Single emission layer white organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) showing high color stability, low turn-on voltage, high efficiency and low efficiency roll-off by incorporating iridium(III) bis[(4,6-difluo-rophenyl)-pyridinato-N, C-2] (FIrpic) and bis(2-phenylbenzothiazolato) (acetylacetonate) iridium(III) (Ir(BT)(2)(acac)) phosphors dyes have been demonstrated. Our WOLEDs without any out-coupling schemes as well as n-doping strategies show low operating voltages, low turn-on voltage (defined for voltage to obtain a luminance of 1 cd/m(2)) of 2.35 V, 79.2 cd/m(2) at 2.6 V, 940.5 cd/m(2) at 3.0 V and 10300 cd/m(2) at 4.0 V, respectively, and achieve a current efficiency of 40.5 cd/A, a power efficiency of 42.6 lm/W at a practical brightness of 1000 cd/m(2), and a low efficiency roll-off 14.7% calculated from the maximum efficiency value to that of 5000 cd/m(2). Such improved properties are attributed to phosphors assisted carriers transport for achieving charge carrier balance in the single light-emitting layer (EML). Meanwhile the host-guest energy transfer and direct exciton formation process are two parallel pathways serve to channel the overall excitons to dopants, greatly reduced the unfavorable energy losses. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.