Chin. Phys. Lett.  2009, Vol. 26 Issue (9): 097801    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/26/9/097801
CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES |
Improved Performance of Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes with an Electron Transport Emitter by Post-Annealing
XIONG Yan1,2, PENG Jun-Biao1, WU Hong-Bin1, WANG Jian1
1Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 5106402School of Physics Science and Technology, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023
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XIONG Yan, PENG Jun-Biao, WU Hong-Bin et al  2009 Chin. Phys. Lett. 26 097801
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Abstract The enhancement of electroluminescent (EL) performance of polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs) with electron transport emitter poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadiazole) (F8BT) through thermal annealing treatment is investigated. Post-annealing of the PLEDs at temperature 120°C over the glass transition temperature of F8BT (99°C) could bring about an improvement of EL efficiency to more than twice that of the untreated devices, up to 6.02cd/A. The improvement of the EL efficiency is due to the balance of electron and hole carriers in the exciton recombination zone, because the dominative electron current in the PLEDs could be reduced by post-annealing in terms of both issues of electron transport limited in the F8BT film and electron injection decreased by the interface between F8BT/cathode.
Keywords: 78.60.Fi      78.66.Qn      85.60.Jb     
Received: 03 April 2009      Published: 28 August 2009
PACS:  78.60.Fi (Electroluminescence)  
  78.66.Qn (Polymers; organic compounds)  
  85.60.Jb (Light-emitting devices)  
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