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http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/JKEM.2007.20.4.357

Analysis on the Electrical.optical Properties and fabrication of OLED with AZO Anode Electrode  

Jin, Eun-Mi (원광대학교 전기전자 및 정보공학부)
Shin, Eun-Chul (홍익대학교 정보디스플레이공학과)
Kim, Tae-Wan (홍익대학교 정보디스플레이공학과)
Park, Choon-Bae (원광대학교 전기전자 및 정보공학부)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers / v.20, no.4, 2007 , pp. 357-362 More about this Journal
Abstract
AZO(Aluminum-doped Zinc Oxide) films are attractive materials as transparent conductive electrode because they are inexpensive, nontoxic and abundant element compared with ITO(Indium Tin Oxide). AZO films have been deposited on glass (corning 1737) substrates by RF magnetron sputtering. The AZO film was post-annealed at $600^{\circ}C$ for 2 hr with $N_2$ atmosphere. The AZO films were used as an anode contact to fabricate OLEDs(Organic Light Emitting Diodes). OLEDs with $AZO/TPD/Alq_3/Al$ configuration were fabricated by thermal evaporation. We investigated that the electric, structural and optical properties of AZO thin films, which measured using the methods of XRD, SEM, Hall measurement and Spectrophotometer. The current density-voltage and luminescence-voltage properties of devices were studied and compared with ITO devices fabricated under the same conditions.
Keywords
AZO; Transparent conductive electrode; OLED; RF magnetron sputtering; Post-annealing;
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