Highly efficient flexible organic light-emitting devices based on PEDOT:PSS electrodes doped with highly conductive Pyronin B
- Authors
- Kim, Dae Hun; Park, Na Hyun; Kim, Tae Whan
- Issue Date
- Nov-2019
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Keywords
- Flexible OLEDs; PEDOT:PSS; Pyronin-B; Transparent electrode; Conductivity; Band bending
- Citation
- NANO ENERGY, v.65
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- NANO ENERGY
- Volume
- 65
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/12330
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104027
- ISSN
- 2211-2855
- Abstract
- Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) is a promising material for utilization in flexible transparent electrodes. However, because the conductivity of PEDOT:PSS is as low as 1 S/cm or even lower, PEDOT:PSS has the inherent problem of a conductivity that is too low for it to be used in the fabrication of flexible, transparent electrodes for use in flexible organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs). Here, we report on hole injection enhancement in a highly conductive Pyronin-B-doped PEDOT:PSS electrode/hexaazatriphenylene hexacarbonitrile (HAT-CN) layer, a strong electron-accepting charge-generation layer, for use in highly efficient flexible OLEDs. While the conductivity of the pristine PEDOT:PSS is 1 S/cm, that of Pyronin-B-doped PEDOT:PSS is significantly increased to 1467 S/cm due to the dramatically enhanced screening effect for PEDOT:PSS films. The energy-band bending barrier at the interface between the Pyronin-B-doped PEDOT:PSS electrode and the HAT-CN layer is significantly decreased compared to that between the pristine PEDOT:PSS electrode and the HAT-CN layer, resulting in improved hole injection. The operating voltage and the current efficiency of the flexible OLEDs with Pyronin-B-doped PEDOT:PSS/HAT-CN electrodes (6.8 V, 26.03 cd/A) are similar to those of OLEDs with ITO/HAT-CN electrodes (7.7 V, 27.95 cd/A). The brightness of the OLEDs after 900 cycles of bending with a radius of curvature of 5 mm is 80% the initial brightness, indicative of the stability of these flexible devices under repeated bendings.
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