Abstract
In this work, we perform morphological and physicochemical studies of Dactylopius opuntiae (cochineal) with electron microscopy and explore their use as a transporting layer for organic electronic devices. The charge transport properties of this pigment were investigated through current-voltage measurements. The current-voltage characteristics have shown that the cochineal can be used as a hole-transporting layer (HTL) with mobility of 5.30 ± 0.03 × 10−4cm2V−1 s−1. Different analyses were realized on this pigment and the results were compared with other HTL organic compounds, as Poly(3,4-ethylene dioxy thiophene): poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). The results show that the cochineal pigment does not produce luminescence and has a band gap of 2.6 ± 0.2 eV with optical absorption in the visible range. The roughness of cochineal thin films was measured after filtering the solution with a value of 11.8 ± 0.2 nm. Cochineal and PEDOT:PSS were successfully used as HTL in the fabrication of a [Ir(fliq)2acac] based PHOLED. The results show an increase in the electroluminescent color purity emission due to the filtering action of the natural pigment when compared with the PEDOT:PSS based in this device.
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