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A blue-luminescent ladder-type poly(para-phenylene) copolymer containing oxadiazole groups

✍ Scribed by J. Grüner; R.H. Friend; J. Huber; U. Scherf


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
523 KB
Volume
251
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-2614

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✦ Synopsis


We report investigations of electroluminescence and photoluminescence in a blue-luminescent soluble ladder-type para-phenylene copolymer, which contains additional segments of 2-phenyl-5-(4-biphenyl)-l,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) groups in the polymer main chain. The PBD segments and the ladder-type copolymer segments act as independent conjugated systems. Electroluminescent devices show electric properties comparable with ladder-type para-phenylene copolymers without PBD groups, We find evidence that hole transport is not reduced, and still takes place along ladder units. We measure typical internal quantum efficiencies of 0.4% with A1 cathodes, which is a high value for a blue-luminescent single-layer device with air-stable electrodes.