Abstract
The potential use of polymer light-emitting diodes is ultimately limited by their low quantum efficiency as well as by their poor stability due to oxygen. We report experiments on polymer light-emitting diodes made with poly(9,9′- dioctylfluorene)/gold nanocomposites to solve these drawbacks. Blue polymer light-emitting diodes with enhanced luminescent stability were obtained by incorporating 5-10-nm gold nanoparticles as the quenchers of the triplet states of blue emitting polymer. The nanocomposite light-emitting diodes exhibited an enhanced quantum efficiency due to the roughening of the surface onto which the Al cathode is deposited and to balanced charge injection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 688-692 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Chemistry of Materials |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 24 Feb 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |