Abstract
We report highly efficient blue polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) achieved by introducing two nanoscale interfacial layer, made of poly(fluorine-co-triphrnylamine) [PFO-TPA] and cesium carbonate (Cs<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>), between (1) the PEDOT:PSS and blue poly[9,9-diarylfluorene-co-2,5-Bisphenyl-1,3,4- oxadiazole] (P1)and (2) the aluminum cathode and the P1 emitter, individually. PFO-TPA with highest occupied molecular orbital level (-5.36 eV) lies between those of PEDOT:PSS (~5.0 ~ 5.2 eV) and P1 emitter (~5.54 eV), forming a stepwise energy ladder to facilitate the hole injection. For Cs<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>, firstly, it enhances the injection of electrons by providing an lower electron injection barrier. Secondly, applied Cs<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> buffer decreases the PL intensity slowly down to ~96 % of the pristine P1 film, located at 422 nm, is less efficiency quenched than the Calcium (Ca). Therefore the overall electron injection attributed by Cs<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> buffer is higher. Thirdly, the device with Cs<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> buffer did not show the low-energy emission band originated from the fluorenone defects which are often introduced by Ca, thus stabilized blue emission from devices with high brightness can be demonstrated. Based on the hole-transporting PFO-TPA and the Cs<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>/Al cathode, we obtained device efficiency and brightness as high as 13.99 cd A<sup>-1 </sup>and 35054 cd m<sup>-2</sup>, which is an improvement by two orders of magnitude higher over devices using Ca/Al as cathode and without hole-transporting PFO-TPA.
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