Abstract

Abstract Ag nanocubes coated with SiO2 shell were synthesized and incorporated into the emission layer of blue organic light-emitting diodes to improve the device performance. The thickness of SiO2 shell was changed to adjust the distance between Ag NCs and excitons to investigate the coupling of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of Ag NCs and the radiation of excitons. In addition, the host materials with different carrier transporting properties are used to study the correlation between the LSPR enhanced exciton radiation and the exciton recombination zone in emission layer. Research findings demonstrate the thickness of SiO2 shell and the exciton recombination zone together affect the coupling of LSPR and exciton radiation. Using the Ag NCs coated with 15 nm SiO2 shell and the bipolar host material of 2,6-bis(3-(carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)pyridine (26DCzPPy), the blue OLED achieved an very high improvement in the current efficiency. The maximum peak current efficiency of the blue OLED with Ag NCs reached to 97 cd/A, being nearly 4 times of that of the device without Ag NCs.

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