High contrast ratio organic light-emitting devices based on CuPC as electron transport material

Abstract In this paper, a high-contrast-ratio organic light-emitting device (OLED) of high brightness is demonstrated. In this device, reflection from the cathode is reduced by inserting a copper-phthalocyanine (CuPC) layer between the emitting layer (EML) and the cathode called the Black Cathode™ technique. The absorption and the destructive interference effect caused by this layer lead to the decrease of the ambient light. With the same injection current density at 6 mA/cm 2 , the contrast ratio of this device increases from 1.9 to 2.5 under 1000 lx illumination, when compared with a conventional device. Although the thickness of this device increases by 54.5%, its driving voltage is nearly the same as that of a conventional device. This result implies the high electron mobility in the inserted CuPC layer.