有机微腔绿色发光二极管

光学微腔是指尺寸在光波长量级的光学微型谐振腔。微腔结构可以使腔内物质和光场的相互作用与体材料相比发生很大变化,出现了自发辐射谱线窄化和增强等腔效应。利用这些腔效应,可以改善有机发光器件的性能。采用微腔结构,优化设计并研制了有机微腔绿色发光二极管,器件结构为Glass/DBR/ITO/NPB/Alq∶Rubrene/Alq/MgAg,获得了最大亮度40100 cd/m2、最大发光效率为6.44 cd/A、半峰全宽为28 nm的纯绿色有机微腔电致发光器件。而与之比较的无腔器件最大亮度为22580 cd/m2、最大发光效率为2.98 cd/A、半峰全宽为120 nm。相同电流密度下微腔电致发光谱的峰值发射强度是无腔器件的4.2倍。结果表明将微腔结构引入有机电致发光器件中,不但改善了发光的色纯度,而且使器件的发光效率和亮度都得到明显增强。     

Optimization of microcavity OLED by varying the thickness of multi-layered mirror

We optimized the emission efficiency from a microcavity OLEDs consisting of widely used organic materials, N,N′-di(naphthalene-1-yl)-N,N′-diphenylbenzidine (NPB) as a hole transport layer and tris (8-hydroxyquinoline) (Alq₃) as emitting and electron transporting layer. LiF/Al was used as a cathode, while metallic Ag was used as an anode material. A LiF/NPB bi-layer or NPB layer on top of the cathode was considered to alter the optical properties of the top mirror. The electroluminescence emission spectra, electric field distribution inside the device, carrier density, recombination rate and exciton density were calculated as a function of the position of the emission layer. The results show that for optimal capping layers thicknesses, light output is enhanced as a result of the increase in both the reflectance and transmittance of the top mirror. Once the optimum structure has been determined, the microcavity OLED devices were fabricated and characterized. The experimental results have been compared to the simulations and the influence of the thickness of the mirror layers, emission region width and position on the performance of microcavity OLEDs was discussed.     

Surface and edge emission in organic light emitting devices

We report the studies on photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence (EL) spectra of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) based on most widely used light emitting material, i.e., Tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq₃). PL studies from the edges and top surface were carried out on different thicknesses of single layer of Alq₃ coated on glass substrate and the PL intensity from the edges was found to be more than that from the top surface. On the other hand EL emission intensity from the surface was found to be larger than that from the edges of the OLED device. The discrepancy in the PL and EL emission from edge and the top surfaces is discussed. The effect of the thickness of Alq₃ layer on the PL intensity and the emission spectra are also investigated.     

有机薄膜在平面光学微腔中的光致发光特性

本文研究了有机薄膜在平面光学微腔中的光致发光特性。有机光学微脸以多层介质膜和金属银分别作为反射镜,８－羟基喹啉铝（Ａｌｑ）为发光层。Ａｌｑ薄膜的荧光峰位于５１９ｎｍ,谱线的半高全宽为９０ｎｍ。微腔的荧光峰位于５３０ｎｍ,谱线的半高全宽窄化至１０ｎｍ。谐振波长处的发射强度提高了一个数量级。     

Red top-emitting organic light-emitting device using 6, 13-di-(3, 5-diphenyl)phenylpentacene doped emitting system

Fluorescent red organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) with narrow emission and negligible current-induced quenching by using a pentacene derivative of 6,13-di-(3,5-diphenyl)phenylpentacene (PDT) doped emitting system were demonstrated. With the incorporation of C₆₀ outcoupling layer, the PDT-based top-emitting OLED showed superior electroluminescence performances with Commission Internationale d’Eclairage color coordinates of (0.64, 0.36) and luminous efficiency of ～3 cd/A. To clarify the actual energy transfer process in PDT-doped emitting system, the Förster’s radius was calculated. The results indicated that the energy transfer process is predominantly from the host of tris(8-hydroquinoline) aluminum to guest of PDT via the assistant dopant of 5,6,11,12-tetraphenylnaphthacene.     

