IMPORTANCE OF POLY(N-VINYLCARBAZOLE) DOPANT TO POLY(3-OCTYLTHIOPHENE) ELECTROLUMINESCENCE

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WANG, GM [1 ]
YUAN, CW [1 ]
WU, HM [1 ]
WEI, Y [1 ]
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[1] CTR ADV STUDIES SCI & TECHNOL MICROSTRUCT,NANJING 210093,PEOPLES R CHINA
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10.1063/1.360130
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A new method is presented of enhancing the electroluminescence of short alkyl side chain paly(3-alkylthiophene) (P3AT) by adding poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) as a dopant in the emitting layer. The organic electroluminescent (EL) diode with one layer of poly(3-octylthiophene) (P3OT) and P3OT doped with various amounts of PVK (P3OT/PVK) as the EL-emitting layer sandwiched between indium/tin oxide and aluminum electrodes has been fabricated by spin-coating technique. The P3OT/PVK EL diode starts to emit red-orange light with an optimum molar ratio of P3OT to PVK at 5 V. Evidence suggests that the PVK dopant plays an important role in the P3OT electroluminescence. Such a molar ratio of P3OT to PVK is found to exist and acting mechanism of the dopant is investigated for enhancing the P3OT electroluminescence. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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