Electro-optical properties of organic EL device

유기 EL 소자의 전기-광학적 특성

  • Kim, Min-Soo (Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Park, Lee-Soon (Department of Polymer Eng., Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Park, Se-Kwang (Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
  • Published : 1997.07.31

Abstract

Organic EL devices, which have the sing3e-layer structure of ITO(indium-tin-oxide) /PPV(poly(p-phenylene vinylene))/cathode and the double-layer structure of ITO/PVK (poly(N- vinylcarbazole)) /PPV/cathode, were fabricated and their electro-optical properties were investigated. Experimental results, in single-layer structure, shown that the increment of temperature for thermal conversion of PPV film from $140^{\circ}C$ to $260^{\circ}C$ decreases the maximum luminance from $118.8\;cd/m^{2}$(20V) to $21.14\;cd/m^{2}$(28V) and shift the maximum peak of EL spectrum from 500nm to 580nm. The lower the work function of cathode is, the more the luminance and injection current of device. In double-layer structure, as the concentration of PVK solution decreases from 0.5 wt% to 0.05 wt%, the luminance of device increases from $70.71\;cd/m^{2}$(32V) to $152.7\;cd/m^{2}$(26V).

ITO(indium-tin-oxide)/PPV(poly(p-phenylenevihylene))/음극 전극의 단층구조와 ITO /PVK(poly(N-vinylcarbazole))/PPV/음극전극의 이층구조를 가진 유기 EL(electroluminescence) 소자를 제작하였으며, 전기-광학적 특성을 측정하였다. 실험 결과, 단층구조에서는 PPV막의 열변환 온도를 $140^{\circ}C$에서 $260^{\circ}C$로 증가할수록 최대 휘도가 $118.8\;cd/m^{2}$(20V)에서 $21.14\;cd/m^{2}$(28V)으로 감소하였고, EL 스펙트럼의 최대 피크가 500nm에서 580nm로 이동하였다. 또한, 음극전극의 일함수가 낮을수록 소자의 발광휘도와 주입 전류는 증가되었다. 이층구조에서는 PVK막의 농도가 감소함에 따라 발광휘도가 $70.71\;cd/m^{2}$(32V)에서 $152.7\;cd/m^{2}$(26V)으로 증가하였다.

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