The Photoluminescence Characteristics of Organic Multilayer Quantum Wells
ZHAO De-wei, SONG Shu-fang, ZHAO Su-ling, XU Zheng, WANG Yong-sheng, XU Xu-rong*
Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100044, China
Abstract：By the use of multi-source high-vaccum organic beam deposition system, the authors prepared organic multilayer quantum well structures, which consist of alternate organic small molecule materials PBD and Alq3. Based on 4-period organic quantum wells, different samples with different thickness barriers and wells were prepared. The authors measured the lowest unoccupied molecular orbit (LUMO) and the highest occupied molecular orbit (HOMO) by electrochemistry cyclic voltammetry and optical absorption. From the energy diagrams, it seems like type-I quantum well structures of the inorganic semiconductor, in which PBD is used as a barrier layer and Alq3 as a well layer and emitter. From small angle X-ray diffraction measurements, the results indicate that these structures have high interface quality and uniformity. The photoluminescence characteristics of organic multilayer quantum wells were investigated. The PL peak has a blue-shift with the decrease of the well layer thickness. Meanwhile as the barrier thickness decreases the PL peaks of PBD disappear gradually. And the energy may be effectively transferred from PBD to Alq3,inducing an enhancement of the luminescence of Alq3.
Key words：Organic multilayer quantum well structures;Exciton luminescence;Photoluminescence(PL)
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