Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1267937 Organic Electronics 2010 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

We demonstrate that electron injection in single-layer polyfluorene based polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) can be significantly enhanced by inserting a thin (<10 nm) inorganic polyoxometalate (POM) molecular oxide layer between the polymer layer and an aluminum cathode. Hydrophilic POM was spin-cast from methanol, an orthogonal solvent with regard to the hydrophobic polymer layer underneath, to form the thin cathode interfacial/electron injection layer. A lower turn-on and operating voltage and a higher luminance and current density was obtained in the POM-modified hybrid LEDs (HyLEDs) which are associated with the electron injection barrier reduction in the modified polymer/Al interface, evidenced by the increased open circuit voltage from photovoltaic measurements. These results demonstrate the potential of polyoxometalates as novel, stable cathode interfacial layers for efficient electron injection/transport in high performance HyLEDs.

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