Both luminous efficiency and lifetime in blue fluorescence organic light
emitting devices (OLEDs) have been improved by modified HTMs with higher
LUMO energy levels. The LUMO energy levels of HTM were increased by
modifying substituent in HTM molecules. Two HTMs containing ortho and meta
biphenyl substituent and one HTM containing thiophene substituent were
synthesized via palladium catalyzed amine coupling reactions to compare with
a para biphenyl substituent HTM-1 as a standard molecule. According to TDDFT
calculations, these three modified HTMs showed 0.05-0.15 eV higher LUMO
energy levels compared to the para biphenyl substituent HTM-1. The luminous
efficiency and the lifetime (LT90) of OLEDs using HTM-2 at 500
cd/m2 have been enhanced up to 20 % and 52 %, respectively,
compared to the standard device using HTM-1.