High triplet energy Al complex as a host material for blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes

An Al complex, tris((2-(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridin-3-yl)oxy)aluminum (Al(pypy)₃), was synthesized as a high triplet energy host material for blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes. A high triplet energy ligand, 2-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridin-3-ol, was coordinated to the Al to develop the high triplet energy host material derived from Al. The Al(pypy)₃ host showed a high triplet energy of 2.86 eV for efficient energy transfer to blue triplet emitter. A maximum quantum efficiency of 20.5% was achieved in blue device using the Al(pypy)₃ host material.     

Impact of defects on exciton diffusion in organic light-emitting diodes

The impact of defect concentration and current density on the effective singlet exciton diffusion length in 4’-bis(carbazol-9-yl)biphenyl (CBP) is quantified by analyzing the electroluminescent characteristics of several sets of OLEDs. The defect concentration and effective diffusion length are determined through fitting of the defect and CBP emission bands in the electroluminescence spectra under constant current operation using an analytical model derived based on the competition between exciton diffusion and energy transfer to defects. Defect concentrations of 3 ± 1 × 10¹⁸ cm⁻³, 2 ± 1 × 10¹⁸ cm⁻³ and 0.3 ± 0.7 × 10¹⁸ cm⁻³ are calculated in three sets of OLEDs, in which the effective diffusion length decreases as the defect concentration increases. Modelling the dependence of the effective diffusion length on defect concentration a “defect free” diffusion length of 4.5 ± 0.3 nm is obtained for CBP singlet excitons in these devices operated under low current density. We also show that the driving voltage scales linearly with the defect concentration.     

Effect of vacuum treatment in diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) based copolymer with ratio controlled toluene- and benzene- functional groups for efficient organic photovoltaic cells: Morphological and electrical contribution

Solution-processed organic bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) photovoltaic cells using random copolymeric donor materials have been extensively reported due to their suitable film-forming characteristics and phase-separated nano-morphology. Here, ratio-controlled toluene-versus benzene-chemical group based diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) donor polymers mixed with a fullerene acceptor were investigated to fabricate an efficient photovoltaic active layer with improved electrical properties through a vacuum treatment. The vacuum process leads to an increase in the phase-separation with a low surface roughness and nanoscale-distributed crystallinity due to securing the dry time of the residual solvent and solvent additive within the active layer. Moreover, the optimized DPP-based donor with toluene (T) versus benzene (B) linkers and electron transporting layer leads to an improvement in the power conversion efficiencies of up to 6.31% under AM 1.5G illumination due to the contributions of an efficient charge transfer and reduced series resistance. Therefore, the organic semiconductor obtained with the ratio-controlled molecular structure and proper solvent drying process plays an important role in increasing the electrical and morphological properties to produce efficient organic solar cells.     

Theoretical analysis of the radiation effect on the transient behavior of optoelectronic integrated devices

Theoretical analysis of the radiation effect on transient behavior of an optoelectronic integrated device composed of a heterojunction phototransistor and a light emitting diode is studied theoretically. First, the transient behavior and the rise time of this device before radiation are investigated based on the frequency response of the constituent devices and the optical feedback inside the device. Second, the effect of neutron irradiation flux on the transient behavior of this device is theoretically studied. The results show that, by increasing the optical feedback inside the device, the rise time in the amplification mode is increased along with an increasing output, while that in the switching mode can be reduced effectively, and the neutron irradiation reduces the transient response and the rise time in both the amplification and switching modes. This type of model can be exploited as optical amplifier, optical switching device, and other applications.     

Point availability of Gaver’s duplex system supervised by a safety device unit

We analyse the point availability of Gaver’s parallel system supervised by a safety device. For safety reasons, no unit is allowed to operate without supervision. The entire system is attended by two heterogeneous repairmen. Our methodology is based on the theory of sectionally holomorphic functions combined with the notion of dual transforms. As an application we consider Coxian repair time distributions.     

A Self-Healing Metal–Organic Hydrogel for an All-Solid Flexible Supercapacitor

A zinc containing metal–organic gel (Zn-MOG) with embedded free ions, which exhibits self-healing properties, has been synthesized for application in supercapacitors. The activated carbon-based flexible supercapacitor device with the MOG electrolyte has a broad potential window of 2.1 V, with high retention of specific capacitance compared to the traditional polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-based gel. The Zn-MOG does not require an additional electrolyte. The sodium and sulphate ions embedded in the MOG are sufficient enough for the charge storage.     

2,3-Disubstituted Fluorene Scaffold for Efficient Green Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Fluorene is a classic three-membered polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and it has been widely used in optoelectronic devices. Here we explore a simple and efficient strategy for the derivatization at the 2- and 3- positions in fluorene unit. By introducing different types of substituents, we design two pairs of 2,3-disubstituted fluorene isomers and use them as host materials for phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLEDs). The green PHOLEDs hosted by these fluorene derivatives realize high external quantum efficiencies (EQE) over 20 % with low efficiency roll-off. Particularly, the devices hosted by 2TRz3TPA and 2TPA3TRz achieve nearly 24 % EQE and 104 lm W⁻¹ power efficiency. These results clearly demonstrate that the 2,3-disubstituted fluorene platforms are potentially useful for constructing host materials.     

基于有序介孔碳的氯离子选择性电极的制备及其在手持传感系统中的应用

以有序介孔碳(OMC)球为离子-电子转换层,制备了固态氯离子选择性电极,构建了基于离子敏感的场效应晶体管(ISFET)的手持式传感系统,用于检测人体血清中的氯离子。优化了OMC前驱体的碳化温度,探究了OMC形貌结构对电极传感性能的影响;电极柔性化制备后考察了其在手持系统中对氯离子的检测效果。结果表明,最优条件下,电极在5.12×10^-4~1.02 mol/L的浓度范围呈现线性响应,响应斜率为60 mV/decade。该柔性电极在手持传感系统中展现出高灵敏度和重现性,可用于人体血清样品中氯离子的检测,其回收率为96.3%~104.9%。     

Signal noise perturbation on automotive mixed-mode semiconductor device generated by graded substrate defect

The semiconductor technologies evolution allows greatly reducing noise impact on products and many structures have been created to reduce its effect. However, this paper presents the apparition of a noise issue during the production of a mixed-mode device dedicated to automotive applications. The research investigations concerned the fact that failure was not detected at test level but at customer level; therefore, it was determinant to understand the root cause of this failure mode to drive corrective actions in order to secure customer. The challenge was to analyse noise in Failure Analysis (FA) without fault spatial localization results. Indeed, Light Emission Microscopy (EMMI) and Thermal Laser Stimulation (ex: Soft Defect Localization – SDL) were unable to provide any defective area in the product. The lack of failing device identification led us to combine electrical and design analyses in order to define hypothesis on the failure origin. It was then possible to drive physical investigations through different approaches, using physical cross-section, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) and Scanning Capacitance Microscopy (SCM) techniques. Finally, the obtained complementary results will be discussed and an explanation of the failure mechanism will be presented as the root cause issue, allowing defining the defective step in production process.