Dina Hewidy

Manufacturing of glass/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/MEH-PPV/PEDOT:PSS/Al organic light emitting diode (OLED) by depositing PEDOT:PSS/MEH-PPV/PEDOT:PSS using spin coating has been reported. The roles of PEDOT:PSS in the structure have been reported. It allows transportation of holes from ITO to the highest occupied molecular orbit (HOMO) of MEH-PPV. In additions, it allows transportation of electrons from Al to lowest unoccupied molecular orbit (LUMO) of MEH:PPV. Further, it confines electrons in the LUMO of MEH:PPV due to the higher barrier of PEDOT:PSS of LUMO. The effect of thermal annealing on the current-voltage curve as well as on the electroluminescence intensity has been reported. The results show that the current increased from 25 mA to 52 mA at 7 V, when the sample was thermally annealed at 150 °C. Such enhancement in electrical injection leads to enhancement of the electroluminescence to a factor of 4.7 at the peak luminescence wavelength (∼592 nm). Reasons for electroluminescence improvement caused by thermal annealing have been proposed.

Hybird organic/inorganic electroluminescent device based on the structure of glass/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/MEH-PPV/ZnO/ZnO submicrorods/Al has been manufactured. Spin coating has been used to deposit both PEDOT:PSS and MEH-PPV. Two-step process has been used to synthesis ZnO submicrorods, namely, spin coating and chemical bath deposition. Changing the dimensions of the ZnO submicrorods in this layer structure has been investigated to improve the performance of the organic/inorganic electroluminescence device. Such layer structure provides electroluminescence with narrow emission bands due to a high gain with this structure. X-ray diffraction patterns and scanning electron microscope images show that ZnO submicrorods have hexagon structure. Current-voltage curve for the structure has been reported. Electroluminescence curves (electroluminescence intensity versus wavelength) at different bias voltages have been presented and these results show narrowing in full width at half maximum in the spectra at high current density compared to photoluminescence excitation. The narrowing in the spectrum has been explained.