ZHANG Hao, WANG Li, RONG Jia-Ling, CAO Jin, ZHANG Zhi-Lin, JIANG Xue-Yin, ZHANG Jian-Hua. Efficient Inverted Top-emitting Organic Light-emitting Devices with Cesium Carbonate Modified Al Cathode[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2012,(6): 611-615
ZHANG Hao, WANG Li, RONG Jia-Ling, CAO Jin, ZHANG Zhi-Lin, JIANG Xue-Yin, ZHANG Jian-Hua. Efficient Inverted Top-emitting Organic Light-emitting Devices with Cesium Carbonate Modified Al Cathode[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2012,(6): 611-615 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20123306.0611.
Efficient Inverted Top-emitting Organic Light-emitting Devices with Cesium Carbonate Modified Al Cathode
Efficient inverted top-emitting organic light-emitting diode(ITOLED) using a thin Cs
2
CO
3
layer modified Al as the reflective bottom cathode is demonstrated. With tris-(8-hydroxy-quinoline) aluminum (Alq
3
) as emitting layer and MoO
3
/Ag as semitransparent anode
the Al/Cs
2
CO
3
based ITOLED shows a tune-on voltage of 3.6 V
luminance efficiency of 9.8 cd/A and 3.4 lm/W
which are much better than those (4.2 V
8.6 cd/A
2.85 lm/W) obtained from Mg:Ag based ITOLED and those (5 V
5.5 cd/A
1.57 lm/W) obtained from bare Al based ITOLED. Electron-only devices research shows that a stronger electron-injection is obtained from Al/Cs
2
CO
3
than Mg:Ag and Al
which is attributed to the lower work function of Al/Cs
2
CO
3
than Mg:Ag and Al. The good performance of Al/Cs
2
CO
3
based ITOLED is attributed to the efficient electron injection from the Al/Cs
2
CO
3
cathode as well as a microcavity effect.
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