Improvement of device efficiency for blue organic light emitting diodes by controlling the Cs2CO3-doped electron transport layer

Richard Fu; Jianmin Shi; Eric Forsythe; Steven Blomquist; Merric Srour; David C. Morton

doi:10.1117/1.JPE.4.043595

24 September 2014 Improvement of device efficiency for blue organic light emitting diodes by controlling the Cs₂CO₃-doped electron transport layer

Richard Fu, Jianmin Shi, Eric Forsythe, Steven Blomquist, Merric Srour, David C. Morton

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Journal of Photonics for Energy, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 043595 (September 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.4.043595

Abstract

The electronic transport properties of 1, 3, 5-tri(1-phenyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)phenyl (TPBI) electron transporting layers (ETLs) have been investigated as a function of cesium carbonate (Cs₂CO₃) doping for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The current density-voltage and light emission characteristics were measured as a function of the Cs₂CO₃-doped ETL thickness. Cs₂CO₃-doped TPBI decreased OLED operating voltage by 26% and increased device luminance by 17% in a wide concentration range (3.5% to 10.5%) compared to undoped devices. The effects of 7% Cs₂CO₃-doped ETL thickness indicated that the operating voltage continuously decreased to 37% when the ETL thickness increased to 600 Å and luminance output continued to increase to 21% at ETL thickness 525 Å. The blue OLED can be optimized by adjusting the thicknesses of Cs₂CO₃-doped TPBI ETL to balance the electron and hole injection.

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Richard Fu, Jianmin Shi, Eric Forsythe, Steven Blomquist, Merric Srour, and David C. Morton "Improvement of device efficiency for blue organic light emitting diodes by controlling the Cs₂CO₃-doped electron transport layer," Journal of Photonics for Energy 4(1), 043595 (24 September 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.4.043595

Published: 24 September 2014

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