Highly efficient and bright organic electroluminescent devices with an aluminum cathode

G. E. Jabbour; Y. Kawabe; S. E. Shaheen; J. F. Wang; M. M. Morrell; B. Kippelen; N. Peyghambarian

doi:10.1063/1.119392

Highly efficient and bright organic electroluminescent devices with an aluminum cathode

G. E. Jabbour, Y. Kawabe, S. E. Shaheen, J. F. Wang, M. M. Morrell, B. Kippelen, N. Peyghambarian

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Abstract

The electron injection process, which limits the electroluminescent performance of organic devices, has been enhanced tremendously by inserting a layer of LiF with appropriate thickness between the cathode and a quinacridone doped organic layer. Devices with an Al/LiF cathode demonstrated a luminance in excess of 20 000 cd/m² and an external quantum efficiency of 3%, which is comparable to devices with a Mg/LiF cathode. These devices show maximum luminance of 45 000 cd/m² prior to failure in continuous bias operation. For the same LiF thickness, the operating voltage for devices with Al/LiF was lower than the corresponding operating voltage for devices with Mg/LiF or Mg alone. Tunneling theory is used to explain this enhancement.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1762-1764
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	71
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.119392
State	Published - Sep 29 1997

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