ITO/PEDOT/polymer/Al devices

A better PLED performance was observed by Jenekhe and coworkers [173] for ITO/PEDOT/polymer/Al devices with quinoxaline-phenylene vinylene copolymers 586 and 587 as emitting layers. The el and maximum brightness were measured as 0.012 and 0.01%, and 120 and 35 cd/m2, respectively. The turn-on voltages of these devices were reasonably low, 6.0 and 4.0 V, respectively. The performance of PLEDs with polymer 586 was further improved by blending with 5wt% of a hole transport material, 1, l-Mstdi-d-tolylami-ii ophenyI )cycIohexane (TAPC) that enhanced the d lto 0.06% and the maximum brightness to 450 cd/m2. 

Current density-voltage-luminescence (J-V-L) characteristics of ITO/PEDOT/polymer/Al devices. (Reprinted from Jin, S.-H. et al., /. Am. Chem. Soc., 126,2474,2004. With permission.)... 

PLED Performance of the Resulting Polymers in ITO/PEDOT/Polymer/ Al Li Devices... 

Fig. 56 Current-voltage characteristics of ITO/ PEDOT/Polymer/MbOVAl devices obtained with either PVK, poly-4,5,6-MO-BF3k, poly-4,6-MO-BF3k, or poly-6-MO-BF3k. Reprinted with permission from CappeUi et al. [55], Copyright 2012, The Royal Society of Chemistry...

The same group recently reported that the TBB defects can be brought below the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) detection limit by employing similar polymerization conditions (i-BuOK in THF at room temperature) in the synthesis of naphthyl-substituted PPVs 51-53 [112]. Although the absorption and PL spectra of all three polymers are similar, the EL can be finely tuned between 486 nm (for 52) and 542 nm (for 53). The external QE (studied for ITO/PEDOT/polymer/Ba/Al device) is also sensitive to the substituents pattern in the naphthyl pendant group 0.08% for 51, 0.02% for 52, and 0.54% for 53. 

Polybenzobisthiazoles 608 and polybenzobisoxazole 609 have been used as efficient electron transport materials in PLEDs [71] (Chart 2.143). Although these polymers show poor fluorescence quantum yields in thin films likely due to excimer formation [700], double-layer devices ITO/PEDOT/polymer/ETL/Al with PPV or MEH-PPV as emissive polymers and... 

Another way to introduce Ir(III) complexes into the main-chain of polyfluorenes was realized by Suzuki polycondensation of fluorene segments and /3-diketone ligand chelated with Ir(III) chloride-bridged dimmer (polymer 26 and 27) [34,35]. A saturated red-emitting polymer light-emitting diode was achieved from the device ITO/PEDOT/polymer 27 + PBD (40%)/Ba/Al with the maximum external quantum efficiency of 0.6% at the current density (J) of 38.5 mA/cm2 and the maximum luminance of 541 cd/m2 at 15.8 V. 

Ma and coworkers [154] synthesized a bipolar luminescent PPV-based polymer 111, which contained both donor triarylamine and acceptor oxadiazole moieties in the backbone. A device fabricated with this polymer (ITO/PEDOT/111/CsF/Al) showed a maximum brightness of 3600 cd/m2 and a maximum luminescent efficiency of 0.65 cd/A (< el = 0.3%), about 15 times brighter and more efficient than the device of the same configuration with a nonoxadiazole polymer 112. 

Since the ionization potential of 238 matches closely the work function of PEDOT (5.1-5.3 eV) [335], the hole injection is dramatically improved. Accordingly, the device ITO/PEDOT/237 238(7 3)/Al has a significantly improved EL efficiency, tjel= 1.5cd/A, two orders of magnitude higher than that of single-layer PLED with 237, six times higher than that of bilayer PLED with triarylamine polymer HTL, and almost twice as high as that of PF blends with low molecular triphenylamine HT materials (in device with Ca electrode) [321]. 

EL pyridine-phenylene copolymers 564 [666] and 565 [667] have been synthesized and studied by Bryce and coworkers. Although a rather low el(<0.1%) was reported for the devices, an interesting phenomenon was found for polymers 565. When the PLED (ITO/PEDOT/565/Ca/Al) was fabricated using acidic solutions, a strong red shift in the EL band compared to that obtained with the neutral solution (from 510 to 575 nm) was observed. The authors explained this concept by planarization of the protonated polymer chain as a result of intramolecular hydrogen bonding N H- O. Variation of pyridine linkage in copolymers 565, 566, and 567 affects the PL and EL emissions (AEL = 444, 432,... 

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