Toshiya Yonehara

Comparison of transient state and steady state exciton–exciton annihilation rates based on Förster-type energy transfer

We investigated differences between the transient state and steady state exciton–exciton annihilation rates based on Forster-type energy transfer. The exciton–exciton annihilation rate of an organic semiconductor is usually determined by transient state photoluminescence measurements using a pulsed laser or steady state photoluminescence measurements using a continuous wave laser. However, it is unclear that the respective annihilation rates determined by their rate equations are the same. In calculations with platinum-octaethylporphyrin (PtOEP) parameters, Monte Carlo simulations gave two different annihilation rates for the transient state and the steady state. The analytical models based on Forster-type energy transfer also showed the same result. These results indicate that the exciton–exciton annihilation rates in transient state and steady state are distinguished.

Effect of horizontal molecular orientation on triplet-exciton diffusion in amorphous organic films

Triplet harvesting is a candidate technology for highly efficient and long-life white OLEDs, where green or red phosphorescent emitters are activated by the triplet-excitons diffused from blue fluorescent emitters. We examined two oxadiazole-based electron transport materials with different horizontal molecular orientation as a triplet-exciton diffusion layer (TDL) in triplet-harvesting OLEDs. The device characteristics and the transient electroluminescent analyses of the red phosphorescent emitter showed that the triplet-exciton diffusion was more effective in the highly oriented TDL. The results are ascribed to the strong orbital overlap between the oriented molecules, which provides rapid electron exchange (Dexter energy transfer) in the TDL.