Abstract
Qualitative studies of the effect of the presence of oxygen during the vapor deposition of magnesium electrodes in the fabrication of single-layer polymer light-emitting diodes (poly-LEDs) in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) have been carried out. Using a figure-of-merit based upon yield, intensity and lifetime, the best devices are obtained when fabricated in an essentially oxygen-free environment. The formation of oxides during the magnesium deposition contributes negatively to the charge injection characteristics and, therefore, leads to poor poly-LEDs. These results, that the poly-LED devices with magnesium as the negative electrode have the highest performance when fabricated in UHV, are in contrast to the case of calcium, where fabrication of electrodes is optimum in the presence of about 10 −6 mbar partial pressure of oxygen, as reported previously.
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