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http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/JKEM.2008.21.9.853

Development of Blue Organic Light-emitting Diodes(OLEDs) Due to Change in Mixed Ratio of HTL:EML(DPVBi:NPB) Layers  

Lee, Tae-Sung (순천향대학교 전자정보공학과)
Lee, Byoung-Wook (순천향대학교 전자정보공학과)
Hong, Chin-Soo (순천향대학교 물리학과)
Kim, Chang-Kyo (순천향대학교 전자정보공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers / v.21, no.9, 2008 , pp. 853-858 More about this Journal
Abstract
The structure of organic light-emitting diodes(OLEDs) with typical heterostructure consists of anode, hole injection layer, hole transport layer, light-emitting layer, electron transport layer, electron injection layer, and cathode. 4,4bis[N-(1-napthyl)-N-phenyl-amino]-biphenyl(NPB) used as a hole transport layer and 4'4-bis(2,2'-diphenyl vinyl)-1,1'-biphenyl(DPVBi) used as a blue light emitting layer were graded-mixed at selected ratio. Interface at heterojunction between the hole transport layer and the elecrtron transport layer restricts carrier's transfer. Mixing of the hole transport layer and the emitting layer reduces abrupt interface between the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer. The operating voltage of OLED devices with graded mixed-layer structure is 2.8 V at 1 $cd/m^2$ which is significantly lower than that of OLED device with typical heterostructure. The luminance of OLED devices with graded mixed-layer structure is 21,000 $cd/m^2$ , which is much higher than that of OLED device with typical heterostructure. This indicates that the graded mixed-layer enhances the movement of carriers by reducing the discontinuity of highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO) of the interface between hole transport layer and emitting layer.
Keywords
Blue organic light-emitting diode; Graded mixed-layer; Heterojunction; NPB; DPVBi;
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