Single-layer organic electroluminescent devices by vapor deposition polymerization

A novel method is presented herein regarding the preparation of a single-layer organic electroluminescent (EL) polymer thin film device. The device was made by simultaneously co-depositing two polymer thin film forming monomers, a hole-transporting molecule triphenyldiamine derivative (TPD) and an EL active molecule 1,1 4, 4-tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene (TPB) on an indium-tin-oxide (ITO) glass substrate. The device structure was composed of the ITO glass, the TPD, and TPB co-doped polymer thin film, and a thermally evaporated aluminum electrode. Carrier injection from the two electrodes was significantly observed and the blue light in EL spectra, with an emission maximum at 435 nm, was triggered at a driving voltage of 17 V. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.