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Fabrication and Characterization of High-Performance Thin-Film Encapsulation for Organic Electronics

유기반도체용 고성능 박막 봉지재의 제조 및 평가

  • Kim, Nam-Su (Components and Materials Physics Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute) ;
  • Graham, Samuel (Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • 김남수 (전자부품연구원 부품소재물리연구센터) ;
  • Received : 2012.05.30
  • Accepted : 2012.08.13
  • Published : 2012.10.01
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Abstract

Continued advancements in organic materials have led to the development of organic devices that are thin, flexible, and lightweight and that can potentially be used as low-cost energy-conversion devices. While these devices have many advantages, the environmentally induced degradation of the active materials and the low-work-function electrodes remain a valid concern. Hence, many vacuum deposition processes have been applied to develop low-permeation barrier coatings. In this work, we present the results pertaining to the developed thin-film encapsulation. Multilayer encapsulation involves the use of $SiO_x$ or $SiN_x$ with parylene. The effective water vapor transmission rates were investigated using a Ca-corrosion test. The integration of the developed barrier layers was demonstrated by encapsulating pentacene/$C_{60}$ solar cells, and the results are presented.

유기전자재료의 발전으로 박막화, 유연화, 경량화가 가능하면서, 저가의 생산비용으로 제조 될 수 있는 유기반도체의 개발 및 상용화에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 하지만, 유기반도체를 구성하는 유기재료 및 전극재료가 미량의 수분과 반응으로 성능이 저하되는 문제로 상용화의 큰 걸림돌이 되고 있다. 따라서 유기재료 및 전극을 동작환경의 수분으로부터 보호할 수 있는 고성능 투습 방지막 개발에 대한 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 $SiO_x$/parylene 및 $SiN_x$/parylene 구조를 이용한 다중 구조의 고성능 박막 봉지막을 개발하고, 개발된 박막을 Ca-corrosion test를 이용하여 수분투과율을 측정하였다. 또한 박막 봉지재를 유기태양전지에 적용하여 유기태양전지의 수명과 투습특성과의 관계를 확인하였다.

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