First‐Principles Investigation of Anisotropic Electron and Hole Mobility in Heterocyclic Oligomer Crystals

Based on quantum chemistry calculations combined with the Marcus–Hush electron transfer theory, we investigated the charge‐transport properties of oligothiophenes (nTs) and oligopyrroles (nPs) (n=6, 7, 8) as potential p‐ or n‐type organic semiconductor materials. The results of our calculations indicate that 1) the nPs show intrinsic hole mobilities as high as or even higher than those of nTs, and 2) the vertical ionization potentials (VIPs) of the nPs are about 0.6–0.7 eV smaller than the corresponding VIPs of the nTs. Based on their charge‐transport ability and hole‐injection efficiency, the nPs have potential as p‐type organic semiconducting materials. Furthermore, it was also found that the maximum values of the electron‐transfer mobility for the nTs are larger by one‐to‐two orders of magnitude than the corresponding maximum values of hole‐transfer mobility, which suggests that the nTs have the potential to be developed as promising n‐type organic semiconducting materials owing to their electron mobility.     

水/醇溶共轭聚合物界面材料及其在光电器件中的应用

相对于传统的无机半导体器件,以有机半导体(特别是聚合物半导体)材料为基础的有机光电器件,可采用与传统印刷技术(例如喷墨打印、卷对卷印刷等)相结合的溶液加工方式制备低成本、大面积、柔性光电器件,因而成为广泛关注的焦点,并得到了快速发展.实现溶液加工的高效有机光电器件的一个关键问题是界面问题——如何避免溶液加工时有机层间的互溶以及如何实现可印刷稳定金属电极的高效电子注入等.水/醇溶性共轭聚合物的迅速发展为解决溶液加工多层有机光电器件所面临的界面问题提供了有效手段.研究发现,水/醇溶共轭聚合物不但可以有效避免溶液加工多层器件中的界面互溶,而且还可与高功函数的稳定金属发生界面偶极相互作用而增强其电子注入,从而解决了高功函数稳定金属电子注入的难题,为实现全溶液加工的高效印刷有机光电器件提供了可行的方案.本文介绍了近年来本课题组在水/醇溶共轭聚合物阴极界面材料及器件应用方面的研究进展,并对水/醇溶共轭聚合物阴极界面材料在聚合物发光二极管和聚合物太阳电池中的工作机理进行了探讨.     

Heterolayer light-emitting diodes based on poly-phenylene vinylene

In order to enhance the quantum efficiency of poly-p-phenylene vinylene (PPV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs), we have fabricated metal/insulator/polymer (MIP) LEDs and heterolayer LEDs based on PPV and oxadiazole polymers. The current–voltage (I–V) characteristics and electroluminescence (EL) intensity of the MIP structures display a pronounced dependence of the insulator thickness and we detect an increase in the quantum efficiency of more than a factor of 30 at an AlO_x layer thickness of 3–6 nm. The device characteristics are qualitatively understood within inorganic metal insulator semi-conductor (MIS) theory and can be explained by a voltage-dependent barrier for minority carrier injection in connection with a hole-blocking barrier at the PPV/insulator interface. Our oxadiazole polymers used in the heterolayer polymeric devices are characterized by a high thermal stability and excellent film-forming properties. These materials act as efficient hole-blocking, electron transport and injection layers in PPV-based LEDs and we measure a significantly improved device performance with external quantum efficiencies of more than 0.5%. Temperature-dependent investigations point to a relatively balanced charge carrier injection and reveal the influence of space charge limited currents on the device performance at low temperature. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于苯并噻吩平面格的张力与重组能的理论研究

有机半导体材料在有机发光二极管(OLED)、有机场效应晶体管(OFET)和有机太阳能电池(OSC)等领域应用广泛,但由于各类结构缺陷和迁移率较低,不利于载流子的传输.本文基于苯并噻吩设计并研究了一系列新型有机电荷传输纳米分子,利用密度泛函理论研究了分子轨道、电离能、电子亲和势、张力能和重组能等分子结构和电子性质;利用约化密度梯度函数和正规模式(NM)分析方法计算了分子内的弱相互作用和每个振动模式对重组能的贡献.结果表明,苯并噻吩格子化(形成四元格)之后,与其单体相比,分子的电子重组能降低了至少0.394 eV,空穴重组能降低了至少0.056 eV,证明格子化是降低重组能的一种有效策略.     

