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Organic light-emittig diodes : four different technologies

Authors: Joëlle RAULT-BERTHELOT, Cyril PORIEL

Publication date: April 10, 2021, Review date: April 29, 2021

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ABSTRACT

An organic light-emitting diode is an electronic device able to emit light in response to an electric current. The basic structure of an OLED consists in a thin film of organic emitting material (EML) deposited between two electrodes. There are four generations of OLEDs depending on the photo-physical process involved in the light emission: the fluorescent OLED, the phosphorescent OLED, the TADF OLED and the hyperfluorescent OLED. This article presents the four types of OLEDs for which, the mechanism of light emission will be discussed at the light of selected examples judiciously chosen in literature.

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  • Joëlle RAULT-BERTHELOT: CNRS Research Director, University of Rennes, - CNRS, ISCR-UMR CNRS 6226, Rennes, France

  • Cyril PORIEL: CNRS Research Director, University of Rennes, - CNRS, ISCR-UMR CNRS 6226, Rennes, France

 INTRODUCTION

Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) are electronic devices whose main component is an organic semiconductor capable of emitting light under the effect of an electric field. Since their discovery in 1987, they have been the subject of intense research by chemists, physicists and electronic engineers. These devices, some of which are already on the market, are increasingly gaining a foothold in the electronics market. Today, they can be found in all types of display systems, as well as in new electronic objects such as flexible and rollable screens, and some are even being used in future light walls.

While the first OLEDs were based on fluorescent molecules or polymers (1987), they gradually gave way to the more efficient phosphorescent emitter OLEDs (PhOLEDs) (1998). In a PhOLED, the platinum- or iridium-based organometallic phosphorescent component is present as a dopant in an organic host matrix. In 2009, a new emission mechanism was demonstrated: thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF OLED), making it possible to dispense with phosphorescent emitters while maintaining high emission yields. More recently, a fourth generation of hyperfluorescent OLEDs has emerged, combining the benefits of TADF and fluorescence (3rd and 1 re generations) and heralded as highly efficient, low-cost and superior color emission. The aim of this reference article is to provide an overview of these four generations of OLEDs through their different emission mechanisms, their performance and their limitations.

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KEYWORDS

OLED   |   fluorescence   |   organic electronic   |   phosphorescence   |   thermally activated delayed fluorescence   |   hyperfluorescence


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