Browsing by Author "Renaud, Cedric"

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Effect of electrical operation on the defect states in organic semiconductors
(2008-12-01)
Nguyen, Thien Phap
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Renaud, Cedric
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Huang, Chun Hao
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Lo, Chih-Nan
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Lee, Chih-Wen
We have investigated the role of the trapping process in degradation mechanisms of poly(9,9- dihexylfluorene- co-N,N-di(9,9- dihexyl- 2- fluorenyl)- N- phenylamine) (PF) based diodes, after aging (at half lifetime) by electrical stress. By using the Charge based Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy, we have determined the trap parameters in PF light emitting devices. The mean activation energies of the traps are in the range 0.13- 0.60 eV from the band edges with capture cross sections of the order of 10(-18) to 10(-20) cm(2). The trap densities are in the range of 10(-16) to 10(-17) cm(-3). Upon aging, no new trap levels have been found indicating that the electrical stress did not create additional defect level in the polymer in contrast to previous investigations on other organic materials, which reported that the degradation of devices in humid atmosphere lead to the onset of new traps acting as recombination centers. Furthermore, aging would not affect uniformly the defect levels in the polymer. Shallow trap states (below 0.3 eV) remain stable, whereas the enhancement in trap density of deeper trap levels (above 0.3 eV) have been observed, suggesting that degradation by electrical stress leads to an increase in density of deep levels.
Electro-optical properties of poly(1-(difluorophenyl)-2(4-alkylcyclohexyl phenyl)acetylene) organic light-emitting diodes
(2007-07-16)
Huang, Chun-Hao
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Lee, Chih-Wen
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Hsu, Chain-Shu
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Renaud, Cedric
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Nguyen, Thien-Phap
For organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) applications, we have investigated novel polymers, using substituted polyacetylenes (PA), poly(I (fluorophenyl)-2-(alkylcyclohexylphenyl)acetylene) (PDPA-nF) (n =1 or n = 2) which exhibit air stability, better solubility in common organic solvent and higher luminescence than polyacetylene. In this study, we have used poly[(1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-2-(4-pentylcyclohexylphenyl) acetylene)] (PDPA-2F) as an emitter in OLEDs and their performance was determined by measuring the cuffent-voltage-luminance characteristic. The devices have a maximum brightness of 827 candela (cd)/M-2 at 12 V and a maximum current efficiency of 0. 7 8 cd/A at 9 V with a maximum luminescence at 536 nm. Influence of the metal electrode on the charge injection was studied using several cathode configurations (Ca, Al and Au) for the devices. Furthermore, the charge injection and transport processes were correlated to the presence of traps inside the polymer, determined by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS). (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Traps and performance of MEH-PPV/CdSe(ZnS) nanocomposite-based organic light-emitting diodes
(2008-11-12)
Lee, Chih-Wen
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Renaud, Cedric
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Hsu, Chain-Shu
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Nguyen, Thien-Phap
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We report the fabrication and investigations of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) using a composite made by mixing poly[2-methoxy-5(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) with CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs). The electroluminescence efficiency of the studied devices was found to be improved as compared to devices using MEH-PPV. Moreover, the current density decreased with increasing QD concentration. We checked the effects of QDs on the electrical transport by determining the trap states, making use of the charge-based deep level transient spectroscopy (Q-DLTS) technique. The most striking result obtained is the decrease in trap density when adding QDs to the MEH-PPV polymer film. These results suggest that QDs would heal defects in nanocomposite-based devices and that CdSe/ZnS QDs prevent the trap center formation.