Enhancing the performance of polymer light-emitting diode via methanol treatment

Enhanced performance of polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) was realized by performing methanol treatment on the emissive layer. Experimental results show that with methanol treatment the electron current increased owing to the rougher surface topography of the emissive layer. Therefore, the balance between electron and hole current was improved. The maximum luminous efficiency and external quantum efficiency of PLEDs increased from 19.7 cd/A and 6.89% to 22.5 cd/A and 7.87%, respectively.