A Study on the Interface and Luminescent Properties of OLED using $Al_2Nq_4$ as an Emitting Layer

$Al_2Nq_4$를 발광층으로 이용한 OLED의 계면 및 발광 특성에 관한 연구

  • Yang, Ki-Sung (Department of Electrical Engineering, Dong-A University) ;
  • Lee, Ho-Sik (Department of Electrical Engineering, Dong-A University) ;
  • Shin, Hoon-Kyu (Department of Electrical Engineering, Dong-A University) ;
  • Kim, Doo-Seok (Department of Port and Logistics Systems, Dong-A University) ;
  • Kim, Chung-Kyun (Department of Chemistry, Dong-A University) ;
  • Kwon, Young-Soo (Department of Electrical Engineering, Dong-A University)
  • Published : 2004.11.05

Abstract

Metal-chelate derivatives have been investigated intensively as an emitting layer and recognize to have excellent electroluminescence(EL) properties. We synthesized new luminescent material, 1,4-dihydoxy-5,8-naphtaquinone $Aiq_3$ complex($Al_2Nq_4$) and investigated the electrical optical properties. OLED has potential candidates for information display with merits of thickness, low power and high efficiency. Although the OLED show a lot of advantages for information display, it has the limit of inorganic(metal)/ organic interface. In this study, the two methods are used to study the interface of metal/organic in OLED. First, we treated $O_2$ plasma on an ITO thin film by using RIE system, and analyzed the ingredient of ITO thin film according to change of the processing conditions. We used the RDS and the XPS for the ingredient analysis of the surface and bulk. We measured electrical resistivity using Four-Point-Probe and calculated sheet resistance, and ITO surface roughness was measured by using AFM. We fabricated OLED using substrate that was treated optimum ITO surface. Second, we used the buffer layer of CuPc to improve the characteristics of the interface and the hole injection in OLED. The result of the study for electrical and optical properties by using I V L T System(Flat Panel Display Analysis System), we confirmed that the electrical properties and the luminance properties were improved.

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