Enhanced luminance of white organic light-emitting diode with yellow nanophosphors-embedded blue polymer emitting layer

White organic light-emitting device was achieved through an incorporation of yellow YAG nanophosphors into blue polyfluorene emitting layer: electrode/YAG@polyfluorene/hole-transport/injection layers/ITO glass. The brightness of the proposed device (230 cd/m2 at 30 V) was enhanced by a factor of about two in comparison with that of phosphor-free reference device. It is attributed to the increased local electric field caused by bumps of nanophophors on the emitting layer. With increase of voltage, the blue–green emission decreased whereas the yellow emission increased. It is due to the effective energy transfer from the blue–green to the yellow bands.