There is an ongoing interest in organic materials due to their application in various organic electronic devices. However stability of organic materials limits their potential use. They are prone to degradation both during the working life and storage. One of the main causes is extrinsic degradation, under the influence of oxygen and moisture. This problem can be solved by encapsulation of devices. However no encapsulation is perfect. This paper presents a study of interaction of thin films of well-known organic blue emitters, namely N,N′-bis(3-methylphenyl)-N,N′-bis(phenyl)benzidine (TPD) and 4,4′-bis(2,2-diphenylvinyl)-1,1′-biphenyl (DPVBi), with UV light in air. Films of both materials are stable in vacuum, but readily degrade in the presence of oxygen. Thus, the necessary condition for interaction (degradation) is the simultaneous presence of UV light and oxygen. Chemical analysis of irradiated films by mass and infrared spectroscopy revealed presence of oxidized species (impuritie...s). These impurities are responsible for increased morphological stability of irradiated films and quenching of photoluminescence (PL). Only small amount of impurities, 0.4 % (0.2 %) for TPD (DPVBi), causes 50 % decrease of PL. This implies a non-trivial mechanism of quenching. For both molecules it was found that distance between impurities is smaller or equal to exciton diffusion length, which is the necessary condition for quenching. Following mechanism of quenching is proposed: exciton diffuses by hopping form one host molecule (DPVBi or TPD) to another through Förster resonant energy transfer in a random walk manner. If, during its lifetime, it comes to proximity of an impurity, a PL quenching process occurs. Findings of this study are important because they show that even a small amount of oxygen that penetrates a blue emitter layer would impair luminescence efficiency of a device. Moreover, the absorption of its own radiation would additionally contribute to the rate of degradation of a device. It is reasonable to expect that transport properties would also be affected when materials are used as a hole-transporting layer in OLEDs.
TY - CHAP
AU - Tomović, Aleksandar
AU - Djurišić, Ivana
AU - Žikić, Radomir
AU - Pejić, Milan
AU - Jovanović, Vladimir P.
PY - 2017
UR - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1898
AB - There is an ongoing interest in organic materials due to their application in various organic electronic devices. However stability of organic materials limits their potential use. They are prone to degradation both during the working life and storage. One of the main causes is extrinsic degradation, under the influence of oxygen and moisture. This problem can be solved by encapsulation of devices. However no encapsulation is perfect. This paper presents a study of interaction of thin films of well-known organic blue emitters, namely N,N′-bis(3-methylphenyl)-N,N′-bis(phenyl)benzidine (TPD) and 4,4′-bis(2,2-diphenylvinyl)-1,1′-biphenyl (DPVBi), with UV light in air. Films of both materials are stable in vacuum, but readily degrade in the presence of oxygen. Thus, the necessary condition for interaction (degradation) is the simultaneous presence of UV light and oxygen. Chemical analysis of irradiated films by mass and infrared spectroscopy revealed presence of oxidized species (impurities). These impurities are responsible for increased morphological stability of irradiated films and quenching of photoluminescence (PL). Only small amount of impurities, 0.4 % (0.2 %) for TPD (DPVBi), causes 50 % decrease of PL. This implies a non-trivial mechanism of quenching. For both molecules it was found that distance between impurities is smaller or equal to exciton diffusion length, which is the necessary condition for quenching. Following mechanism of quenching is proposed: exciton diffuses by hopping form one host molecule (DPVBi or TPD) to another through Förster resonant energy transfer in a random walk manner. If, during its lifetime, it comes to proximity of an impurity, a PL quenching process occurs. Findings of this study are important because they show that even a small amount of oxygen that penetrates a blue emitter layer would impair luminescence efficiency of a device. Moreover, the absorption of its own radiation would additionally contribute to the rate of degradation of a device. It is reasonable to expect that transport properties would also be affected when materials are used as a hole-transporting layer in OLEDs.
PB - Atlantis Press, Paris
T2 - Proceedings of the IV Advanced Ceramics and Applications Conference
T1 - Interaction of UV Irradiation with Thin Films of Organic Molecules
EP - 347
SP - 317
DO - 10.2991/978-94-6239-213-7_23
ER -
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abstract = "There is an ongoing interest in organic materials due to their application in various organic electronic devices. However stability of organic materials limits their potential use. They are prone to degradation both during the working life and storage. One of the main causes is extrinsic degradation, under the influence of oxygen and moisture. This problem can be solved by encapsulation of devices. However no encapsulation is perfect. This paper presents a study of interaction of thin films of well-known organic blue emitters, namely N,N′-bis(3-methylphenyl)-N,N′-bis(phenyl)benzidine (TPD) and 4,4′-bis(2,2-diphenylvinyl)-1,1′-biphenyl (DPVBi), with UV light in air. Films of both materials are stable in vacuum, but readily degrade in the presence of oxygen. Thus, the necessary condition for interaction (degradation) is the simultaneous presence of UV light and oxygen. Chemical analysis of irradiated films by mass and infrared spectroscopy revealed presence of oxidized species (impurities). These impurities are responsible for increased morphological stability of irradiated films and quenching of photoluminescence (PL). Only small amount of impurities, 0.4 % (0.2 %) for TPD (DPVBi), causes 50 % decrease of PL. This implies a non-trivial mechanism of quenching. For both molecules it was found that distance between impurities is smaller or equal to exciton diffusion length, which is the necessary condition for quenching. Following mechanism of quenching is proposed: exciton diffuses by hopping form one host molecule (DPVBi or TPD) to another through Förster resonant energy transfer in a random walk manner. If, during its lifetime, it comes to proximity of an impurity, a PL quenching process occurs. Findings of this study are important because they show that even a small amount of oxygen that penetrates a blue emitter layer would impair luminescence efficiency of a device. Moreover, the absorption of its own radiation would additionally contribute to the rate of degradation of a device. It is reasonable to expect that transport properties would also be affected when materials are used as a hole-transporting layer in OLEDs.",
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journal = "Proceedings of the IV Advanced Ceramics and Applications Conference",
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Tomović, A., Djurišić, I., Žikić, R., Pejić, M.,& Jovanović, V. P.. (2017). Interaction of UV Irradiation with Thin Films of Organic Molecules. in Proceedings of the IV Advanced Ceramics and Applications Conference
Atlantis Press, Paris., 317-347.
https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-213-7_23
Tomović A, Djurišić I, Žikić R, Pejić M, Jovanović VP. Interaction of UV Irradiation with Thin Films of Organic Molecules. in Proceedings of the IV Advanced Ceramics and Applications Conference. 2017;:317-347.
doi:10.2991/978-94-6239-213-7_23 .
Tomović, Aleksandar, Djurišić, Ivana, Žikić, Radomir, Pejić, Milan, Jovanović, Vladimir P., "Interaction of UV Irradiation with Thin Films of Organic Molecules" in Proceedings of the IV Advanced Ceramics and Applications Conference (2017):317-347,
https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-213-7_23 . .
