Mitigation of Electrical Failure of Silver Nanowires under Current Flow and the Application for Long Lifetime Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Chen, Dustin; Zhao, Fangchao; Tong, Kwing; Saldanha, Gillian; Liu, Chao; Pei, Qibing

doi:10.1002/aelm.201600167

Mitigation of Electrical Failure of Silver Nanowires under Current Flow and the Application for Long Lifetime Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Journal Article · Fri Jul 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Advanced Electronic Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201600167· OSTI ID:1429111

Chen, Dustin ^[1]; Zhao, Fangchao ^[2]; Tong, Kwing ^[2]; Saldanha, Gillian ^[2]; Liu, Chao ^[2]; Pei, Qibing ^[2]

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; UCLA
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

Here, the extended lifetime of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on enhanced electrical stability of a silver nanowire (AgNW) transparent conductive electrode is reported. Specifically, in depth investigation is performed on the ability of atomic layer deposition deposited zinc oxide (ZnO) on AgNWs to render the nanowires electrically stable during electrical stressing at the range of operational current density used for OLED lighting. ZnO-coated AgNWs have been observed to show no electrical, optical, or morphological degradation, while pristine AgNW electrodes have become unusable for optoelectronic devices due to dramatic decreases in conductivity, transparency, and fragmentation of the nanowire network at ≈150 mA cm^-2. When fabricated into OLED substrates, resulting OLEDs fabricated on the ZnO-AgNW platform exhibit a 140% increase in lifetime when compared to OLEDs fabricated on indium tin oxide (ITO)/glass, and ≈20% when compared to OLEDs fabricated on AgNW based substrates. While both ZnO-coated and pristine AgNW substrates outperform ITO/glass due to the lower current densities required to drive the device, morphological stability in response to current stressing is responsible for the enhancement of lifetime of ZnO-AgNW based OLEDs compared to pristine AgNW based OLEDs.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0006674

OSTI ID:: 1429111

Journal Information:: Advanced Electronic Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Electronic Materials Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 2; ISSN 2199-160X

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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