The effect of Indium metal nanoparticles on the electronic properties of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs)

In this paper the effect of Indium nanoparticles (NPs) on the electronic properties of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) is experimentally investigated. The metal NPs which are added to the hole transfer layer can be considered as a blocker layer for injected electrons. By optimizing hole and electron ratio, current density and voltage can be decreased. In order to study this effect, among various fabricated devices, a specific structure, namely ITO/PEDOT:PSS (50 nm)/TPD (45 nm)/NPs (x nm)/Alq3 (50 nm)/Ag (80 nm) has been used. Also, the experiment is investigated for Au and Cu as different cathode the results of structures are compared with Ag cathode. A manually controllable shutter was used for vacuum deposition process to prepare the same structures and to avoid any disturbing effects. It is observed that specific Indium NPs reduce current density and turn on voltage of the device.