Mild oxygen plasma treated PEDOT:PSS as anode buffer layer for vacuum deposited organic light-emitting diodes

The surface morphology of PEDOT:PSS after mild oxygen plasma treatment were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The nanometer-scale islands on the surface of treated PEDOT:PSS were observed. Vacuum deposited organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with treated PEDOT:PSS as anode buffer layer had been fabricated. The OLEDs with an appropriately treated PEDOT:PSS as anode buffer layer exhibited significantly enhanced lifetime and decreased driving voltage. The results suggest that the appropriate mild oxygen plasma treatment of PEDOT:PSS layers may be useful for the improvement of the interface with the hole transport layer and enhanced device performance. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.