高场下界面势垒对双层有机器件复合发光的影响

以高场作用下载流子对三角势垒的Fowler-Nordheim隧穿理论为基础,建立了双层有机电致发光器件中载流子的输运和复合发光模型.计算并讨论了所加电压与界面势垒对器件的复合电流及其复合效率的影响.该理论模型很好地解释了实验现象,并进一步证实了电场对复合区域的调制作用. 关键词： 有机电致发光 双层器件 界面势垒     

有机电致发光器件中载流子的输运和复合发光

以高场作用下载流子对三角势垒的FowlerNordheim隧穿理论为基础,建立了单层有机电致发光器件中载流子输运和复合发光模型,给出了薄膜中电子空穴对的解离和复合概率及电子和空穴的密度分布.计算并讨论了外加电压和注入势垒对器件电流和复合效率的影响. 关键词： 电致发光器件 载流子输运 载流子复合     

输运层势垒对双层结构器件复合发光的影响

通过分析双层结构器件复合发光的实际物理过程，建立了双层器件载流子输运与复合发光的多势垒的理论模型，计算并讨论了器件复合效率随外加电压及输运层势垒（包括势垒高度和宽度）的变化关系，该理论模型较好地解释实验现象。     

注入和输运对单层有机发光器件复合发光的影响

通过分析聚合物电致发光器件中载流子注入、输运、激子的解离与复合过程,提出了激子解离与复合的理论模型. 基于电流连续性方程和Poisson方程,给出了激子复合密度、电流密度及复合效率表达式.研究两电极与有机层之间在Ohmic和Fowler-Nordheim接触条件下载流子迁移率对器件中激子的复合密度及外加电压和注入势垒对器件电流和复合效率的影响.结果表明:1)在一个较宽的注入势垒和迁移率范围内,复合密度不是由两个注入电极的相对注入比决定而是由有机层电子和空穴迁移率之比所支配;2)固定阴极势垒,而阳极势垒由小变大时,器件电流由接触限制向空间电荷限制转变;3)复合效率随外电压升高先增加,当电压达一临界值时而陡降,存在一个最佳的注入势垒值.结果说明:电极与有机层的能带匹配及有机层间的迁移率匹配对器件复合发光有着极其重要的影响.其计算值与所报道的理论结果相符.     

LiF修饰阴极的双层有机电致发光器件的延时效应

基于载流子的注入、传输和复合过程,建立了双层有机发光器件的电致发光延时理论模型;讨论了电致发光延时随电压、注入势垒、内界面势垒、阳极区厚度及LiF缓冲层(BL)厚度的变化关系。结果表明:(1)低电压下,EL延时由复合过程主导,而高电压下,输运过程起着更重要的作用;(2)当δe/δh2时,M/O界面属于欧姆接触,电流是空间电荷限制的,注入势垒的变化对复合时间trec影响较大,当δe/δh2时,M/O界面成为接触限制,注入势垒的变化对trec几乎没有影响;(3)当内界面势垒超过0.3eV,H′h对trec的影响明显变弱,复合延迟时间基本上由电压和其它因素控制;(4)当电压较小时,随Lh/L的增大,trec增大;当电压超过某一值后,trec几乎不随Lh/L的变化而变化;(5)对于LiF/Ag阴极,在不同的偏压下,LiF的厚度在3.1nm左右时的复合时间最短,对应的EL延迟时间也最短,这与实验中从电致发光效率的角度得出的LiF最佳厚度一致。     

典型有机发光二极管中载流子传输和复合模型

提高载流子复合效率是改善有机发光二极管(OLEDs)发光效率的重要方法。采用真空热蒸发成膜法制作了典型双层结构的OLEDs(ITO/TPD/Alq₃/Al)。二极管的性能测试结果表明器件的电流-电压关系与Fow ler-Nordheim场发射载流子注入理论符合得较好。以Fow ler-Nordheim场发射载流子的隧穿注入理论为基础,对OLEDs的电流进行理论分析和数学推导,建立典型双层结构有机发光二极管中载流子传输、复合的理论模型。以此模型为依据,对载流子注入复合进行理论分析,探究载流子注入复合的效率的表达式。在外加电压和器件材料一定下,得出了载流子复合效率与阳极区一侧积累的空穴面密度和阴极区一侧积累的电子面密度的关系表达式。     

载流子复合及能量无序对聚合物太阳电池开路电压的影响

聚合物太阳电池中载流子的复合与能量无序对器件的开路电压有着深刻的影响.本文同时研究了基于传统富勒烯(PC71BM)和非富勒烯(O-IDTBR)电子受体的聚合物太阳电池.通过交流阻抗谱、低温电流密度-电压谱、瞬态光电压以及电致发光光谱等手段重点研究了载流子复合及能量无序对电池器件开路电压的影响.具体地,交流阻抗谱和瞬态光电压测试结果表明,富勒烯体系载流子复合损失较为严重.电致发光光谱研究显示,PC71BM器件的发光峰随着注入电流的增加不断向短波长处移动,而O-IDTBR体系发光峰位置基本不变,该结果证明PC71BM体系中能量无序度更高.载流子复合严重及能量无序度更高共同作用导致了富勒烯器件开路电压的降低.     

