• 文献标题:   The application of single-layer graphene modified with solution-processed TiOx and PEDOT:PSS as a transparent conductive anode in organic light-emitting diodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHU XZ, HAN YY, LIU Y, RUAN KQ, XU MF, WANG ZK, JIE JS, LIAO LS
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, tiox, pedot:pss, hydrophobic surface, work function, oled
  • 出版物名称:   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS
  • ISSN:   1566-1199 EI 1878-5530
  • 通讯作者地址:   Soochow Univ
  • 被引频次:   30
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.orgel.2013.10.003
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

There are many challenges for a direct application of graphene as the electrodes in organic electronics due to its hydrophobic surfaces, low work function (WF) and poor conductance. The authors demonstrate a modified single-layer graphene (SLG) as the anode in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The SLG, doped with the solution-processed titanium suboxide (TiOx) and poly(3,4-ethylenedio-xythiophene)/poly(styrene sulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSS), exhibits excellent optoelectronic characteristics with reduced sheet resistance (R-sq), increased work function, as well as over 92% transmittance in the visible region. It is notable that the R-sq of graphene decreased by similar to 86% from 628 Omega/sq to 86 Omega/sq and the WF of graphene increased about 0.82 eV from 4.30 eV to 5.12 eV after a modification by using the TiOx-PEDOT: PSS double interlayers. In addition, the existence of additional TiOx and PEDOT: PSS layers offers a good coverage to the PMMA residuals on SLG, which are often introduced during graphene transfer processes. As a result, the electrical shorting due to the PMMA residues in the device can be effectively suppressed. By using the modified SLG as a bottom anode in OLEDs, the device exhibited comparable current efficiency and power efficiency to those of the ITO based reference OLEDs. The approach demonstrated in this work could potentially provide a viable way to fabricate highly efficient and flexible OLEDs based on graphene anode. (C) 2013 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.