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A Study on Electron Injection Characteristics of Organic Light Emitting Diodes with Doped Cathodes of Organic Light Emitting Diodes

  • Published : 2003.01.01
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Abstract

The co-evaporated cathodes composed of A1 and CsF is adopted to enhance the electrical and the optical properties of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). The hole transport layer (HTL), made of 50nm thick N,N-dipheny1-N,N-bis(3-methylphenyl)-1,1-bipheny14,4-diamine (TPD), and the electron transport layer (ETL), made of 50nm thick tris(8-hydroxy-quinoline) aluminum (A1q$_3$), were deposited under the base pressure of 1.6$\times$10$^{-6}$ Torr. In depositing A1-CsF, the mass ratio of CsF is varied between 1 and 10wt%. OLEDs with co-evaporated cathodes have luminance of about 35,000cd/$m^2$, and external quantum efficiency of about 1.38%. Cs tends to diffuse into the organic layer and then re-forms Cs$^{+}$cation and free electron with the Cs-doped surface region.n.

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