Barriers to electron extraction in polymer light-emitting diodes
- 20 August 2001
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 79 (8) , 1193-1195
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1396627
Abstract
We have studied the performance of single-layer polymer light-emitting diodes based on a polyfluorene derivative. Hole-only devices show low currents; however, double-carrier devices show high currents and high efficiencies, implying that the presence of electrons in the device enhances hole injection. By numerical modeling, we show that this behavior is consistent with the presence of a barrier to electron extraction at the anode which causes an increased field for hole injection due to the buildup of electrons at the barrier.Keywords
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