Energy transfer in organic multilayer quantum well structure and its application to OLEDs

We fabricate a series of samples and OLEDs with organic multilayer quantum well structure, which consist of alternate PBD and Alqy Both PBD and Alq3 are electron-transporting materials, and PBD is used as potential barrier layer, while Alq3 is used as potential well layer and emitting layer. Compared with double-layer structure, the luminescent characteristics of organic samples and diodes with quantum well structure are investigated and the quantum well structure helps the energy transfer between well layer and barrier layer. The quantum well structure makes carriers disperse in the different well layers and then increases the number of excitons to enhance the efficiency of the recombination.

Tris(8-Hydroxyquinoline) Aluminum/2-(4-Biphenylyl)-5-(4-Tertbutylphenyl)-1,3,3-Oxadiazole Organic Multiple Quantum Wells for Electroluminescent Devices

Organic multiple quantum wells(OMQWs) consisting of alternating layers of organic materials have been fabricated from tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum(Alq)and 2-(4-biphenylyl)-5-(4-tertbutylphenyl)-1,3,3-oxadiazole(PBD) by a multisource-type high-vacuum organic molecular deposition.From the small-angle X-ray diffraction patterns of Alq/PBD OMQWs,a periodically layered structure is confirmed through the entire stack.The Alq layer thickness in the OMQWs was varied from 1 nm to 4 nm.From the optical absorption,photoluminescence and electroluminescence measurements,it is found that the exciton energy shifts to higher energy with decreasing Alq layer thickness,The changes of the exciton energy could be interpreted as the confinement effects of exciton in the Alq thin layers.Narrowing of the emission spectrum has also been observed for the electroluminescent devices (ELDs) with the OMQWs structure at room temperature.

Efficient Organic Multi-quantum Well Electroluminescent Devices Using Aluminum as Cathodes

Organic green light emitting devices(LEDs) with multi-quantum well(MQW) structure were fabricated. Aromatic diamine(TPD) was used as hole-transporting layer and potential barrier layer; Tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum(Alq 3) was acted as electron-transporting emitter and MQW green emitter. Air-stable aluminum(Al) was used as electron-injection contact. The influence of the thickness of potential barrier layer and the number of quantum well on the electroluminescent(EL) efficiencies of the devices was investigated. The organic LEDs with two quantum wells showed enhanced EL efficiencies. Maximum external quantum efficiency and brightness were 1.04 % and 7 000 cd/m 2, respectively.

Fabrication of Alq_3/PBD OMQW Structures and Its Photoluminescence Characteristics

Abstract: Organic multiple quantum well(OMQ) structures consisting of alternating layers of tris(8 - quinolinolato)aluminum( ff) (Alq3) and 2 - (4 - biphenylyl) -5 - (4 - ter - butylphenyl) -(1,3,3- oxadiazole) (PBD) have been fabricated by organic molecular beam deposition (OMBD). The individual layer thickness in the multilayer samples was varied from 6 nm to 20 nm. The multiple quantum well structures were determined by low angle X - ray diffraction, optical absorption and photolumi-nescence(PL). The PL spectra narrow and the emission energy has been observed to shift to higher energy compared with that in the monolayer structure, suggesting a quantum size effect.