Charge injection

Assuming that once the charges cross the interface they will not return, the photoinjection efficiency Y becomes [18] 

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Electron donor molecules are oxidized in solution easily. Eor example, for TTE is 0.33V vs SCE in acetonitrile. Similarly, electron acceptors such as TCNQ are reduced easily. TCNQ exhibits a reduction wave at — 0.06V vs SCE in acetonitrile. The redox potentials can be adjusted by derivatizing the donor and acceptor molecules, and this tuning of HOMO and LUMO levels can be used to tailor charge-transfer and conductivity properties of the material. Knowledge of HOMO and LUMO levels can also be used to choose materials for efficient charge injection from metallic electrodes. 

The hole current in this LED is space charge limited and the electron current is contact limited. There are many more holes than electrons in the device and all of the injected electrons recombine in the device. The measured external quantum efficiency of the device is about 0.5% al a current density of 0.1 A/cm. The recombination current calculated from the device model is in reasonable agreement with the observed quantum efficiency. The quantum efficiency of this device is limited by the asymmetric charge injection. Most of the injected holes traverse the structure without recombining because there are few electrons available to form excilons. 

The design of the organic LEDs should be optimized so that the double charge injection factor and the probability for singlet exciton formation is near to unitv... 

The processes of charge injection, transport, and recombination dictate the recombination efficiency h(/), which is the fraction of injected electrons that recombine to give an exciton. The recombination efficiency, which is a function of the device current, plays a primaty role in determining the amount of emitted light, therefore determining the OLED figurcs-of-meril. For example, the quantum efficiency /y(/) (fraction of injected electrons that results in the emission of a photon from the device) is, to a first approximation, given by ... 

The analytic theory outlined above provides valuable insight into the factors that determine the efficiency of OI.EDs. However, there is no completely analytical solution that includes diffusive transport of carriers, field-dependent mobilities, and specific injection mechanisms. Therefore, numerical simulations have been undertaken in order to provide quantitative solutions to the general case of the bipolar current problem for typical parameters of OLED materials [144—1481. Emphasis was given to the influence of charge injection and transport on OLED performance. 1. Campbell et at. [I47 found that, for Richardson-Dushman thermionic emission from a barrier height lower than 0.4 eV, the contact is able to supply... 

Charge propagation within the film is in principle slower than charge injection (or consumption) at the electrode/film interface Whether electrons are transported... 

Fig. 5.17 CdS-ZnO coupled semiconductor system (a) interaction between two colloidal particles showing the principle of the charge injection process and (b) light absorption and electron transfer on an electrode surface leading to the generation of photocurrent. (Reproduced from [330])...

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