Organic Light Emitting Diodes Material Science Stephen Clemmet CEng MSc BEng MIET Oxford - Great Britain
Topics Organic Light Emitting Diode Devices 1.Overview of OLED technology 2.Fluid material science 3.Lifetime and degradation Ultraviolet Curing 1.UV-inkjet curing technology 2.Material science 3.Curing techniques 4.Curing challenges
Technology Overview
Organic Light Emitting Diodes
OLED System
Organic Electronics Literature Organic Electronics Hagen Klauk Wiley- VCH ISBN £126 / €146
Organic Electronics Literature Organic Light-Emitting Devices Joseph Shinar Springer ISBN £87 / €100
Material Science
Lifetime Oxygen Pin holes Temperature Water vapour
OLED Structure Encapsulation Power Mask Hole Transport Emissive Electron Transport Cathode Substrate Anode Light
Substrates Substrate MaterialMalleability Thickness µm WVTR ml/m 2 /24hr O 2 TR cm 3 /m 2 /24hr GlassRigid PETFlexible PET = Polyethylene terephthalate WVTR= Water vapour transmission rate O 2 TR= Oxygen transmission rate
Anode Materials Anode ParameterITO on glassITO on PETPANIPW MalleabilityRigidFlexible Resistivity Ω/m 2 10 / 45 / 8560 / 200 / 3004<0.1 ITO= Indium tin oxide PANI= Polyaniline PW= Printed wire
Printed Wire Track width = 0.05m Track pitch = 0.5mm Resistivity ≤ 0.1 Ω/m 2
Mask Materials Mask DepositionColoursCuringPerformance UV-inkjetCYMK / BWSecondsExcellent Screen-printCYMK / BWminutesExcellent UV= Ultraviolet
Hole Transport Layer Hole Transport MaterialDepositionColour Resistivity Ω/m 2 PEDOT:PSSSpin-coatDark blue500 PEDOT:PSSInkjetDark blue PEDOT:PSS = Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate)
Emissive Layer Emissive MaterialDepositionSolventColourPerformance Ruthenium complexSpin-coatAcetonitrileRedGood Ruthenium complexInkjetDMFRedGood DMF = N,N-Dimethylformamide
Polymertronics’ Red Diamond 620s Deposition
Inkjet on ITO
Red Diamond Emission Spectra
Electron Transport Materials Electron Transport MaterialSolventColourPerformance Alq 3 ChloroformGreenGood PBDTolueneClearFair Butyl-PBDTolueneClearFair Alq 3 = Tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum PBD= 2-(4-Biphenylyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole Butyl-PBD= 2-(4-tert-Butylphenyl)-5-(4-biphenylyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol
MaterialDeposition Work Function eV Resistivity Ωm Temp ºC Performance AluminiumSputter x Excellent Indium-GalliumLiquid x Good (Lab) Indium FoilHeat x Fair Silver ParticlesLiquid x Fair GoldSputter x Useless Cathode Materials Cathode
Indium-Gallium
Encapsulation Materials MaterialMalleability Thickness µm WVTR ml/m 2 /24hr GlassRigid1100- PETFlexible PENFlexible CAFlexible11077 PET = Polyethylene terephthalate PEN= Polyethylene nitride CA= Cellulose Acetate Encapsulation
UV-Inkjet
UV-Inkjet
Advantages of UV-Inkjet Fast printing 4s curing time High durability High dot-registration Inkjet on non-pourous surfaces Print electronics with CYMK graphics
UV Bands BAND Wavelength nm CuringSource UVA CYMKHgPb UVB UVC GMAHgFe VUV HgPb= Mercury - Lead HgFe= Mercury – Iron CYMK= Cyan, yellow, magenta, black colour inks GMA = Poly(tert-butyl methacrylate-co-glycidyl methacrylate) 400nm 700nm
Mercury-Lead Spectra
Mercury-Iron Spectra
Red Diamond 620 Emissive Layer Emissive MaterialDepositionSolvent Wavelength nm PolymerInitiator Ruthenium complexInkjetDMF260GMAPDT DMF= N,N-Dimethylformamide GMA = Poly(tert-butyl methacrylate-co-glycidyl methacrylate) PDT = (4-Phenoxyphenyl)diphenylsulfonium triflate
Electron Scans
Organic Light Emitting Diodes Material Science Stephen Clemmet CEng MSc BEng MIET Oxford - Great Britain