氮杂苯并菲类n-型有机半导体材料研究进展

苯并菲盘状液晶是一类新型的有机电子学材料.该类材料多数以空穴传输功能为主,能传输电子的n-型材料较少.氮杂苯并菲是与苯并菲衍生物非常相似的一种杂环化合物,材料结构中引入了氮原子,吸电子能力得到增强,是潜在的n-型有机半导体材料,具有重要的应用价值.本文系统回顾了氮杂苯并菲类盘状液晶材料的研究进展,分类讨论了材料的分子结构,其中包括二、四、六氮杂苯并菲,以及它们的合成方法和物理化学性能,论述了材料在光电子领域的最新使用进展,并在此基础上,对该类液晶材料作为n-型有机半导体在光电子器件领域的应用前景进行了展望.     

Electronic structure of NPB and BCP molecules probed by x-ray emission spectroscopy

Soft x-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies have been employed to investigate the electronic structure and chemical bonding of two prototypical molecules, N,N(')-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N,N(')-diphenyl-1,1(')-biphenyl-4,4(')-diamine (NPB) and bathocuproine (BCP), which are frequently chosen because of their hole-transporting and hole-blocking properties, respectively. The resulting resonant C Kalpha x-ray emission spectra of these materials reveal different spectral features depending on the resonant excitation energy. According to the N absorption and emission spectra, the contribution of N atoms to the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals is different for in NPB and in BCP. Detailed knowledge of these materials will allow tailoring charge transport properties of organic devices in order to develop high performance organic light-emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells.     

Characterization of the interface dipole at organic/ metal interfaces

In organics-based (opto)electronic devices, the interface dipoles formed at the organic/metal interfaces play a key role in determining the barrier for charge (hole or electron) injection between the metal electrodes and the active organic layers. The origin of this dipole is rationalized here from the results of a joint experimental and theoretical study based on the interaction between acrylonitrile, a pi-conjugated molecule, and transition metal surfaces (Cu, Ni, and Fe). The adsorption of acrylonitrile on these surfaces is investigated experimentally by photoelectron spectroscopies, while quantum mechanical methods based on density functional theory are used to study the systems theoretically. It appears that the interface dipole formed at an organic/metal interface can be divided into two contributions: (i) the first corresponds to the "chemical" dipole induced by a partial charge transfer between the organic layers and the metal upon chemisorption of the organic molecules on the metal surface, and (ii) the second relates to the change in metal surface dipole because of the modification of the metal electron density tail that is induced by the presence of the adsorbed organic molecules. Our analysis shows that the charge injection barrier in devices can be tuned by modulating various parameters: the chemical potential of the bare metal (given by its work function), the metal surface dipole, and the ionization potential and electron affinity of the organic layer.     

Solution-processable single-material molecular emitters for organic light-emitting devices

This tutorial review presents some recent developments in the design, synthesis and implementation of organic solution-processable molecular fluorophores for non-doped electroluminescent [corrected] devices. After a brief presentation of the basic principles of operation and main characteristics of electroluminescent devices, some examples of active emitters representative of the main classes of non-doped molecular electrofluorophores will be discussed. Emphasis is placed on the relationships between the molecular structure and the electronic properties of molecular emitters, in which high photoluminescence efficiency, synthetic accessibility and processability are combined by design with additional functions such as hole and/or electron injection and transport.     

DNA electron injection interlayers for polymer light-emitting diodes

Introduction of a DNA interlayer adjacent to an Al cathode in a polymer light-emitting diode leads to lower turn-on voltages, higher luminance efficiencies, and characteristics comparable to those observed using a Ba electrode. The DNA serves to improve electron injection and also functions as a hole-blocking layer. The temporal characteristics of the devices are consistent with an interfacial dipole layer adjacent to the electrode being responsible for the reduction of the electron injection barrier.     

