Ultrathin Electron Injection Layer on Indium–Tin Oxide Bottom Cathode for Highly Efficient Inverted Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
- 1 June 2006
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 45 (6R) , 4948
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.45.4948
Abstract
We have fabricated a highly efficient inverted bottom-emission organic light-emitting diode (IBOLED) based on an indium–tin oxide (ITO) bottom cathode deposited with an ultrathin 1 nm layer of Mg to promote electron injection. The threshold voltage of this IBOLED with a structure of ITO/Mg/Alq3/NPB/WO3/Al was 4.2 V and an efficiencies of 4.66 cd/A and 1.51 lm/W were achieved at an operational voltage of 8.9 V and a brightness of 940 cd/m2. In comparison with an ITO/Alq3 bottom cathode composition, a reduction in drive voltage from 13.8 to 7.8 V in voltage was obtained at 1 mA/cm2. A charge-transfer dipole model is proposed to rationalize the enhanced electron injection.Keywords
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