Dye concentration study in PVK based light emitting diodes

Light emitting diodes made of a single spin-coated layer of poly(9-vinylcarbazole) doped with coumarin-515 dye have been prepared. The influence of dye concentration on emission and electrical characteristics is evidenced. Two different regimes are identified. At low concentrations, hole injection barrier raises, holes are trapped and mobility decreases. External quantum efficiency increases with concentration. At concentrations larger than 10 per electron. Coumarin in a single-layer diode improves electron-hole injection and recombination balance more than an additional hole-blocking layer