有机场效应材料氟化噻吩并四硫富瓦烯衍生物的电荷传输性质

噻吩并四硫富瓦烯(TTF)衍生物在有机场效应材料方面有较大的应用前景.应用密度泛函理论B3LYP泛函在6-31G(d,p)基组水平上计算了系列氟取代扩展噻吩并四硫富瓦烯衍生物(c2FT、t2FT及4FT)的轨道能级、电离能(IP)、电子亲和势(EA)和重组能(λ).在此基础上,进一步计算二聚体的迁移率,评估了载流子传输能力,并讨论取代位置和堆积方式对电荷传输性质的影响.计算结果表明,氟取代位置对二噻吩并四硫富瓦烯(DT-TTF)衍生物迁移率及电荷传输性质的影响较小,却有效降低了给电子能力.计算结果对设计和合成高效稳定的光电功能材料具有指导意义.     

Hole transport in triphenylamine based OLED devices: from theoretical modeling to properties prediction

For the series of para-substituted triphenylamines, optimized geometries, HOMO and LUMO energy levels, ionization potentials Ip, reorganization energies for hole transport λ(+), and frontier orbital contours have been calculated by means of ab initio computations. Relationships between them and the Hammett parameter are presented. According to calculations, electron releasing substituents increase the HOMO and LUMO energies of TPA, while electron withdrawing ones decrease it. This behavior is reflected in subsequent decreasing and increasing of ionization potentials of substituted TPAs. Calculations show that there exists also a strong substituent effect on the reorganization energy λ(+), which is a dominating factor of hole mobility. It is concluded that proper tuning of the HOMO and LUMO levels (and, as a result, ionization potential, Ip) and reorganization energy λ(+) (consequently, hole mobility) of the triphenylamine can be done by alteration of the TPA electronic structure by an appropriate substitution. It is demonstrated that the proper adjustment of the HOMO levels of HTM facilitates the reduction of an energy barrier at the interface of ITO/HTL and HTL/EL and ensure the high hole injection and hole transport rate. On the other hand, appropriate adjustment of the LUMO level prevents an electron leak from the EL into the HTM layer. Results of these calculations can be useful in the process of designing new HTM materials of desired properties (high efficiency, stability, and durability).     

不同电子传输层的蓝光有机电致发光器件的性能研究

自从Tang等^[1]首次报道多层有机电致发光器件（OLED）以来,其在亮度和效率上有了质的飞跃,表明器件的结构对提高发光亮度和发光效率起着至关重要的作用,单层器件虽然具有制作简单的优点,但却存在明显缺点：（1）复合发光区靠近金属电极,该处缺陷很多,非辐射复合几率大,导致器件效率降低;（2）由于两种载流子注入不平衡,载流子的复合几率较低,因而影响器件的发光效率,要使发光层中具有高的载流子辐射复合效率,两种载流子的注入及传输能力应相当,否则传输快的一方就会直接穿过发光层到达对电极被猝灭,平衡电子和空穴的注入与传输可通过在电极和发光层之间加入载流子输运层或限制层制作多层器件的途径来实现,基于上述考虑,我们以PPCP为发光层（PPCP是一种荧光效率较高的蓝光材料^[2-4],对其进行深入研究尚未见有文献报道＿,设计了4种不同电子传输层（ETL)的三层 结构的OLED,为研究电子传输层对器件性能的影响,我们还制备了不含电子传输层的双层器件,结果表明,通过选择合适的ETL,OLED的发光亮度及发光效率会有很大程度的改善。     

基于3,4-二烷氧基噻吩的D-A-D型有机共轭分子的合成及其光学和电化学性能

基于Wittig反应合成了新型D-A-D型有机半导体材料——双(2-乙烯基-3,4-二烷氧基噻吩)-对-2,5-二苯基-1,3,4-噁二唑[(3,4DAOTV)2-OXD],用核磁共振氢谱(1HNMR)、傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱、高效液相色谱(HPLC)和元素分析法(EA)对化合物的结构进行分析和表征.用紫外-可见(UV-Vis)光谱、荧光(PL)光谱及电化学分析研究其光学和电化学性能.在氯仿溶液中,各化合物的紫外最大吸收波长(λmabasx)在382-383nm之间,光学带能隙在2.92-2.97eV之间,荧光最大发射波长在448-452nm之间,发出明亮的青色光,荧光量子产率可达36.8%-37.6%;在固体薄膜状态下,各化合物于513-516nm处发射出亮蓝绿色光.循环伏安法研究显示:三种大π共轭分子在正、负向区域均表现出明显的氧化、还原现象.其中,5.65-5.70eV的电离势(Ip),与噻吩类有机半导体材料的空穴传输特征相符;电子亲和势(Ia)在2.74-2.88eV之间,与有机电子传输材料的特性相近,这利于电子从阴极的注入和传输.理论计算结果表明,该D-A-D型共轭分子共平面性好和电荷离域程度高,对光电功能材料的分子界面组装、载流子的有效传输和器件量子效率的提高十分有利.     

