Efficiency enhancement of organic light-emitting diodes with an oxygen-plasma-treated ITO substrate and an electron-injection layer of alkali-metal carbonates

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The efficiency enhancement of organic light-emitting diodes with an oxygen-plasma-treated substrate and an electron-injection layer of alkali-metal carbonates (Li2CO3 and Cs2CO3) was studied. The Li2CO3 and the Cs2CO3 carbonates were thermally evaporated to a thickness of 1 nm. For the device with a Li2CO3 layer, the luminance at 9.25 V of the device with the plasma-treated ITO substrate was found to be improved by approximately 10% compared to that of the device with the plasma-untreated ITO substrate, and the maximum luminance driving voltage was lowered by 1.0 V. For the device with a Cs2CO3 layer, the luminance at 11.25 V of the device with the oxygenplasma-treated ITO substrate was found to be improved by approximately 42.3% compared to that of the device with plasma-untreated ITO substrate, and the maximum luminance driving voltage was lowered by 1.25 V. Especially, the luminous efficiencies of the devices with the Li2CO3 and the Cs2CO3 layers were confirmed to have been increased by 50.0% and 78.1%, respectively, when the oxygen-plasma-treated ITO substrate was used.

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