Highly conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) films by vapor phase polymerization for application in efficient organic light-emitting diodes

Peter A. Levermore; Lichun Chen; Xuhua Wang; Rupa Das; Donal D.C. Bradley

doi:10.1002/adma.200700614

Highly conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) films by vapor phase polymerization for application in efficient organic light-emitting diodes

Peter A. Levermore, Lichun Chen, Xuhua Wang, Rupa Das, Donal D.C. Bradley

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The synthesis and optoelectronic properties of highly conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) films prepared by vapor phase polymerization (VPP) was reported. Patterned ITO-coated glass substrates were used for OLED fabrication, which were first cleaned, and then exposed to an oxygen plasma in an Emitech K1050X plasma asher, before a PEDOT-PSS hole-injection layer. The oxidants used were based on a 0.45 μm filtered solution comprising isopropanol (IPA) with Fe(OTs)3 and pyridine. After patterning a VPP PEDOT stripe on the substrates, plasma-oxygen treatment at a range of powers for 30s, a hole-injection layer of PEDOT-PSS was spin-coated on the top. Thin film conductivities were measured using a four-point-probe system with current-voltage data. VPP PEDOT composition alters as the film grows, and suggests that the energy barrier between VPP PEDOT layer could be minimized by the use of VPP PEDOT films.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	19
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200700614
State	Published - Sep 3 2007
Externally published	Yes

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