Steady-state and transient optoelectronic characteristics of styrene-and quinoline-based derivative

Cheng Yan-Qin; Xu Juan-Juan; Wang You-Di; Li Zhuo-Xi; Chen Jiang-Shan

doi:10.7498/aps.71.20211171

Abstract

Styrene and quinoline groups are commonly incorporated into the organic fluorescent materials for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In this work, a type of small molecule derived from styrene and quinoline, with a chemical structure of 2,2'-(2,5-dimethoxy-1,4-phylenedivinylene)bis-8- acetoxyquinoline (MPV-AQ), is employed as the emitter and electron transporting material in the OLEDs, and its optoelectronic characteristics such as charge-carrier injection, transporting and recombination are investigated by the steady-state and transient technologies. It is found that the electron injection from the cathode into the MPV-AQ layer shows the Fowler-Nordheim (FN) tunneling characteristic in the N,N'-di(naphthalene-1-yl)-N,N'-diphenyl-benzidine (NPB)/MPV-AQ bilayer OLED, which is different from the Richardson-Schottky (RS) thermionic emission in the electron-only device based on the MPV-AQ single-layer. The difference in electron injection is attributed to the bend of energy bands of MPV-AQ in the NPB/MPV-AQ device, which can be caused by the charge accumulation at the NPB/MPV-AQ interface. The accumulated charges should mainly be the holes on the side of NPB layer because the electron mobility of MPV-AQ is much lower than the hole mobility of NPB. Owing to the bending of lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of MPV-AQ, the tunneling distance for electrons is significantly reduced, which is favorable for the FN tunneling. The barrier height for electron injection is calculated to be 0.23 eV by fitting the current-voltage curve of the NPB/MPV-AQ bilayer OLED. And the electron mobility of MPV-AQ is determined by the delay time of transient electroluminescence (EL) and shows field-dependence with the value on the order of 10^–6 cm²/(V·s). In addition, the electron-hole recombination coefficient is obtained from the long time component of the temporal decay of the EL intensity, and the coefficient is found to decrease with the applied voltage increasing, which is consistent with the efficiency roll-off in this bilayer OLED. This study may provide a foundation for understanding the electronic processes of carrier injection, transport and recombination in the OLEDs, which is helpful in improving the device performance.

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College of Pharmacy, Guangzhou Xinhua College, Guangzhou 510520, China
2.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

Corresponding author: Cheng Yan-Qin, 10602511@qq.com ; Chen Jiang-Shan, msjschen@scut.edu.cn

Funds: Project supported by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 2018KTSCX318) and the State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, China (Grant No. skllmd-2021-03)

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图 1 MPV-AQ和NPB的分子结构式

Figure 1. Molecular structures of MPV-AQ and NPB.

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图 2 单载流子器件的电流-电压特性　(a) J-V曲线; (b) ln$J\text{-}F^{1/2}$曲线

Figure 2. Characteristics of current density and voltage in the electron-only and hole-only devices: (a) J-V curves; (b) ln$J\text{-}F^{1/2}$ curves

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图 3 (a) 不同MPV-AQ厚度时双层OLED的电流-电压特性; (b) 外加电压与MPV-AQ厚度的关系; (c) NPB和MPV-AQ层中平均电场(F_h和F_e)与电流的关系; (d) 双层OLED的能级结构示意图

Figure 3. (a) Characteristics of current density and voltage in the bilayer OLEDs with different MPV-AQ thickness; (b) relationship of applied voltage and MPV-AQ thickness; (c) relationship of average electric field (F_h and F_e) and current density in the NPB and MPV-AQ layers; (d) diagram of energy levels in the bilayer OLEDs.

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图 4 NPB和MPV-AQ层中电流与电场(F_h和F_e)的关系 (a), (c) lnJ-F^1/2曲线; (b), (d) lnJ-F^–1曲线

Figure 4. Relationship of current density and electric field in the NPB and MPV-AQ layers (F_h and F_e): (a), (c) lnJ-F^1/2 curves; (b), (d) lnJ-F^–1 curves.

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图 5 (a) 双层OLED中瞬态EL随电压的变化, 其中NPB和MPV-AQ的厚度都等于50 nm; (b) MPV-AQ电子迁移率与电场平方根的关系

Figure 5. (a) Voltage dependence of the transient EL from the bilayer OLED with the same thickness of 50 nm for NPB and MPV-AQ; (b) electron mobility of MPV-AQ as a function of the square root of electric field.

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图 6 (a) 脉冲电压15 V时(Φ_EL)^–1/2与时间的关系, 插图为对应EL的衰减曲线; (b) 不同电压下的复合系数, 插图为不同电压下OLED的外量子效率

Figure 6. (a) EL decay at the falling edge of a 15 V pulse plotted in (Φ_EL)^–1/2 vs time scale. The inset shows the corresponding EL decay curve; (b) dependence of recombination coefficient on the voltage. The insert shows the external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) at various voltages in the OLED.

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