Two dopants with condensed aromatic rings were examined. Hexabenzobenz
ene (coronene) and tri-peri-naphthylenebenzene (decacyclene) were resp
ectively doped into blue organic electroluminescent (EL) cells. The co
ronene-doped cell exhibited a blue-green emission of 5300 cd/m(2) at 1
7 V. The decacyclene-doped cell exhibited a green emission of 12300 cd
/m at 19 V. Lifetime of the decacyclene-doped cell was greatly improve
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