Abstract
Abstract Magnesium (Mg) and silver (Ag) alloys are staple electrodes for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In this study, the Mg:Ag binary phase diagram is used to establish an electrode materials selection guide for both bottom- and top-emitting OLEDs. To achieve low turn-on voltage and high efficiency in bottom-emitting OLEDs, it is found that Mg:Ag cathodes must be selected from AgMg3 Mg phase region which provides the best figure of merits in low work function and high optical reflectance. For top-emitting OLEDs, however, Mg:Ag cathodes in the AgMg3 Mg region show large imaginary refractive index, and thus a stacked Mg:Ag/Ag is found essential to achieve optimal device performance. Furthermore, insertion of a thin LiF layer is found to create an effective charge injection cathode. In order to theoretically compute the devices’ optical characteristics, a database of complex optical constants of various materials including the metals is obtained by using a spectroscopic ellipsometer. This new database is found essential for accurate device optical design and engineering.
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