Effect of a plasma treatment of ITO on the performance of organic electroluminescent devices

被引:81
作者
Furukawa, K
Terasaka, Y
Ueda, H
Matsumura, M
机构
[1] Minolta Co Ltd, Takasuki Lab, Osaka 569, Japan
[2] Osaka Univ, Res Ctr Photoenerget Organ Mat, Osaka 560, Japan
关键词
organic devices; electroluminescence; plasma treatment;
D O I
10.1016/S0379-6779(97)03986-6
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We investigated the effect of plasma treatments of indium-tin oxide (ITO) surface on the performance of electroluminescent (EL) devices using different gases. In the case of air or argon, an intense EL emission was observed at low applied voltages. On the other hand, when hydrogen was used, very high voltages were needed to obtain the EL emission. The change in voltage was attributed to the removal of contaminants and to the change in work function of ITO. For the devices with the ITO treated with hydrogen plasma, the EL efficiency was very low. This result suggested that electrons accumulated at the organic/organic interface exert a harmful effect on the light emission. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.
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页码:99 / 101
页数:3
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