Polymer-based blue electrophosphorescent light-emitting diodes are reported by dopingbisorthometalated (phosphine)cyanoiridium(III) complex Ir(ppy)
2P(
n-Bu)
3CN (ppy = 2-phenylpyridine, P(
n-Bu)
3 = tri-
n-butylphosphine) in poly(vinylcarbazole) (PVK) as the source ofemission. The (phosphine)cyanoiridium(III) complex shows sky blue emission with two peaksat 467 and 496 nm originating from an admixture of triplet metal-to-ligand charge-transferand ligand-centered states. The PL and EL spectra of an Ir(ppy)
2P(
n-Bu)
3CN-doped PVKfilm and device exhibited no emission from PVK, indicating that the energy transfer fromPVK to Ir(ppy)
2P(
n-Bu)
3CN is efficient. A maximum external quantum efficiency (
ex) of1.45% and power efficiency (
p) of 0.99 lm/W were achieved at 13 and 6 mA/cm
2 at a 10 wt% doping concentration, respectively.