Full description of dipole orientation in organic light-emitting diodes

TL;DR

This paper introduces a comprehensive distribution theory with three parameters to accurately describe dipole orientations in OLEDs, enhancing understanding and measurement of their impact on device efficiency.

Contribution

It develops a new three-parameter distribution model for dipole orientations and proposes an optimal measurement method to better characterize OLED emitters.

Findings

Universal plot of OLED dipole orientation provided

Enhanced accuracy in predicting OLED EQE

Simplified measurement of dipole distributions

Abstract

Considerable progress has been made in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) to achieve high external quantum efficiency (EQE), among which the dipole orientation of OLED emitters has a remarkable effect. In most cases, EQE of the OLED emitter is theoretically predicted with only one orientation factor to match with corresponding experiments. Here, we develop a distribution theory with three independent parameters to fully describe the relationship between dipole orientations and power densities. Furthermore, we propose an optimal experiment configuration for measuring such distribution parameters. Measuring the unpolarized spectrum can dig more information of dipole orientation distributions with a rather simple way. Our theory provides a universal plot of the OLED dipole orientation, paving the way for designing more complicated OLED structures.