Improved band alignment for hole injection by an interfacial layer in organic light emitting devices
- 21 August 2000
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 77 (8) , 1093-1095
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1289804
Abstract
We demonstrate that a thin organic interfacial layer of 3,4,9,10 perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) can be utilized to improve the band alignment of N,N′-di-(3-methylphenyl)N,N′diphenyl-4,4′diaminobiphenyl (TPD) films on [indium–tin–oxide (ITO)] (InSnO) substrates in, e.g., organic electroluminescent devices. A photoemission study of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and vacuum level position as a function of the organic overlayer thickness reveals that due to chemisorptive bonding a thin PTCDA interlayer results in a reduced barrier between the Fermi level of ITO and the HOMO of TPD. Furthermore we detect a new molecular state 0.6 eV below the Fermi level at the PTCDA/ITO interface. Both effects are expected to improve the hole injection from the ITO anode into the TPD hole transport layer, e.g., in organic light emitting devices.Keywords
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