摘要
We report on large work function shifts induced by the coverage of several organic semiconducting （OSC） films commonly used in organic light emitting diodes （OLEDs） and organic photovoltaics （OPVs） with a porphyrin aggregated layer. The insertion between the organic film and the aluminum cathode of an aggregated layer based on the meso-tetrakis（1-methylpyridinium-4-yl） porphyrin chloride （porphyrin 1）, with its molecules adopting a face-to-face orientation parallel to the organic substrate, results in a significant shift of the OSC work function towards lower values due to the formation of a large interfacial dipole and induces large enhancement of either the OLED or OPV device efficiency. OLEDs based on poly[（9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl）-co-（1,4-benzo-2,1＇,3-thiadiazole）J （F8BT） and incorporating the porphyrin 1 at the cathode interface exhibited current efficiency values up to 13.8 cd/A, an almost three-fold improvement over the efficiency of 4.5 cd/A of the reference device. Accordingly, OPVs based on poly（3- hexylthiophene） （P3HT）, [6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester （PC61BM） and porphyrin 1 increased their external quantum efficiencies to 4.4% relative to 2.7% for the reference device without the porphyrin layer. The incorporation of a layer based on the zinc meso-tetrakis （1-methylpyridinium-4-yl）porphyrin chloride （porphyrin 2）, with its molecules adopting an edge-to-edge orientation, also introduced improvements, albeit more modest in all cases, highlighting the impact of molecular orientation.
