scholarly journals High Brightness Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Capillary-Welded Hybrid Diameter Silver Nanowire/Graphene Layers as Electrodes

Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianhua Zhang ◽  
Yiru Li ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Huaying Hu ◽  
Bin Wei ◽  
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The development of silver nanowire electrodes is always limited due to some disadvantages, such as roughness, oxidative properties, and other disadvantages. In this research, a capillary-welded silver nanowire/graphene composite film was used as an electrode for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices. As an encapsulation layer, graphene reduced the surface roughness and the oxidation probability of silver nanowires. The composite electrode showed an excellent transmittance of 91.5% with low sheet resistant of 26.4 ohm/sq. The devices with the silver nanowire/graphene composite electrode emitted green electroluminescence at 516 nm, and the turn-on voltage was about 3.8 V. The maximum brightness was 50810 cd/cm2, which is higher than the indium tin oxide-based (ITO-based) devices with the same configuration. Finally, it was proved that the silver nanowire/graphene composite electrodes possessed better heat dissipation than the ITO-based ones under energization. In summary, it means that this novel silver nanowires/graphene electrode has great potential in OLED device applications.

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 6995-7003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Arif Mohd Sarjidan ◽  
Ahmad Shuhaimi ◽  
Wan Haliza Abd. Majid

A simple spin-coating process for fabricating vertical organic light-emitting transistors (VOLETs) is realized by utilizing silver nanowire (AgNW) as a source electrode. The optical, electrical and morphological properties of the AgNW formation was initially optimized, prior VOFET fabrication. A high molecular weight of poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] MEH-PPV was used as an organic semiconductor layer in the VOFET in forming a multilayer structure by solution process. It was found that current density and luminance intensity of the VOLET can be modulated by a small magnitude of gate voltage. The modulation process was induced by changing an injection barrier via gate voltage bias. A space-charge-limited current (SCLC) approach in determining transistor mobility has been introduced. This preliminary and fundamental work is beneficial towards all-solution processing display devices.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiying Li ◽  
Yunfei Liu ◽  
Anyang Su ◽  
Jintao Wang ◽  
Yu Duan

AbstractThanks to its high transparency, high carrier mobility, and thermal conductivity, graphene is often used as transparent conductive electrode (TCE) in optoelectronic devices. However, the low carrier concentration and high resistance caused by vacancy defects, grain boundaries, and superposed folds in typical graphene films limit its application. In this study, we propose a method to increase both the conductivity and carrier concentration in single-layer graphene (SLG) by blending it with silver nanowires (AgNWs). AgNWs provide connections between grain boundaries of graphene to improve charge-carrier transport. The AgNWs in this study can reduce the resistance of SLG from 650 Ω/◻ to 27 Ω/◻ yet still maintain a transmittance of 86.7% (at 550 nm). Flexible organic light-emitting diode, with a maximum 15000 cd m−2 luminance was successfully fabricated using such graphene and AgNWs composite transparent electrodes.


Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 3567-3573
Author(s):  
Yun-Fei Li ◽  
Xiaofeng Liu ◽  
Jing Feng ◽  
Yu Xie ◽  
Fangchao Zhao ◽  
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AbstractUltrathin metal films emerge as an innovative category of transparent electrodes in recent decades, holding great promises enabling the next-generation flexible organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs). Although metal thin films with polymer nucleation inducers have been extensively studied in OLEDs, satisfying the requirements of both superior optoelectrical and high optical outcoupling characteristics is still challenging. Here, we demonstrate a metal oxide/ultrathin Ag/polymer (MAP) composite electrode with low sheet resistance of 15.1 Ω/sq, high transmittance of 87.4% at 550 nm, and smooth morphology with surface roughness of 0.768 nm. Besides, the composite electrodes significantly enhance the outcoupling of the light trapped in OLEDs due to the relatively high-refractive index polymer. Flexible OLEDs with the MAP anodes exhibit over 2.3 times enhancement in efficiency to that of indium tin oxide (ITO)-based OLEDs. The flexible OLEDs can survive 1000 bending cycles at a bending radius of 8 mm with negligible decrease in electroluminescent performance.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Pschenitzka

ABSTRACTCambrios has developed a transparent conductor material based on silver nanowires which can be used to replace the ITO layer in organic photovoltaics (OPV) device and in organic light-emitting devices (OLED).After being deposited from a liquid suspension by conventional coating or printing methods onto a transparent substrate, these nanowires form a transparent conducting network. The sheet resistance of the resulting film is determined by the density of the nanostructures and can thus be easily controlled during the coating process.The elimination of the ITO layer also results in a reduced microcavity effect and thus has a positive impact on the optical performance for OLED lighting devices.This paper will focus on the use of this material as an ITO replacement for OLED devices for lighting applications and for OPV devices. The performance of ITO-free OPV and OLED devices with a nanowire anode will be discussed. We also will present the optical performance data of OLED lighting devices which show the implications of a reduced microcavity effect. In addition, we will show lifetime data for these devices which demonstrate the viability of this technology.


2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 82-90
Author(s):  
Feng Duan ◽  
Wei Jia Yang ◽  
Xin He ◽  
Jia Yi Jiang ◽  
Wan Yu Zhu ◽  
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In this work, we fabricated a flexible silver nanowires (Ag NWs)/graphene transparent conducting film on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate, which was applied in an electrochromic device. The graphene layer was coated on the surface of the Ag NW film utilizing the electrostatic adsorption in order to improve the stability of the metallic nanowire layer and the performance of the electrochromic device. The Ag NWs/graphene composite film exhibited an optical transmittance of 82.5% at 550 nm and a sheet resistance of 57.5 Ω/sq. With the concentration of the adsorbed graphene increased, the transmittance and conductivity of the composite film both decreased. Furthermore, the lifetime of the electrochromic devices based on the tungsten oxide (WO3) thin film and the Ag NW/graphene composite electrodes was greatly extended, compared to that utilizing the pristine Ag NW electrodes. The results indicate that the introduction of the graphene layer could protect the Ag NW film from corrosion of the electrolyte layer, and greatly improve the lifetime and cycle numbers of the electrochromic device. Key words: silver nanowire; graphene; transparent electrode; electrochromic devices


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