Citation: XUE Kai, YAN Minnan, PAN Fei, TIAN Mengying, PAN Xudong, ZHANG Hongmei. Single-Layer Organic Light-Emitting Devices with C₆₀ and MoO₃ Mixed Materials as Hole Injection Layer[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2019, 35(8): 896-902. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB201810064 shu

Single-Layer Organic Light-Emitting Devices with C₆₀ and MoO₃ Mixed Materials as Hole Injection Layer

Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China

Corresponding author: ZHANG Hongmei, iamhmzhang@njupt.edu.cn
Received Date: 30 October 2018
Revised Date: 10 December 2018
Accepted Date: 11 December 2018
Available Online: 14 August 2018
Fund Project: The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61674081, 51333007)the National Natural Science Foundation of China 61674081the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51333007

Multilayer phosphorescent organic lighting-emitting diodes (PHOLEDs) with complicated device configurations have greatly increased the complexity of manufacturing and the fabrication cost. Therefore, there is strong incentive to develop simplified OLEDs, such as a single-layer device that has the structure of anode/hole injection layer (HIL)/emissive layer/electron injection layer/cathode. However, because of the absence of a carrier transport layer, the single-layer device suffers from severe charge injection difficulties and unbalanced carrier transport. Hence, the performances of single-layer devices reported so far have not been satisfactory. It has been proved that the modification of the electrode/organic interface could influence carrier injection to improve the device performance in multilayer PHOLEDs. Modification of the electrode/organic interface is more essential for achieving high-performance single-layer OLEDs. In this work, efficient green phosphorescent single-layer OLEDs based on the structure of indium tin oxide (ITO)/C₆₀ (1.2 nm):MoO₃ (0.4 nm)/1, 3, 5-tris(1-phenyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)benzene (TPBi):fac-tris(2-phenylpyridine)iridium [Ir(ppy)₃]/LiF (0.7 nm)/Al (120 nm) were fabricated. C₆₀, MoO₃, and C₆₀:MoO₃ were applied as the HILs, respectively, for comparison. The layer of TPBi played a dual role of host and electron-transporting material within the emission layer. Thus, the properties of the HILs play an important role in the adjustment of electron/hole injection to attain transport balance of the charge carriers in single-layer OLEDs with electron-transporting hosts. It is found that appropriate adjustment of the HIL is a key factor to achieve high-efficiency single-layer OLEDs. The large affinity of MoO₃ (6.37 eV), inducing electron transfer from the highest occupied molecular orbital of C₆₀ to MoO₃, results in the formation of C₆₀ cations and induces the decrease of the valence from Mo⁺⁶ to Mo⁺⁵; therefore, C₆₀:MoO₃ can adjust the hole injection properties well. Finally, a single-layer OLED with a maximum current efficiency of 35.88 cd∙A⁻¹ was achieved. Compared with devices with MoO₃ (28.99 cd∙A⁻¹) or C₆₀ (10.46 cd∙A⁻¹) as HILs, the device performance was improved by 24% and 243%, respectively. Overall, a novel and effective method of using different mixed ratios of C₆₀ and MoO₃ as the HIL to realize effective charge carrier regulation is proposed, and it is of great significance for fabricating high-performance single-layer OLEDs.
- Single-layer,
- Organic light-emitting diodes,
- Hole injection layer,
- Mixed materials,
- Balance of charge carriers
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