Storage of charge carriers on emitter molecules in organic light-emitting diodes
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Reineke, Sebastian; Weichsel, Caroline; Burtone, Lorenzo; Hintschich, Susanne I.; Gather, Malte C.; Leo, Karl; Lüssem, Björn; ... Show more Show less![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/74266/Weichsel-2012-Storage%20of%20charge%20carriers%20on%20emitter%20molecules%20in%20organic%20light-emitting%20diodes.pdf.jpg?sequence=6&isAllowed=y)
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Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) using the red phosphorescent emitter iridium(III)bis(2-methyldibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline) (acetylacetonate) [Ir(MDQ)[subscript 2](acac)] are studied by time-resolved electroluminescence measurements. A transient overshoot after voltage turn-off is found, which is attributed to electron accumulation on Ir(MDQ)[subscript 2](acac) molecules. The mechanism is verified via impedance spectroscopy and by application of positive and negative off-voltages. We calculate the density of accumulated electrons and find that it scales linearly with the doping concentration of the emitter. Using thin quenching layers, we locate the position of the emission zone during normal OLED operation and after voltage turn-off. In addition, the transient overshoot is also observed in three-color white-emitting OLEDs. By time- and spectrally resolved measurements using a streak camera, we directly attribute the overshoot to electron accumulation on Ir(MDQ)[subscript 2](acac). We propose that similar processes are present in many state-of-the-art OLEDs and believe that the quantification of charge carrier storage will help to improve the efficiency of OLEDs.
Date issued
2012-08Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of ElectronicsJournal
Physical Review B
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Weichsel, Caroline et al. “Storage of Charge Carriers on Emitter Molecules in Organic Light-emitting Diodes.” Physical Review B 86.7 (2012). ©2012 American Physical Society
Version: Final published version
ISSN
1098-0121
1550-235X