Indium-tin oxide treatments for single- and double-layer polymeric light-emitting diodes: The relation between the anode physical, chemical, and morphological properties and the device performance

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Kim, JS
Granstrom, M
Friend, RH
Johansson, N
Salaneck, WR
Daik, R
Feast, WJ
Cacialli, F
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[1] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
[2] Linkoping Univ, IFM, Dept Phys, S-51883 Linkoping, Sweden
[3] Univ Durham, IRC Polymer Sci & Technol, Durham DH1 3LE, England
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10.1063/1.368981
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We report combined studies of the influence of chemical and physical treatments on the properties of indium-tin oxide (ITO) thin films. The ITO films were also used as transparent anodes of polymeric light-emitting diodes (LEDs) incorporating poly(p-phenylene vinylene) as the emitter material, with, or without, doped poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) (PEDOT) as a hole-injection/transport layer. Structures based on a soluble green derivative of PPV, poly(4,4'-diphenylene diphenylvinylene) were also tested. We studied chemical (aquaregia, degreasing, RCA protocol) and physical (oxygen and argon plasmas, Teflon, and paper rubbing) treatments and, in contrast to recently published work, we find that for Balzer Baltracon ITO, oxygen plasma and not aquaregia yields the highest efficiencies and luminances and the lowest drive voltages. For oxygen-plasma-treated anodes, the device efficiency clearly correlates with the value of the ITO surface work function, which in turn depends on the time of treatment. Interestingly, we find that work-function variations induced by our oxygen-plasma treatment are unchanged after long-term storage in air and in the dark. Unexpectedly, we also find that devices incorporating a PEDOT layer benefit from an appropriate treatment of the ITO surface, for both efficiency and lifetime. The results shed light on the physics of conjugated, organic semiconductors and related devices, and in particular on the presence and the role of an anodic energy barrier on the LEDs mechanism of operation. We also discuss the implications of our integrated experimental study in relation to the modification of the ITO sheet resistance, surface and bulk composition, and surface morphology. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(98)02024-6].
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