We have investigated the effects of spacer layer inserted between blue and red doped emissionlayers on the emission and efficiency characteristics of phosphorescent OLEDs. N,N``-di-carbazolyl-3,5-benzene(mCP) was used as a host layer. Iridium(III)bis[(4,6-di-fluorophenyl)- pyridinato-N,C2``]picolinate (FIrpic) andtris(1-phenyl-isoquinolinato-C2,N)iridium(III) [Ir(piq)3] were used as blue and red dopants, respectively. Theemission layer structure was mCP (1-x) nm/mCP:Ir(piq)3 (5 nm, 10%)/mCP (x nm)/mCP:FIrpic (5 nm, 10%). The thickness of mCP spacer layer was varied from 0 to 15 nm. The emission from Ir(piq)3 and theefficiency of the device were dominated by energy transfer from mCP host and FIrpic molecules, and bydiffusion of mCP host triplet excitons.

To investigate the effect of two-emission-layer structure on the emission characteristics of the phosphorescent white organic light-emitting diodes (PHWOLEDs), the PHWOLEDs with two different emission layers, blue EML(29 nm, FIrpic-doped mCP) and red EML(1 nm, Ir(pq)2acac-doped CBP)), following host-guest system were fabricated. The bi-layered blue EML was composed of mCP:FIrpic (20 nm, 7 vol.%) and mCP:FIrpic (9 nm, 7, 10, 15, 20, and 25 vol.%, respectively). When the concentration of FIrpic was increased from 7 to 15 vol.%, light emission luminance, current efficiency, and external quantum efficiency were increased. On the contrary, when the concentration of FIrpic was increased to more than 20 vol.%, light emission luminance, current efficiency, and external quantum efficiency were decreased. The PHWOLEDs with the bi-layered blue EML structure of mCP:FIrpic (20 nm, 7 vol.%) and mCP:FIrpic (9 nm, 15 vol.%) showed current efficiency of 29.7 cd/A and external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 16.6% at 1,000 cd/cm2.

In order to investigate the emission characteristics of the phosphorescent white organic light-emitting diodes (PHWOLEDs) according to various hole transport layers (HTLs), PHWOLEDs composed of HTLs whose structure are NPB/TCTA, NPB/mCP and NPB/TCTA/mCP, two emissive layers (EMLs) which emit two-wavelengths of light (blue and red), and electron transport layer were fabricated. The applied voltage, power efficiency, and external quantum efficiency at a current density of 1 ㎃/㎠for the fabricated PHWOLEDs were 7.5 V, 11.5 lm/W, and 15%, in case of NPB/mCP, 5 V, 14.8 lm/W, and 13.7%, in case of NPB/TCTA, and 5.5 V, 14.6 lm/W, and 15%, in case of NPB/TCTA/mCP in the hole transport layer, respectively. High emission efficiency can be obtained when the amount of hole injection from anode is balanced out by the amount of electron injection from the cathode to EML by using NPB/TCTA/mCP structured HTL.