Effect of substituent groups of porphyrins on the electroluminescent properties of porphyrin‐doped OLED devices

Six tetraphenylporphyrins (TRPPH₂) with different horizontal substituents R (R = H, CH₃, OH, F, Cl, Br) were synthesized, and the organic light‐emitting diode (OLED) devices with a general configuration of ITO/TPD/Alq₃:2%TRPPH₂/Alq₃/Al were prepared. The substituted TRPPH₂ was used as the host dopant, 4,4‐bis‐(m‐tolyphenylamino)biphenyl (TPD) was used as a hole‐transporting material, and aluminum tris(8‐quinolinolato) (Alq₃) was used as an electron‐transporting material. The electroluminescent (EL) properties of these devices were studied to understand the light emitting properties of the substituted TRPPH₂. Previous studies have found that the color emitted by the devices was dependent on the TRPPH₂ dye concentration. The electronic effect of the horizontal substituents R of TRPPH₂ influenced the turn‐on voltage, brightness, and power efficiency of the devices. Also, the electroluminescence performance of the porphyrin‐doped OLED devices depended on the effectual overlaps between the emission of electron‐transporting material and the absorption of the dopants. This means that it is possible to evaluate the electroluminescence performance of the porphyrin‐doped OLED devices based on the emission of electron‐transporting material and the absorption of the dopants. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Tandem organic light-emitting diodes with an effective charge-generation connection structure

The tandem organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with an effective charge-generation connection structure of Mg-doped tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq₃)/Molybdenum oxide (MoO₃)-doped 3, 4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) were presented. At a current density of 50 mA/cm², the current efficiency of the tandem OLED with two standard NPB/Alq₃ emitting units is 4.2 cd/A, which is 1.7 times greater than that of the single EL device. The tandem OLED with the similar connection structure of Mg-doped PTCDA/ MoO₃-doped PTCDA was also fabricated and the influences of the different connection units on the current efficiency of the tandem OLED were discussed as well.     

Blue organic light-emitting diodes with 2-methyl-9,10-bis(naphthalen-2-yl)anthracene as hole transport and emitting layer and the impedance spectroscopy analysis

2-methyl-9,10-bis(naphthalen-2-yl)anthracene (MADN) based fluorescent blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are demonstrated. With MADN as emitting layer, experiments indicate that thick MADN (40–60 nm) is preferable for constructing efficient blue OLED. With MADN as hole-transport and emitting layer and tris(8-hydroxy-quinolinato)aluminium (Alq₃) as electron-transport layer, the OLED electroluminescent characteristics show a mixture emission of MADN and Alq₃ with Commission Internationale d'Eclairage (CIE) color coordinates of (0.25, 0.34), indicating feasible hole transporting in MADN. Using 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BPhen) replacing Alq₃ as electron-transport layer, the OLED shows deep blue emission with a maximum luminous efficiency of 4.8 cd/A and CIE color coordinates of (0.16, 0.09). The hole transport characteristics of MADN are further clarified by constructing hole-only device and performing impedance spectroscopy analysis. The results indicate that MADN shows superior hole-transport ability which is almost comparable to typical hole-transport material of N,N′-bis(naphthalen-1-yl)-N,N′-bis(phenyl)-benzidine (NPB), suggesting a promising application for constructing efficient blue OLED with integrated hole-transport layer and emitting layer.     

耦合微腔结构的有机电致发光器件

研究了耦合微腔结构的有机发光器件的光学和电致发光性能。通过将被动腔作为底部反射镜的方法,简化了耦合微腔的光学和发光性能的模拟,所得到的结果与实验符合得较好。在相同电流密度下与同样结构的普通OLED相比,耦合腔OLED的光谱强度在502 nm处增强了3.6倍,在550 nm处增强了5.6倍,光谱积分强度增加了0.5倍。普通OLED的最大电流效率和亮度是4.2 cd/A 和13 600 cd/m²。而耦合腔OLED则为7.0 cd/A 和 22 660 cd/m²。这种结构的器件出射光更集中于腔轴方向,有利于设计开发较高效率的有机激光器件。     

Synthesis and electroluminescent property of dinuclear aluminum 8-hydroxyquinoline complex

A new structural dinuclear aluminum 8-hydroxyquinoline complex (DAlq₃) with two aluminum chelate-center was designed and synthesized. It was assessed as light-emitting material in organic light-emitting device (OLED). The green light emission was observed in films and OLEDs. DAlq₃ has better electron mobility and also shows a higher electroluminescence (EL) efficiency than that of aluminum 8-hydroxyquinoline (Alq₃).     