Perovskite Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells Employing Electron Injection/Transport Layers of Ionic Transition Metal Complexes

Recently, perovskites have attracted intense attention due to their high potential in optoelectronic applications. Employing perovskites as the emissive materials of light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) shows the advantages of simple fabrication process, low-voltage operation, and compatibility with inert electrodes, along with saturated electroluminescence (EL) emission. Unlike in previously reported perovskite LECs, in which salts are incorporated in the emissive layer, the ion-transport layer was separated from the emissive layer in this work. The layer of ionic transition metal complex (iTMC) not only provides mobile ions but also serves as an electron-injection/transport layer. Orthogonal solvents are used in spin coating to prevent the intermixing of stacked perovskite and iTMC layers. The blue iTMC with high ionization potential is effective in blocking holes from the emissive layer and thus ensures EL color saturation. In addition, the carrier balance of the perovskite/iTMC LECs can be optimized by adjusting the iTMC layer thickness. The optimized external quantum efficiency of the CsPbBr₃/iTMC LEC reaches 6.8 %, which is among the highest reported values for perovskite LECs. This work successfully demonstrates that, compared with mixing all components in a single emissive layer, separating the layer of ion transport, electron injection and transport from the perovskite emissive layer is more effective in adjusting device carrier balance. As such, solution-processable perovskite/iTMC LECs open up a new way to realize efficient perovskite LECs.     

Theoretical characterization of a typical hole/exciton-blocking material bathocuproine and its analogues

The structural, electronic, and carrier transport properties of bathocuproine (BCP), which is a typical hole/exciton-blocking material applied in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), have been investigated based on density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio HF method. The detail characterizations of frontier electronic structure and lowest-energy optical transitions have been studied by means of time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). Five BCP analogues, o-phenanthroline (1), 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (2), 2,9-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (3), 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (4), and 2,9-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,10-phenanthroline (5) have also been studied in order to select more suitable candidates of efficient hole-blocking materials. The calculated results showed that rigid planar structures, conjugate degrees, and substitute groups play crucial roles in the hole/exciton-blocking and electron-transport properties of these materials. The calculated geometries, ionization energies (IP), and energy gap between the singlet ground state and triplet excited state (E(T1)) were well in agreement with the experimental results. On the basis of the incoherent transport model, the calculated electron mobility of BCP is 1.79 x 10(-2) cm(2)/(V s), which is comparable to experimental results of 1.1 x 10(-3) cm(2)/(V s). The electron mobilities for compounds 1, 4, and 5 are 3.45 x 10(-2), 2.90 x 10(-2), and 1.40 x 10(-2) cm(2)/(V s), respectively. The calculated results indicated that compounds 1, 4, and 5 may be more effective hole/exciton-blocking materials than BCP.     

Control of cationic conjugated polymer performance in light emitting diodes by choice of counterion

Counterion exchange in cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes provides for a straightforward method to modulate the performance of these materials as the electron transport (injection) layer (ETL) in organic light emitting diodes. The bromide counterions of [(9,9-bis(6'-N,N,N-trimethylammonium)-hexyl)fluorene]bromide (PF-Br) can be easily replaced with trifluoromethylsulfonate (PF-CF3SO3), tetrakis(imidazolyl)borate (PF-BIm4) or tetrakis(3,5-trifluoromethylphenyl)borate (PF-BArF4) by a procedure that involves precipitation and washing. The performance of LEDs using MEH-PPV as the emissive layer, Al as the cathode, and the conjugated polyelectrolytes as the ETL varies in the order: PF-BIm4 > PF-CF3SO3 > PF-Br > PF-BArF4. In the case of PF-BIm4, the luminous efficiencies of the devices are similar to those of devices using Ba as the cathode. Thus, by properly choosing the counterion one can use higher work function metals that are more stable than lower work function metals without a substantial barrier to electron injection.     

