Calcium chloride electron injection/extraction layers in organic electronic devices

摘要

Nontoxic calcium chloride (CaCl2) was introduced into organic electronic devices as cathode buffer layer (CBL). The turn-on voltage and maximum luminance of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) with 1.5 nm CaCl2 was 3.5 V and 21 960 cd/m2, respectively. OLED with 1.5 nm CaCl2 possessed comparable electroluminescent characteristics to that of the commonly used LiF. Moreover, the performance of the organic photovoltaic device with 0.5 nm CaCl2 was comparable to that of the control device with LiF. Therefore, CaCl2 has the potential to be used as the CBL for organic electronic devices.