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Original Articles

A Study on Highly Efficient Organic Electroluminescent Devices

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Pages 19-24 | Received 17 May 2003, Accepted 23 Jun 2003, Published online: 01 Nov 2018
 

Abstract

In order to improve the device performances of organic electroluminescent devices (OELDs), the efficiency of carrier injections into the organic layers from electrodes and the balance of injected carrier densities in the emission region are critical factors. Especially, energy barriers, which exist at the interfaces between electrodes and organic layers, interrupt carrier injections, which lead to unbalanced carrier densities. In this study α-septithiophene (α-7T), as a buffer layer, and composite cathode composed of Al and CsF were formed to improve hole and electron injections, respectively. The orientations of α-7T molecules were adjusted using the simple rubbing method and the mass ratio of CsF was varied from 1 to 10 wt%. Upon investigation of we believe that the 3 wt% mass ratio of CsF and the horizontal orientation of α-7T molecules are the optimized conditions for achieving better the performance of OELDs. Device with the horizontally oriented 20 nm thick α-7T layer and composite cathode shows a turn-on voltage of 7V and luminance of 172 cd/m² at 4 mA/cm².

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