Bubble formation and growth in organic light-emitting diodes composed of a polymeric emitter and a calcium cathode

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5712-5715

  Wang, Wei ^a   Lim, Shuang Fang ^a   Chua, Soo Jin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARK SPOTS; ELECTRIC STRESS; ELECTROLUMINESCENT POLYMERS;

CATHODES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

POLYMERS;

EID: 0036571919     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1467395     Document Type: Article

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24. Our observations show that the Ca layer thickness has a strong effect on bubble formation. The bubbles formed in the diode with a 12.5 nm Ca layer are larger than those in the diode with a 7.5 nm Ca layer.