1. 重庆师范大学物理与电子工程学院，重庆 401331 2. 西南大学物理科学与技术学院，重庆 400715 3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996, USA
Influence of MnO3 on Photoelectric Performance in Organic Light Emitting Diodes
GUAN Yun-xia1, CHEN Li-jia1, CHEN Ping2, FU Xiao-qiang1, NIU Lian-bin1,3*
1. College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China 2. School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China 3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996, USA
Abstract：Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) has been a promising new research point that has received much attention recently. Emission in a conventional OLED originates from the recombination of carriers (electrons and holes) that are injected from external electrodes. In the device, Electrons, on the other hand, are injected from the Al cathode to an electron-transporting layer and travel to the same emissive zone. Holes are injected from the transparent ITO anode to a hole-transporting layer and holes reach an emitting zone through the holetransporting layer. Electrons and holes recombine at the emissive film to form singlet excited states, followed by emissive light. It is because OLED is basically an optical device and its structure consists of organic or inorganic layers of sub-wavelength thickness with different refractive indices. When the electron and holes are injected through the electrodes, they combine in the emission zone emitting the photons. These photons will have the reflection and transmission at each interface and the interference will determine the intensity profile. The emissive light reflected at the interfaces or the metallic electrode returns to the emissive layer and affects the radiation current efficiency. Microcavity OLED can produce saturated colors and narrow the emission spetrum as a new kind of technique. In the paper, we fabricate microcavity OLED using glass substrate. Ag film acts as the anode reflector mirror; NPB serves as the hole-transporting material; Alq3 is electron-transporting material and organic emissive material; Ag film acts as cathode reflector mirror. The microcavity OLED structures named as A, B, C and D are glass/Ag(15 nm)/MoO3(x nm)/NPB(50 nm)/Alq3(60 nm)/Al(100 nm). Here，A, x=4 nm; B, x=7 nm; C, x=10 nm; D, x=13 nm. The characteristic voltage, brightness and current of these devices are investigated in the electric field. The luminance from the Devices A, B, C and D reaches the luminance of 928, 1 369, 2 550 and 2 035 cd·m-2, respectively at 13 V. At 60 mA·cm-2, the current efficiency of the microcavity OLEDs using MnO3 are about 2.2, 2.6, 3.1 and 2.6 cd·A-2 respectively. It is found that electrons are majority carriers and holes are minority carriers in this microcavity OLEDs. MnO3 film can improve hole injection ability from 4 to 10 nm. In addition, hole injection ability is increased with the increasing thickness of the MnO3 film.
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