不规则H形量子势垒增强AlGaN基深紫外发光二极管性能

针对AlGaN基多量子阱中有效的平衡载流子注入问题,研究了有源区势垒层中Al组分调制形成的非规则H形量子势垒对AlGaN基深紫外发光二极管(LED)器件性能的影响及载流子的输运行为。研究发现,与多量子阱中常用的单Al组分势垒相比,加入Al组分较高的双尖峰势垒可以有效地提高内量子效率和光输出功率。进一步研究表明,电子在有源区因凸起的尖峰势垒而得到了有效的阻挡,减少了电子的泄露,而空穴获得更多的动能从而穿过较高的势垒进入有源区。因此,采用非对称H形量子势垒的深紫外LED器件中载流子输运实现了较好的平衡,量子阱中的载流子复合速率远高于普通的深紫外发光二极管。     

发光二极管放电实验现象分析

利用直流电源对发光二极管(LED)的结电容充电,切断直流电源后对LED的电压-时间特性进行测量。当充电电压低于LED复合发光的门槛电压,LED的电压-时间特性与普通二极管的相似。当充电电压高于LED复合发光的门槛电压,首次观察到:开始放电的瞬间会出现一个快速下降过程,快速下降到门槛电压以下;LED上的电压越高,快速下降到的电压越低。对该现象进行分析,得到一些新的结论。当LED的正偏电压高于复合发光的门槛电压后,出现了注入到扩散区的非平衡载流子随正偏电压的提高而减小的现象,即dQ/du<0。     

金属氟化物对聚合物发光二极管发光性能的提高

在以聚合物发光材料MEH-PPV为发光层的聚合物发光二极管(PLEDs)的金属阴极与聚合物发光层之间插入一层绝缘的金属氟化物,发光器件的发光性能有所提高,而且绝缘层的厚度会影响器件性能提高的最终效果。特别是具有LiF／Al的双层电极的发光器件,其发光特性与工作性能优良,但稳定性较差的Ba(Ca)／Al电极结构器件的发光特性具有可比性。初步分析表明绝缘层的插入造成了发光聚合物层与金属电极界面的能带发生弯曲,降低了发光器件中少数载流子电子的注入势垒,提高了发光器件中少数载流子电子的注入效率。从而最终导致了发光器件的开启电压、发光强度、外量子效率及电流效率等发光性能指标的显著提高。     

Enhancing light extraction of GaN-based blue light-emitting diodes by a tuned nanopillar array

Surface patterning of p-GaN to improve the light extraction efficiency of GaN-based blue light-emitting diodes(LEDs) has been investigated. Periodic nanopillar arrays on p-GaN have been fabricated by polystyrene(PS) nanosphere lithography; the diameter of the nanopillars can be tuned to optimize the electrical and optical properties of the LEDs. The electroluminescence intensity of the nanopillar-patterned LEDs is better than that of conventional LEDs; the greatest enhancement increased the intensity by a factor of 1.41 at a 20 mA injection current. The enhancements can be explained by a model of bilayer film on a GaN substrate. This method may serve as a practical approach to improve the efficiency of light extraction from LEDs.     

An Electroluminescence Delay Time Model of Bilayer Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Based on the mechanism of injection, transport and recombination of the charge carriers, we develop a model to calculate the delay time of electroluminescence （EL） from bilayer organic light emitting diodes. The effect of injection, transport and recombination processes on the EL delay time is discussed, and the relationship between the internal interface barrier and the recombination time is revealed. ＂]~he results show that the EL delay time is dominated by the recombination process at lower applied voltage and by the transport process at higher applied voltage. When the internal interface barrier varies from 0.15 eV to 0.3 eV, the recombination delay time increases rapidly~ while the internal interface barrier exceeds about 0.3eV~ the dependence of the recombination delay time on applied voltage is almost undiversified, which may serve as a guideline for designing of a high-speed EL response device.     