功能层厚度对叠层有机电致发光器件出光性能影响的数值研究

功能层厚度是影响有机电致发光器件出光效率的主要因素之一,故获得不同功能层厚度对器件出光特性的影响规律是制备高性能器件的重要基础. 本文基于薄膜光学原理、电偶极子辐射理论及Fabry-Pérot微腔原理,建立了结构为glass/ITO/N,N0-bis（naphthalen-1-yl）-N,N0-bis（phenyl）-benzidine（NPB）/tris（8-hydroxyquinoline）aluminum（Alq₃）/molybdenum trioxide（MoO₃）/NPB/Alq₃/Al的叠层有机电致发光器件的光学模型,系统地研究了各个功能层厚度对叠层有机电致发光器件出光强度的影响,得到了功能层厚度对器件出光强度影响的规律. 该模型的建立与所获得的结果可对深入了解叠层有机电致发光器件的工作机理以及制备高性能的器件提供一定的帮助. 关键词： 叠层有机发光器件 出光特性 厚度 数值研究     

Isotropic photonic bandgap in Penrose textured metallic mircocavity

Photonic microcavity has modified photonic modes that have intense localized electric field, which can couple strongly with the embedded emission centers. In this work, we fabricated 2D photonic microcavities with Penrose quasicrystal pattern with 10-fold symmetry. Organic luminescence material tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq₃) was embedded into the microcavity and the angle resolved transmission (ART) and photoluminescence (ARPL) spectra of the microcavity were measured. The results showed that the normal Gaussian photoluminescence spectrum of Alq₃ has been strongly modified by the microcavity dispersion characteristic. In addition, omni-directional photonic band gap exists in the microcavity. The higher symmetry of Penrose quasicrystal pattern means that there was minimal difference in the directional dispersion characteristics.     

一种新型有机电致微腔结构的双模发射

采用结构Glass／DBR／ITO／NPB／NPB：Alq／Alq／Al制作了有机微腔电致发光器件。将空穴传输材料与发光材料以一定比例混合作为发光层，为了便于对比，在不改变有机层的膜厚的情况下同时制作了传统的异质结微腔器件，发现两种器件的发光光谱有很大不同，器件的复合效率与传统的异质结器件相比也得到了很大提高，这是因为将两种有机材料混合能消除界面势垒，提高器件的复合效率，从而提高了器件的发光性能，实现了微腔双模发射，且两个模式的半峰全宽分别为8nm和12nm。通过进一步优化器件结构可以实现微腔白光发射。     

ITO‐free top emitting organic light emitting diodes with enhanced light out‐coupling

Bottom emitting organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) can suffer from lower external quantum efficiencies (EQE) due to inefficient out‐coupling of the generated light. Herein, it is demonstrated that the current efficiency and EQE of red, yellow, and blue fluorescent single layer polymer OLEDs is significantly enhanced when a MoO_x(5 nm)/Ag(10 nm)/MoO_x(40 nm) stack is used as the transparent anode in a top emitting OLED structure. A maximum current efficiency and EQE of 21.2 cd/A and 6.7%, respectively, was achieved for a yellow OLED, while a blue OLED achieved a maximum of 16.5 cd/A and 10.1%, respectively. The increase in light out‐coupling from the top‐emitting OLEDs led to increase in efficiency by a factor of up to 2.2 relative to the optimised bottom emitting devices, which is the best out‐coupling reported using solution processed polymers in a simple architecture and a significant step forward for their use in large area lighting and displays.     

白光微腔有机电致发光器件的结构设计与制备

采用一种宽谱带绿光发光材料,通过两个颜色互补的谐振模式结构设计实现了白光发射的微腔OLED.与普通结构的OLED相比,器件的电致发光效率提高了0.7倍.优化后的白光微腔OLED的色坐标为(0.34,0.33),且颜色不随工作电压变化.进一步改善显色指数性能则需要构建多个模式的微腔结构.     

红色有机发光二极管

制备了以芳香族二胺类衍生物TPD为空穴传输层、8－羟基喹啉铝Alq3掺杂红光染料DCJTB作为发光层LiF/Al为复合电极的红色发光二极管。研究了不同掺杂质量分数对器件发光光谱、亮度电流电压特性的影响。发现由于DCJTB的自极化作用,发光峰值位置有30nm的移动,当掺杂质量分数为0.2％和3％时,器件的最高亮度分别为17400cd/m^2和2900cd/m^2,20mA/cm^2时其亮度又分别为1080cd/m^2和150cd/m^2,量子效率分别为2％和0.5％。     

