MAJORITY CARRIER INJECTION FROM ITO ANODES INTO ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES BASED UPON POLYMER BLENDS

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作者
VESTWEBER, H [1 ]
POMMEREHNE, J [1 ]
SANDER, R [1 ]
MAHRT, RF [1 ]
GREINER, A [1 ]
HEITZ, W [1 ]
BASSLER, H [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MARBURG,ZENTRUM MAT WISSENSCH,D-35032 MARBURG,GERMANY
关键词
DIODES; BLENDS; ITO ANODES; CARRIER INJECTION;
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10.1016/0379-6779(94)02301-E
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The current-field characteristics of organic light-emitting diodes (LEDs), formed by sandwiching blends of hole-transporting molecules and various polymer binders between indium-tin oxide (ITO) and Al contacts, have been measured. It is concluded that the rate-limiting step is hole injection at the ITO anodes. At high fields, temperature-independent tunneling injection prevails, the efficiency of which scales with the mobility of the charge carriers in the transport layer. Increasing the polarity of the matrix enhances injection because of barrier lowering. The low field behaviour (E<10(6) V cm(-1)) is controlled by a superposition of thermionic injection and fluctuation induced tunneling, the latter being more pronounced with polar systems.
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页码:263 / 268
页数:6
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