Star-shaped Organic Molecules That Comprise a 1,3,5-Trisubs-tituted Benzene Core and Three Oligoaryleneethynylene Arms as Light-emitting Materials

Star‐shaped rigid molecules that comprise a 1,3,5‐trisubstitued benzene core and three oligoaryleneethynylene arms have great potential application in organic light‐emitting devices (OLEDs). Their optical and electronic properties are tuned by the star‐shaped molecular size. To reveal the relationship between the properties and structures, we perform a systemic investigation for these organic molecules. The ground and excited state molecules are studied using density functional theory (DFT), the ab initio HF, and the single excitation configuration interaction (CIS), respectively. And the electronic absorption and emission spectra are investigated with time‐dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) and Zerner's intermediate neglect of differential overlap (ZINDO) methods. The results show that the HOMOs, LUMOs, energy gaps, ionization potentials (IP), electron affinities (EA), absorption and emission spectra are controlled by the star‐shaped molecular size, which favor the hole and electron injection into OLEDs. With increasing the molecular conjugated length, the absorption and emission spectra exhibit red shifts to some extent and are in good agreement with the experimental ones. Also, the calculated emission spectra range from 330 to 440 nm. All the calculated show that the star‐shaped molecules are promising as blue light emitting materials     

Currents and photocurrents in organic materials determined by the interface phenomena

The role of interface between molecular material and electrode on currents and photocurrents is considered. Mechanisms of charge carrier injection, electrode recombination and transport are discussed. Particularly thermal, excitonic, photo and tunneling injection of charge carriers, diffusion in presence of image force, interface barrier between electrode and organic materials and two organic materials, non-uniformity of electrodes and other phenomena on charge carrier injection are considered. The data presented in the review which complete theoretical considerations have been taken from previous as well as current literature. The considered phenomena are very important for the analysis of many practical problems for molecular electronic devices such as rectification of current, organic transistors, electroluminescence, photovoltaic effects and some similar problems.     

小分子有机电致发光器件和材料的研究及应用

有机电致发光器件(OLED)是在电场作用下,以有机材料为活性发光层的器件.由于OLED具有亮度高、响应快、视角宽、工艺简单、可柔性等优点,在现代科学研究及技术应用中备受关注.其商业化应用,诸如平板显示(FPD)和固体照明(SSL)等,正在不断向前推进.本文综述了小分子OLED的各种器件结构和功能材料研究进展以及该领域存...     

Theoretical study on photophysical properties of 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-based star-shaped molecules

Star-shaped molecules with tailoring functional groups in the core and the arms have great potential application in organic light-emitting devices, because it can be designed to realize low band gap, broad absorption, and excellent solubility for low-cost solution process. To gain an insight into the structure?Cproperty relationships, a set of four-arm star-shaped molecules with 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole as the core, different ??-conjugated groups as the arm, and triphenylamine or 2-(pyridin-2-yl) pyridine as the end-group were designed. In this study, a systematic investigation into them was carried out using the density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory methods. The calculated ionization potentials, electron affinities, and reorganization energies (??) show that the properties of the ??-conjugated bridge and the end-group significantly affect the carrier injection and transport characteristics of these molecules, especially for S-BTDP and S-EBTD. Among these molecules, S-BTDP exhibits better electron injection ability due to the introduction of 2-(pyridin-2-yl) pyridine as the end-group. However, S-EBTD, with ethylene as ??-conjugated bridge, has excellent hole injection and carrier transport behaviors. We also calculated the singlet-to-triplet exciton-formation cross-section ratio (??_S/??_T), the exciton-formation fractions (??_S), and the absorption and emission spectra of these molecules. We calculated that ??_S/??_T ranges from 1.78 to 2.76 and that ??_S is ca. 0.37?C0.48. These molecules have two absorption bands in the range of 340?C410?nm and 500?C613?nm, respectively. The calculated emission spectra range from 619 to 706?nm. It can be deduced that the studied 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-based star-shaped molecules can serve as efficient red light-emitting electroluminescent materials.