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Electrical characterizations, including transient electroluminescence, revealed that a large lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy barrier within the emissive layer leads to strong electron trapping and excessive electron accumulation. Bias-dependent photoluminescence measurements using single-carrier devices (hole-only devices and electron-only devices) demonstrated that EPQ, a non-radiative decay phenomenon, was aggravated more significantly upon the accumulation of electrons (negative polarons) than upon the accumulation of holes (positive polarons). Furthermore, spectroelectrochemistry analysis confirmed the disappearance of the charge transfer peak in the negative polaron environment. 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