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Injection properties of electrons and holes in a mixed single layer organic light emitting device with mixed small molecules tris-(8-hydroxy-quinoline) aluminum (Alq3), 2,5-bis(6′-(2′,2″-bipyridyl))-1,1-dimethyl-3,4-diphenylsilole (PyPySPyPy), 4′-bis[N-(1-napthyl)-N-phenyl-amino]biphenyl (α-NPD), and 5,6,11,12-tetraphenylnaphthacene (rubrene) were investigated using Au/MoO3 as hole and Al alloy as electron injection electrodes. On the basis of measuring the temperature dependence of currents through the interface between the electrodes and the mixed single organic layer, the carrier injection mechanism was primarily ascribed to the Schottky thermionic emission with the barrier height of 0.25 eV for holes and 0.67 eV for electrons. By adding the dopant material rubrene and the electron transport material PyPySPyPy into the mixed single layer, the barrier height of electrons could be reduced. The interfacial state analysis demonstrated that the electron barrier height was also dependent on the interfacial conditions of the device.
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Wang, Z., Naka, S. & Okada, H. Investigation of carrier injection mechanism in small molecular organic light emitting device with a mixed single organic layer. Appl. Phys. A 102, 681–687 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-6084-3
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