Effect of anode and cathode workfunction on the operating voltage and luminance of a single emissive layer organic light emitting diode

Arief Udhiarto, Layina Maula Haryanto, Bobi Khoerun, Djoko Hartanto

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Abstract

Organic light emitting diodes (OLED) are considered to be a promising candidate for light sources as well as for flat panel display because of their numerous advantageous. Two important parameters of an OLED among many other parameters to measure OLED performance are operating voltage and luminance. Those two parameters are believed to be strongly influenced by an anode and cathode workfunction of materials used as electrodes. In this paper, we study the effect of anode and cathode workfunction on the operating voltage and luminance of a single emissive layer organic light emitting diode. Devices with five different cathodes: Aluminum (Al), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), Argentum (Ar), and Cuprum (Cu) and three different anodes: Indium Thin Oxide (ITO), Poly-(3,4-Ethylenedioxidythiophene)-Poly (Styrene Sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), Zinc Oxide (ZnO) are compared and analyzed. A 2 nm thick of Polyfluorene (PFO) is used as an emissive layer. SimOLED is used to simulate and analyze both electrical and optical characteristics. Current voltage luminance (IVL) characteristics are simulated under forward biased from 0 to 10 V. We found that the use of anode with higher workfunction can reduce operating voltage as well as increases device luminance. On the other hand, the use of lower workfunction of cathode can reduce operating voltage however it is not always increasing device luminance. The decrease of the operating voltage by increasing anode workfunction and decreasing cathode workfunction are ascribed to the barrier lowering of the holes and the electrons respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationQiR 2017 - 2017 15th International Conference on Quality in Research (QiR)
Subtitle of host publicationInternational Symposium on Electrical and Computer Engineering
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages65-69
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509063970
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Dec 2017
Event15th International Conference on Quality in Research: International Symposium on Electrical and Computer Engineering, QiR 2017 - Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
Duration: 24 Jul 201727 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameQiR 2017 - 2017 15th International Conference on Quality in Research (QiR): International Symposium on Electrical and Computer Engineering
Volume2017-December

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Quality in Research: International Symposium on Electrical and Computer Engineering, QiR 2017
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CityNusa Dua, Bali
Period24/07/1727/07/17

Keywords

  • OLED
  • anode
  • cathode
  • luminance
  • operating voltage
  • organic light emitting diode
  • workfunction

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