Efficient blue fluorescent organic light-emittingdiodes based on novel 9,10-diphenyl-anthracene derivativesFive 9,10-di(naphthalen-2-yl)anthracene (ADN) derivatives with fluorenamine or indenocarbazole moiety have been successfully developed for blue emitters of OLEDs. All materials showed good chemical and thermal stability, moreover the OCADN based device exhibited highly efficient sky-blue emission with current efficiency of 2.25 cd/A, power efficiency of 1.13 lm/W and CIE(x,y) coordinate of (0.16, 0.30) at 8 V.A series of novel 9,10-di(naphthalen-2-yl) anthracene (ADN) derivatives were designed and synthesized as blue fluorescent emissive materials by inducing diverse aromatic groups to C-2 position of ADN. UV-Vis absorption, fluorescence emission spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry (CV) were carried out to generally investigate the relationships between the physical properties and molecular structures. Moreover, four non-doped OLED devices adopting OCADN, FA3PADN, FA4PADN and OC4PADN as emitting materials were fabricated to study their electroluminescence (EL) performances. Among them, device based on OCADN exhibited highly efficient sky-blue emission with current efficiency of 2.25 cd/A, power efficiency of 1.13 lm/W and CIE(x,y) coordinate of (0.16, 0.30) at 8 V. In addition, the device of OC4PADN showed efficient blue emission with CIE(x,y) coordinate of (0.16, 0.14) at 8 V.