Characteristics and Transient Electroluminescence of Alq 3 -based Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with LiF:Al Alloy Cathode.

The emission characteristics and transient electroluminescence (EL) of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) using tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)aluminum (Alq3) as an emissive layer with LiF/Al cathode and LiF doped Al composite cathode (LiF:Al alloy cathode) were investigated. A device with LiF:Al (1:10) alloy cathode showed the maximum current efficiency of 4 cd/A. The emission characteristics of this device were almost the same as that with LiF/Al cathode. Rise time of the device with LiF:Al alloy cathode was shorter than that of a device with LiF/Al cathode, because the waveform rounding of current density occurred for the device with LiF/Al cathode. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]