Decreased degradation of poly(p-phenylene vinylene) films at the indium–tin oxide interface

Autor: José Roberto Tozoni, L. C. Poças, S. L. Nogueira, Roberto S. Nobuyasu, M. J. M. Pires, Alexandre Marletta, Raigna A. Silva, Gustavo G. Dalkiranis
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Materials Science. 46:2644-2648
ISSN: 1573-4803
0022-2461
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-010-5119-7
Popis: This article discusses a strategy to reduce the degradation of a poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (PPV) film at the interface with an indium–tin oxide (ITO) electrode. It consists of using a less aggressive leaving group, the sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate salt (DBS), in the chemical synthesis of PPV starting with the polymer precursor, and performing the thermal conversion into PPV at a lower temperature (100 °C) than in the conventional synthesis. The absorbance spectrum for an ITO/PPV + DBS film indicated that the polymer is less degraded and has the emission efficiency increased by ca. 4.5 times in comparison to ITO/PPV films obtained with the conventional procedures, i.e., with thermal conversion at 200 °C, in vacuum, during 2 h. The main reason for the enhanced performance of the route reported in this article is a decrease in the oxygen concentration at the ITO/PPV interface, as inferred with X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy which corroborates the optical properties.
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