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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 95, Issue 8, Pages 4381-4384Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1687990
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We have investigated the temperature dependence of the current, radiance, and efficiency from electroluminescent devices based on [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+)(PF6-)(2), where bpy is 2,2'-bipyridine. We find that the current increases monotonically with temperature from 200 to 380 K, while the radiance reaches a maximum near room temperature. For temperatures greater than room temperature, an irreversible, current-induced degradation occurs with thermal cycling that diminishes both the radiance and the photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield, but does not affect the current. The temperature dependence of the external quantum efficiency is fully accounted for by the dependence of the PL quantum yield as measured from the emissive area of the device. This implies that the contacts remain ohmic throughout the temperature range investigated. The quenching of the PL with temperature was attributed to thermal activation to a nonradiative d-d transition. The temperature dependence of the current shows a complex behavior in which transport appears to be thermally activated, with distinct low-temperature and high-temperature regimes. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
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