Polymers 2015, 7(5), 804-818; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym7050804
Photo-Crosslinking of Pendent Uracil Units Provides Supramolecular Hole Injection/Transport Conducting Polymers for Highly Efficient Light-Emitting Diodes
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Institute of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, HsinChu, 30010, Taiwan
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Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei City 10607, Taiwan
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Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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Received: 27 March 2015 / Revised: 16 April 2015 / Accepted: 22 April 2015 / Published: 27 April 2015
Abstract
A new process for modifying a polymeric material for use as a hole injection transport layer in organic light-emitting diodes has been studied, which is through 2π + 2π photodimerization of a DNA-mimetic π-conjugated poly(triphenylamine-carbazole) presenting pendent uracil groups (PTC-U) under 1 h of UV irradiation. Multilayer florescence OLED (Organic light-emitting diodes) device with the PTC-U-1hr as a hole injection/transport layer (ITO (Indium tin oxide)/HITL (hole-injection/transport layer) (15 nm)/N,N'-di(1-naphthyl)- N,N'-diphenyl-(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diamine (NPB) (15 nm)/Tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq3) (60 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (100 nm)) is fabricated, a remarkable improvement in performance (Qmax (external quantum efficiency) = 2.65%, Bmax (maximum brightness) = 56,704 cd/m2, and LE (luminance efficiency)max = 8.9 cd/A) relative to the control PTC-U (Qmax = 2.40%, Bmax = 40,490 cd/m2, and LEmax = 8.0 cd/A). Multilayer phosphorescence OLED device with the PTC-U-1hr as a hole injection/transport layer (ITO/HITL (15 nm)/Ir(ppy)3:PVK (40 nm)/BCP (10nm)/Alq3 (40 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (100 nm)) is fabricated by successive spin-coating processes, a remarkable improvement in performance (Qmax = 9.68%, Bmax = 41,466 cd/m2, and LEmax = 36.6 cd/A) relative to the control PTC-U (Qmax = 8.35%, Bmax = 34,978 cd/m2, and LEmax = 30.8 cd/A) and the commercial product (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrenesulfonate) PEDOT:PSS (Qmax = 4.29%, Bmax = 15,678 cd/m2, and LEmax = 16.2 cd/A) has been achieved. View Full-TextKeywords:
photo-crosslinking; uracil; hole injection/transport; phosphorescence; OLED
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Shih, H.-K.; Chen, Y.-H.; Chu, Y.-L.; Cheng, C.-C.; Chang, F.-C.; Zhu, C.-Y.; Kuo, S.-W. Photo-Crosslinking of Pendent Uracil Units Provides Supramolecular Hole Injection/Transport Conducting Polymers for Highly Efficient Light-Emitting Diodes. Polymers 2015, 7, 804-818.
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