Temperature-dependent efficiency droop behaviors of GaN-based green light-emitting diodes

The efficiency droop behaviors of GaN-based green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are studied as a function of temperature from 300 K to 480 K. The overall quantum efficiency of the green LEDs is found to degrade as temperature increases, which is mainly caused by activation of new non-radiative recombination centers within the LED active layer. Meanwhile, the external quantum efficiency of the green LEDs starts to decrease at low injection current level (<1 A/cm2 ) with a temperature-insensitive peak-efficiency-current. In contrast, the peak-efficiency-current of a control GaN-based blue LED shows continuous up-shift at higher temperatures. Around the onset point of efficiency droop, the electroluminescence spectra of the green LEDs also exhibit a monotonic blue-shift of peak energy and a reduction of full width at half maximum as injection current increases. Carrier delocalization is believed to play an important role in causing the efficiency droop in GaN-based green LEDs.     

Comparison of InGaN/GaN light emitting diodes grown on m ‐plane and a ‐plane bulk GaN substrates

InGaN/GaN‐based light emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on m ‐plane, a ‐plane and off‐axis between m ‐ and a ‐plane GaN bulk substrates were investigated. A smooth surface was obtained when a ‐plane substrate was applied; however, large amounts of defects were observed. Photoluminescence measurements of the LEDs with a well thickness of 2.5 nm revealed that all the LEDs showed the peak emission wavelength at 389 nm. The PL intensity of the a ‐plane LED is one order of magnitude lower than that of the m ‐plane LED. The a ‐plane LEDs showed significant lower electroluminescence output powers than m ‐plane LEDs, suggesting that excitons are trapped by the defects, which act as non‐radiative recombination centers. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

硅衬底InGaN/GaN基蓝光发光二极管droop效应的研究

InGaN/GaN基阱垒结构LED当注入的电流密度较大时, LED的量子效率随注入电流密度增大而下降, 即droop效应.本文在Si (111)衬底上生长了 InGaN/GaN 基蓝光多量子阱结构的LED,通过将实验测量的光电性能曲线与利用ABC模型模拟的结果进行对比, 探讨了droop效应的成因.结果显示:温度下降会阻碍电流扩展和降低空穴浓度, 电子在阱中分布会越来越不平衡,阱中局部区域中因填充了势能越来越高的电子而溢出阱外, 从而使droop效应随着温度的降低在更小的电流密度下出现且更为严重, 不同温度下实验值与俄歇复合模型模拟的结果在高注入时趋势相反.这此结果表明,引起 droop效应的主因不是俄歇非辐射复合而是电子溢出,电子溢出的本质原因是载流子在阱中分布不均衡.     

The influence of ZnO seed layers on n-ZnO nanostructure/p-GaN LEDs

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were formed by hydrothermally growing n-ZnO nanostructures on p-GaN with or without seed layers. The performance of the fabricated LEDs was studied. The seed layers not only have a great influence on the morphology and density of the ZnO nanostructures but also determine the lighting bias and emitting mechanism. The LEDs without seed layers and with sputtered seed layers exhibit light emission only under reverse bias, which is believed due to the GaN buffer layer/p-GaN p–n junction. The LEDs with sol–gel seed layers exhibit light emission under both forward and reverse biases. With the increase of the forward bias, the LEDs first demonstrate a red electroluminescence emission coming from the sol–gel seed layers and then demonstrate an orange emission coming from the ZnO nanorods. The sol–gel seed layer and the interface play a very important role in the electroluminescence.     

Characteristics of deep ultraviolet AlGaN-based light emitting diodes with p-hBN layer

The AlGaN-based deep ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with p-hBN layer are investigated numerically. In comparison with the conventional AlGaN DUV LEDs, the proposed LED can significantly improve the carrier injection, radiative efficiency, as well as the electroluminescence (EL) intensity under the same applied forward bias. Simultaneously, the light extraction efficiency in the LED using p-hBN instead of p-AlGaN exhibits a more than 250% increase at the applied voltage of 7.5 V due to the smaller loss of reflection and absorption of the emitted light.     

有机场致发光中能带模型与分子理论的讨论

在有机场致发光中,能带模型及分子理论从20世纪就存在尖锐的矛盾。在分层优化方案中,经SiO₂加速后的电子能量可以到达10eV,这足以激发发光材料发光,将分层优化方案应用到有机场致发光材料中。发现了固态阴极射线发光(SSCL),经过对它的交叉证明、普适性的验证,肯定了固态阴极射线的发光确实是在发光二极管,无机及有机场致发光之外的一种完全新型的电场诱导的发光。SSCL的特征是在它的光谱中出现短波发光峰,实验证明长波发光峰的减弱是由于电场离化效应。研究了这种效应出现的电压阈值并和SSCL的短波峰出现的电压相比,发现短波峰的出现是在激子的电场离化之后,从而找出了电子处于局域态与扩展态的分水岭,解释了在有机场致发光中能带模型和分子理论并不矛盾,只是适用的条件不同。激子的离化是随电场强度而渐进的变化,因此会有一个两种过程并存的范围。