Enhanced performance of organic electroluminescence diodes with a 2-TNATA:C60 hole injection layer

C60-doped 2-TNATA (4,4′,4″-tris(2-naphthylphenylamino)triphenylamine) as a hole injection material and NPD (4,4′bis[N-(1-naphthyl)-N-phenyl-amino]biphenyl) as a hole transport material are used to fabricate OLEDs via vacuum deposition process in this study. C60-doped 2-TNATA film was treated by means of thermal annealing and in situ electromagnetic field. According to AFM, SEM, XRD, and Raman spectra results, by both thermal annealing and in situ electromagnetic field treatments, the smoothened surface and the closely packed morphology of 2-TNATA:C60 film was obtained without any evidences of crystalline nature after those treatments. The treatments eventually lead to enhancing the current density and efficiency of the multi-layered ITO/2-TNATA:C60 (5% doped) (70 nm)/NPD (30 nm)/Alq3 (50 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (100 nm) devices by facilitating hole injection/transport in the multi-layered organic devices. Consequently, thermal annealing treatment for the 2-TNATA:C60 film is preferred rather than in situ electromagnetic field treatment so as to improve the overall performance of the organic light-emitting diodes in this study.