenting more than 10% of the instantaneous mass of the main body. The largest event fragmented 88% of the mass of the main body at a height of 34.4 km. The velocity of the main body mass of 2660 kg at a height of 29.2 km (the last observed light) was 13.1 km/s. Strong fragmentation at heights lower than 29.2 km is very probable. The extreme fragmentation process of the Tagish Lake meteoroid puts its classification well outside the IIIB type in the direction of less cohesive bodies. The light curve could not be explained at all by making use of only the apparent ablation coefficient and apparent luminous efficiency. [source] Fragmentation model of meteoroid motion, mass loss, and radiation in the atmosphereMETEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE, Issue 1 2005k CEPLECHA We solve them numerically including two possible types of fragmentation: into large pieces and into a cluster of small fragments. We have written a Fortran code that computes the motion, ablation and light intensity of a meteoroid at chosen heights, and allows for the ablation and shape density coefficients , and K, as well as the luminous efficiency ,, to be variable with height/time. We calibrated our fragmentation model (FM) by the best fit to observational values for the motion, ablation, radiation, fragmentation and the terminal masses (recovered meteorites) for the Lost City bolide. The FM can also handle multiple and overlapping meteor flares. We separately define both the apparent and intrinsic values of ,, K, and ,. We present in this paper values of the intrinsic luminous efficiency as function of velocity, mass, and normalized air density. Detailed results from the successful application of the FM to the Lost City, Innisfree, and Benesov bolides are also presented. Results of applying the FM to 15 bolides with very precise observational data are presented in a survey mode (Table 7). Standard deviations of applying our FM to all these events correspond to the precision of the observed values. Typical values of the intrinsic ablation coefficient are low, mostly in the range from 0.004 to 0.008 s2 km,2, and do not depend on the bolide type. The apparent ablation coefficients reflect the process of fragmentation. The bolide types indicate severity of the fragmentation process. The large differences of the "dynamic" and "photometric" mass from numerous earlier studies are completely explained by our FM. The fragmentation processes cannot be modeled simply by large values of the apparent ablation coefficient and of the apparent luminous efficiency. Moreover, our new FM can also well explain the radiation and full dynamics of very fast meteoroids at heights from 200 km to 130 km. [source] Into the twilight zone: the complexities of mesopic vision and luminous efficiencyOPHTHALMIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS, Issue 3 2006Andrew Stockman Abstract Of all the functions that define visual performance, the mesopic luminous efficiency function is probably the most complex and hardest to standardise or model. Complexities arise because of the substantial and often rapid visual changes that accompany the transition from scotopic to photopic vision. These are caused not only by the switch from rod to cone photoreceptors, but also by switches between different post-receptoral pathways through which the rod and cone signals are transmitted. In this review, we list several of the complexities of mesopic vision, such as rod,cone interactions, rod saturation, mixed photoreceptor spectral sensitivities, different rod and cone retinal distributions, and the changes in the spatial properties of the visual system as it changes from rod- to cone-mediated. Our main focus, however, is the enormous and often neglected temporal changes that occur in the mesopic range and their effect on luminous efficiency. Even before the transition from rod to cone vision is complete, a transition occurs within the rod system itself from a sluggish, sensitive post-receptoral pathway to a faster, less sensitive pathway. As a consequence of these complexities, any measure of mesopic performance will depend not only on the illumination level, but also on the spectral content of the stimuli used to probe performance, their retinal location, their spatial frequency content, and their temporal frequency content. All these should be considered when attempting to derive (or to apply) a luminous efficiency function for mesopic vision. [source] Successful fabrication of white light emitting diodes by using extremely high external quantum efficiency blue chipsPHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI (A) APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, Issue 5 2008Yukio Narukawa Abstract We fabricated three types of high luminous efficiency white light emitting diodes (LEDs). The first is the white LED, which had a high luminous efficiency (,L) of 161 lm/W with the high luminous flux (,v) of 9.89 lm at a forwardbias current of 20 mA. The blue LED had a high power (,e) of 42.2 mW and high external quantum efficiency (,ex) of 75.5%. The second is the high luminous efficiency white LED with a low voltage (Vf) of 2.80 V, which was almost equal to the theoretical limit. ,L and wall-plug efficiency (WPE) is 169 lm/W and 50.8%, respectively, at 20 mA. They are approximately twice higher than those of a tri-phosphor fluorescent lamp (90 lm/W and 25%). The third is the high power white LED fabricated from the high power blue LED with high ,e of 651 mW at 350 mA. ,v, ,L and WPE of the high power white LED are 145 lm, 134 lm/W and 39.6% at 350 mA, respectively. Moreover, at 1 A, ,v and ,L were 361 lm and 97 lm/W, respectively. Thus ,v is equivalent to that of a 30 W-class incandescent lamp. And, ,L is slightly higher than that of a tri-phosphor fluorescent lamp. Moreover, we fabricated the high power near ultra-violet, bluish-green and green LEDs, whose ,e at 350 mA were 675 mA, 325 mW, and 236 mW, respectively. ,v of the green LED was 128 lm at 350 mA. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] Recent progress of high efficiency white LEDsPHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI (A) APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, Issue 6 2007Yukio Narukawa Abstract We fabricated three types of white light emitting diodes (LEDs). The first is the white LED, which has a high general color rendering index (Ra) of 97 and CRI-No. 9 of 96. The CRI-No. 9 denotes the color reproduction in the red region. These values are higher than those of a tri-phosphor fluorescent lamp (Ra = 85 and CRI-No. 9 = 8). The second is the high efficiency white LED fabricated from the small-size high efficiency blue LED chip. The output power (Po), the external quantum efficiency (,ex) and wall-plug efficiency (WPE) of the small-size blue LED were 35.0 mW, 63.3% and 56.3%, respectively, at a forward-bias current of 20 mA. The luminous flux (,), luminous efficiency (,L) and WPE of the second white LED are 8.6 lm, 138 lm/W and 41.7%, respectively. The luminous efficiency is 1.5 times greater than that of a tri-phosphor fluorescent lamp (90 lm/W). The third is the high power white LED fabricated from the larger-size blue LED chip. Po, ,ex and W.P.E. are 458 mW, 47.2% and 39.7%, respectively, at 350 mA. ,, ,L and WPE of the third white LED are 106 lm, 91.7 lm/W and 27.7% at 350 mA, respectively. Moreover, , of 247 lm and 402 lm at 1 A and 2 A are obtained, respectively. , at 2 A is equivalent to the total flux of a 30 W incandescent lamp. (© 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||