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The effect of solvents on the performance of organic light-emitting diodes
The effect of solvents on the performance of organic light-emitting diodes
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2020-01-08
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Ismail N.A.N.
Safizan Shaari
Juhari N.
Norhayati Sabani
Mohd Fairus Ahmad
Zakaria N.F.
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In this paper, we investigate the solvent effect on the performance of surface roughness, absorption spectrum of MEH-PPV thin films and J-V characteristics for MEH-PPV OLED device. The 5 mg emissive layer of poly [2-methoxy-5(2' -ethylhexyloxy)-1, 4-phenylenevinylene), MEH-PPV was diluted with 1ml toluene and 1 ml different mixture of solvent (80% toluene+20 % chloroform) which gives the concentration of 5 mgml-1 respectively. The surface roughness of MEH-PPV film was reduced to 0.3 nm and the red-shifted maximum peak wavelength value were obtained when mixture solvent was used. However, J-V gives higher turn on voltage ∼17 V for the device used mixture solvent compared to device prepared by toluene solvent. Apparently, the two different combination of aromatic and non-aromatic solvent significantly gives an effect on thin films properties and electrical properties of MEH-PPV OLED device.