Novel Field Emission Organic Light Emitting Diodes with Dynode

This work presents novel field emission organic light emitting diodes(FEOLEDs) with dynode,in which an organic EL light-emitting layer is used instead of an inorganic phosphor thin film in the field emission display(FED).The proposed FEOLEDs introduce field emission electrons into organic light emitting diodes(OLEDs),which exhibit a higher luminous efficiency than conventional OLED.The field emission electrons emitted from the carbon nanotubes(CNTs) cathode and to be amplified by impact the dynode in vacuum.These field emission electrons are injected into the multi-layer organic materials of OLED to increase the electron density.Additionally,the proposed FEOLED increase the luminance of OLED from 10 820 cd/m2 to 24 782 cd/m2 by raising the current density of OLED from an external electron source.The role of FEOLED is to add the quantity of electrons-holes pairs in OLED,which increase the exciton and further increase the luminous efficiency of OLED.Under the same operating current density,the FEOLED exhibits a higher luminous efficiency than that of OLED.     

耦合结构有机微腔的光致发光特性

耦合光学微腔(Coupled optical microcavity,CMC)是一种特殊结构的微腔,在耦合微腔中,两个独立的微腔相邻耦合在一起.通常一个腔是无源的,另一个腔是有源的.首次研究了有机材料在耦合微腔中的自发发射特性.实验采用的有机发光材料为八羟基喹啉铝Tris(8-quinolinolato)aluminium(Alq₃),器件的结构为Glass/DBR_A/Filler/DBR_B/Alq₃/DBR_C.底部腔是无源的,组成为DBR_A/Filler/DBR_B.顶部腔是有源的,由DBR_B/Alq₃/DBR_C构成.其中反射镜DBR_A、DBR_B、DBR_C以及填充层(Filler)均由光学介质材料构成.通过结构设计使两个腔的谐振波长均位于530nm.耦合微腔器件与单层Alq₃薄膜相比较,Alq₃薄膜的光致发光光谱是峰值位于511nm的宽谱带,而在耦合微腔器件中观察到的是具有两个腔模式,峰值波长分别位于518,553nm的增强并窄化的光谱.这是由于两个腔的光场耦合引起了腔模式分裂.结果表明耦合微腔能极大地改变有机材料的自发发射特性,可以用来提高器件的发光效率.     

Effect of SiO2/Si3N4 dielectric distributed Bragg reflectors (DDBRs) for Alq3/NPB thin-film resonant cavity organic light emitting diodes

In this article, we report on the effect of SiO₂/Si₃N₄ dielectric distributed Bragg reflectors (DDBRs) for Alq₃/NPB thin-film resonant cavity organic light emitting diode (RCOLED) in increasing the light output intensity and reducing the linewidth of spontaneous emission spectrum. The optimum DDBR number is found as 3 pairs. The device performance will be bad by further increasing or decreasing the number of DDBR. As compared to the conventional Alq₃/NPB thin-film organic light emitting diode (OLED), the Alq₃/NPB thin-film RCOLED with 3-pair DDBRs has the superior electrical and optical characteristics including a forward voltage of 6 V, a current efficiency of 3.4 cd/A, a luminance of 2715 cd/m² under the injection current density of 1000 A/m², and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 12 nm for emission spectrum over the 5-9 V bias range. These results represent that the Alq₃/NPB thin-film OLED with DDBRs shows a potential as the light source for plastic optical fiber (POF) communication system.     

Pure red emission of dye-doped organic molecules from microcavity organic light emitting diode

Organic red emitting diode was fabricated by using 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-6-[2-(2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-1 H,5H-benzo[ij]quinolizin-8-yl)vinyl]-4H-pyran (DCM)-doped tri-(8-quinolitolato) aluminum (Alq₃) as emitter with the structure of G/ITO/NPB(25 nm)/DCM:Alq₃(55 nm)/Alq₃(20 nm)/LiF (1.2 nm)/Al(84 nm), (glass/indium–tin-oxide/4,4-bis-[N-(1-naphthyl)-N-phenyl-amino]biphenyl, G/ITO/NPB), the wavelength of the maximal emission of which is 615 nm. By introducing cavity to Organic light emitting diode (OLED), we got pure red emitting diode with wavelength of the maximal emission of 621 nm and full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 27 nm. As far as we know, it is the best result in the dye-doped organic red emitting diode. We also made a device of G/ITO/NPB(25 nm)/DCM:Alq₃(29 nm)/DCM:PBD(26 nm)/Alq₃(20 nm)/LiF(1.2 nm)/Al(84 nm), in order to compare the performance of Alq₃ with that of 2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-(4-t-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) as host material. It was found that the performance of device A is better than that of C both in brightness and color purity,as well as in EL efficiency.