We have made a sol-gel deposited gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) film as a transparent conductive anode in polymer
light-emitting diode (PLED) applications. The GZO films were obtained by spin-coating GZO precursor solutions
followed by consecutive thermal annealing in the air and in the hydrogen-rich atmosphere. The resistance of GZO film
was reduced to ~100 Ω/□ after thermal annealing in the hydrogen environment. Its surface roughness was sufficiently
low (1.159 nm RMS) for depositing other polymer layers. We have fabricated PLEDs with quartz substrate / solution-processed
GZO electrode (anode) / PEDOT:PSS (HITL) / SPG-01T (Green polymer light-emitting material purchased
from Merck, EML) / Ca (EIL) / Al (Cathode). The fabricated devices showed current efficiency of 3.06 cd/A and power
efficiency of 1.25 lm/W at luminance of 1000 cd/m2.
We fabricated the graphene based PLEDs that had the structure of glass / single layer graphene with Ag auxiliary
electrode (anode) / PEDOT:PSS (HITL) / SPG-01T(Green polymer lighting material from Merck, EML) / Ca (EIL) / Al
(Cathode). Single layer graphene was synthesized on copper foil by thermal CVD process, and then transferred to glass
substrate by PMMA stamp. Formation of single layer graphene was confirmed from AFM, Raman spectroscopy, and
UV-vis spectroscopy measurements. Graphene film was treated through a shadow mask for 15 minutes in UV ozone
chamber to obtain anode pattern. After that, the patterned graphene layer was exposed to UV ozone to control its work
function, which was found to be increased by 0.18eV and 0.27eV after 2.5 minutes and 5 minutes treatment,
respectively. On the graphene layer, PEDOT:PSS and SPG-01T were consecutively spin-coated and annealed in the
globe box. Ca and Al metal layer was deposited by thermal evaporation. Our graphene based PLEDs had the current
efficiency of 9.73 cd/A and the power efficiency of 5.51 lm/W while our reference device with ITO anode showed the
efficiencies of 12.5 cd/A and 8.01 lm/W.
Access to the requested content is limited to institutions that have purchased or subscribe to SPIE eBooks.
You are receiving this notice because your organization may not have SPIE eBooks access.*
*Shibboleth/Open Athens users─please
sign in
to access your institution's subscriptions.
To obtain this item, you may purchase the complete book in print or electronic format on
SPIE.org.
INSTITUTIONAL Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.
PERSONAL Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.