Abstract
Multilayer organic electroluminescent devices derive their advantages over their single-layer counterparts from the processes occurring at heterojunctions in organic media. These processes significantly differ from those in the bulk of the material. This paper presents three-dimensional modeling, numerical simulations, and a discussion of transport and recombination in a system with a heterojunction. We consider partial cross sections for the creation of excitons and exciplexes, and probabilities for recombination in the respective channels. We examine the influence of the energy barrier, electric field, site-energy disorder, and structural disorder at an organic-organic interface on transport and recombination. In particular, we investigate optimal parameter domains for recombination in the exciton channel. The interface roughness, unlike the site-energy disorder, is found to strongly affect the partial cross sections.
10 More- Received 30 October 2007
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.165304
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