Organic light-emitting diodes based on polyvinylcarbazole films doped with polymer nanoparticles

The optical and electrical properties of light-emitting diode structures with an active layer based on nanocomposite polyvinylcarbazole (PVK) films doped with nanoparticles of another light-emitting polymer, MEH-PPV, have been studied. It has been established that the size of MEH-PPV particles in the PVK matrix is of the order of 100 nm. The spectral range of photoluminescence of such structures can be changed by varying the ratio of PVK to MEH-PPV. The current-voltage characteristics of composite light-emitting diodes based on PVK: MEH-PPV films indicate p-type conductivity. It has been shown that a decrease in the MEH-PPV nanoparticle concentration in the PVK matrix shifts the threshold values of the bias for the onset of electroluminescence toward smaller values and makes the photoluminescence and electroluminescence spectra more similar to the spectrum of the white light-emitting diode. The influence of the form of the polymer and polymer nanoparticles on the mechanisms of injection and transport of charge carriers and the radiative recombination in the studied structures has been discussed.