Slot-Die Coating of Double Polymer Layers for the Fabrication of Organic Light Emitting Diodes
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Fabrication of OLEDs
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Optimization of PEDOT:PSS Slot-Die Coating
3.1.1. Influence of Substrate Temperature
3.1.2. Influence of Slot-Die Coating Speed
3.1.3. Influence of Ink Flow Rate
3.2. Slot-Die Coating of F8:F8BT Film
3.3. AFM Images of Slot-Die Coated PEDOT:PSS and F8:F8BT Films
3.4. Photoluminescence (PL) Measurements
3.5. Performances of Slot-Die Coated OLEDs
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Slot-Die Coated Films | Substrate Temperature (°C) | Coating Speed (mm/s) | Flow Rate of Ink (μL/s) |
---|---|---|---|
PEDOT:PSS | 60 | 0.5 | 1 |
F8:F8BT | 35 | 0.3 | 1 |
OLEDs Using Slot-Die Coating and/or Spin Coating Technique | PEDOT:PSS Thickness (nm) | F8:F8BT Thickness (nm) | Turn-on Voltage (V) | Luminance (cd/m2) at 10 V | Max. Current Efficiency (cd/A) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slot-Die Coated OLEDs | 34 ± 3 | 66 ± 5 | 3.5 | 357 | 1.77 |
F8:F8BT Slot-Die Coated and PEDOT:PSS Spin Coated | 35 ± 1 | 66 ± 5 | 3.5 | 411 | 2.16 |
Spin-Coated OLEDs | 35 ± 1 | 70 ± 1 | 5.5 | 1662 | 4.51 |
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C, A.; Colella, M.; Griffin, J.; Kingsley, J.; Scarratt, N.; Luszczynska, B.; Ulanski, J. Slot-Die Coating of Double Polymer Layers for the Fabrication of Organic Light Emitting Diodes. Micromachines 2019, 10, 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10010053
C A, Colella M, Griffin J, Kingsley J, Scarratt N, Luszczynska B, Ulanski J. Slot-Die Coating of Double Polymer Layers for the Fabrication of Organic Light Emitting Diodes. Micromachines. 2019; 10(1):53. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10010053
Chicago/Turabian StyleC, Amruth, Marco Colella, Jonathan Griffin, James Kingsley, Nicholas Scarratt, Beata Luszczynska, and Jacek Ulanski. 2019. "Slot-Die Coating of Double Polymer Layers for the Fabrication of Organic Light Emitting Diodes" Micromachines 10, no. 1: 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10010053
APA StyleC, A., Colella, M., Griffin, J., Kingsley, J., Scarratt, N., Luszczynska, B., & Ulanski, J. (2019). Slot-Die Coating of Double Polymer Layers for the Fabrication of Organic Light Emitting Diodes. Micromachines, 10(1), 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10010053