Carriers Confinement for Polymer Electroluminescent Devices with Multilayer Structure

The polymer electroluminescence (EL) device with PBD as carriers confinement layer yields bright blue emission having intensity of 300 cd/m2, in same case the device without PBD layer have luminance only 44 cd/m2. The effect of PBD layer on EL characteristic was studied. The results show that only in EL devices with PBD thickness over 30 nm, the holes are completely confined in emitting layer. The luminance over 2000 cd/m2 can be obtained by inserting an electron injecting layer between the negative electrode and PBD to increase the electron injection.