Electrooptical and structural studies on self-assembled films
composed of CdSe nanoparticles,
poly(p-phenylene
vinylene) (PPV), and different nonconjugated polyelectrolytes are
reported. It is demonstrated by optical
spectroscopy and X-ray reflectivity measurements that CdSe
nanoparticles and PPV can successfully be
incorporated into homogeneous ultrathin films by the self-assembly
method. The surface roughness obtained
from the X-ray measurements is 2.7 and 1.3 nm respectively for CdSe/PAH
(PAH, poly(allylamine)
hydrochloride) and PSS/PPV (PSS, poly(styrenesulfonic acid))
multilayer films. This allows us to stack a
(PSS/PPV)*n film on top of a
(CdSe/PAH)*n film to build up well-defined two-layer
composite film devices.
Electroluminescence studies show that pure
(PSS/PPV)*n film devices exhibit green light emission
but with
a very short lifetime (several seconds) if operated in ambient air.
During operation, the PPV emission shifts
toward the blue, which indicates that the mean conjugation length of
PPV is shortened due to oxidation.
Oxidation of CdSe particles is also observed in
(CdSe/PAH)*n devices during operation. However,
the stability
of CdSe particles is enhanced if they are combined alternately with
PPV, and a (CdSe/PPV)*n device gives
a broad, nearly white emission. The turn-on voltage of it is much
smaller and better defined than that for a
(CdSe/PAH)*20 device. This proves that PPV works like a
charge-transportation layer rather than an emitting
layer in the (CdSe/PPV)*n film device. In an
ITO//PEI(CdSe/PAH)*10/(PSS/PPV)*10//Al two-layer
composite
film device the lifetime of PPV electroluminescence can be prolonged
for at least 1 order of magnitude only
after the device is first operated under backward bias (positive pole
on Al electrode). This suggests that the
oxygen within the film is removed by this operation due to oxidation of
the particles. Afterward, this two-layer composite film device presents emission from PPV and CdSe,
respectively, when the sign of the external
voltage is changed.
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