Effect of the plasma treatment of anode electrode of the organic light-emitting diodes on the growth of hole-injection layer

Young Wook Park, Jong Hoon Jang, Young Min Kim, Jin Hwan Choi, Tae Hyun Park, Jinnil Choi, Byeong Kwon Ju

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we focused on the effects of the plasma treatment of the anode electrode of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) on the growth of hole-injection layer (HIL). The CF4 plasma (CF4-P) treatment, which is known for efficient method to enhance the performance of OLED, was not effective on the OLED with the HIL material copper phthalocyanine (CuPc). The CF4-P treated OLED showed remarkably reduced electroluminescence (EL) characteristics while the O2 plasma treated OLED showed improved EL efficiency. The dependence of the CuPc growth on the polarity of substrate induced the morphological difference of the HIL, and finally resulted in the different device characteristics.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)4108-4110
    Number of pages3
    JournalThin Solid Films
    Volume517
    Issue number14
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009 May 29

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korea Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) (No. R11-2007-045-01003-0), and partially supported by the National Research Laboratory (NRL, R0A-2007-000-20111-0) Program of the KOSEF.

    Keywords

    • Copper phthalocyanine
    • Hole-injection layer
    • Morphology
    • Organic light-emitting diodes
    • Surface polarity

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Surfaces and Interfaces
    • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
    • Metals and Alloys
    • Materials Chemistry

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