BPhen (Bathophenanthroline)

Bathophenanthroline, HBL material

Used to enable ohmic contact to any electrode when doped with Lithium

BPhen is widely used as a hole-blocking or exciton-blocking layer due to its wide energy gap and high ionisation potential.

The phenanthroline unit is small, rigid, and planar, with extended π-electrons and short hopping lengths that facilitate electron mobility. The electron mobility of BPhen is about 5 × 10^-4 cm² V^-1 s^-1, which is about two orders of magnitude higher than that of Alq₃.

When doped with lithium, BPhen:Li is an excellent electron-transport material, and is often used as an electron-injection layer to enable ohmic contact to any electrode -- without the need to consider the work function alignments.

General Information

Product Details

Chemical Structure

Device Structure(s)

Device structure	ITO/2-TNATA:33% WO3 (100 nm)/NPB (10 nm)/Alq3 (30 nm)/Bphen (20 nm)/BPhen: 2% Cs (10 nm)/Al (150 nm) [1]
Colour	Green
Operating Voltage for 100 cd/m2	3.1 V
Current Efficiency for 20 mA/cm2	4.4 cd/A
Power Efficiency for 20 mA/cm2	3.3 lm W−1

Device structure	ITO/TAPC:MoOx (10 nm, 15 wt.%)/TAPC(35 nm)/TcTa:Ir(BT)2(acac) (5 nm, 4 wt.%)/26DCzPPy:FIrpic (5 nm, 15 wt.%)/26DCzPPy:Ir(BT)2(acac) (5 nm, 4 wt.%)/BPhen (40 nm)/Cs2CO3 (1 nm)/Al (100 nm) [2]
Colour	White
Max. EQE	13.2%
Max. Current Efficiency	35.0 cd/A
Max. Power Efficiency	30.6 lm W−1

Device structure	Si/SiO2/Al (80 nm)/MoOx: TAPC (43 nm, 15 wt.%)/TAPC (10 nm)/Ir(piq)3:TcTa (3 nm, 6%)/TcTa (2 nm)/FIrpic:26DCzPPy (5 nm, 12 wt.%)/BPhen (2 nm)/PO-01*:26DCzPPy (5 nm, 6 wt.%)/BPhen (40 nm)/Cs2CO3 (1 nm)/Al (2 nm)/Cu (18 nm)/TcTa (60 nm) [3]
Colour	White
EQE @ 1000 cd/m2	10%
Current Efficiency @ 1000 cd/m2	25.6 cd/A
Power Efficiency @ 1000 cd/m2	20.1 lm W−1

Device structure	ITO/MoOx (2 nm)/m-MTDATA: MoOx (30 nm, 15 wt.%)/m-MTDATA(10 nm)/Ir(ppz)3 (10 nm)/CBP:PO-01* (3 nm, 6 wt.%)/Ir(ppz)3(1 nm)/DBFDPOPhCz*:FIrpic (10 nm,10 wt.%)/Bphen (36 nm)/LiF(1 nm)/Al [4]
Colour	White
Max. EQE	12.2%
Max. Current Efficiency	42.4 cd/A
Max. Power Efficiency	47.6 lm W−1

Device structure	ITO/NPB (30 nm)/CBP:8 wt% (t-bt)2Ir(acac)* (15 nm)/BPhen(35 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/CoPc:C60 (4:1) (5 nm)/MoO3 (5 nm)/NPB(30 nm)/CBP:8 wt% (t-bt)2Ir(acac)* (15 nm)/BPhen (35 nm)/Mg:Ag (100 nm) [5]
Colour	Yellow
Max. EQE	16.78%
Max. Luminance	42,236 cd/m2
Max. Current Efficiency	50.2 cd/A
Max. Power Efficiency	12.9 lm W−1

Device structure	ITO/NPD* (40 nm)/9%-Ir(piq)3:CBP (20 nm)/BPhen (50 nm)/KF (1 nm)/Al [6]
Colour	Red
Max. Luminance	11,000 cd/m2
Max EQE	10.3%
Max. Powder Efficiency	8.0 lm W−1

Device structure	ITO/0.4 wt% F4TCNQ doped α NPD (30 nm)/ 5 wt% Ir(ppy)3 doped CBP (50 nm)/BPhen (30 nm)/20 wt% TCNQ mixed BPhen (1.5 nm)/Al [7]
Colour	Green
Luminance @ 15 V	1,320 cd/m2
Power Efficiency @ 14 V	56.6 lm W-1
Current Efficiency @ 14 V	23.17 cd/A

Device structure	ITO/F4TCNQ (3 nm)/MeO-Spiro-TPD (27 nm)/CBP + BCzVbi* (50 nm)/BPhen (10 nm)/TCNQ mixed BPhen (1.5 nm)/Al [8]
Colour	Red
Luminance @ 10 mA/cm2	1,790 cd/m2
Power Efficiency @ 10 mA/cm2	4.65 lm W−1
Current Efficiency @ 10 mA/cm2	18.0 cd/A

Device structure	ITO/ NPB (70 nm)/DPVBi:BCzVBi (15 wt%, 15 nm)/ADN:BCzVBi (15% wt%, 15 nm)/BPhen (30 nm)/ Liq (2 nm)/Al (100 nm) [9]
Colour	Deep Blue
Max. Luminance	8,668 cd/m2
Max. Current Efficiency	5.16 cd/A

Device structure	ITO/m-MTDATA:MoOx (3:1, 15 nm)/m-MTDATA (30 nm)/NPB (5 nm)/Alq3 (50 nm)/BPhen (10 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (100 nm) [10]
Colour	Green
Max. Luminance	42,090 cd/m2
Max. Current Efficiency	4.77 cd/A
Max. Power Efficiency	3.5 lm W−1

Device structure	ITO/MoO3 (5 nm)/ NPB (35 nm)/CBP (5 nm)/DPVBi (I) (10 nm)/CBP:Rubrene (4:1) (3 nm)/DPVBi (II) (30 nm)/CBP (HBL3) (2 nm)/BPhen (10 nm)/LiF/Al [11]
Colour	White
Max. Luminance	2,650 cd/m2
Max. Current Efficiency	4.6 cd/A

Device structure	ITO/MoO3 (5 nm)/ NPB (35 nm)/CBP (5 nm)/DPVBi (I) (10 nm)/CBP:Rubrene (4:1) (3 nm)/DPVBi (II) (30 nm)/CBP (HBL3) (2 nm)/BPhen (10 nm)/LiF/Al [12]
Colour	White
Max. Luminance	12,100 cd/m2
Current Efficiency @ 11 V	5.03 cd/A

Device structure	ITO/NPB/DPVBi:BCzVBi-6%/MADN:DCM2-0.5%/Bphen/Liq/Al [13]
Colour	White
Max. Luminance	15,400 cd/m2
Max. Current Efficiency	6.19 cd/A

Pricing

MSDS Documentation

BPhen MSDS sheet

Literature and Reviews

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12. Efficient white organic light-emitting diodes based on a balanced split of the exciton-recombination zone using a graded mixed layer as an electron-blocking layer, C. K. Kim et al., J. Soc. Info. Display, 18 (1), 97-102 (2012).
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