《AJP001130-Two examples of organic opto-electronic devices Light emitting diodes and solar cells》.pdf

Two examples of organic opto-electronic devices: Light emitting diodes and solar cells J. L. Maldonado and G. Ramos-Ortíz Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica A.P. 1-948, 37000 León, Gto., México M. L. Miranda Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica A.P. 1-945, 37000 León, Gto., México and Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Fco. J. Mújica s/n, C. P. 58060 Morelia Mich., México S. Vázquez-Córdova, M. A. Meneses-Nava, and O. Barbosa-García Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica A.P. 1-948, 37000 León, Gto., México M. Ortíz-Gutiérrez Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Fco. J. Mújica s/n, C. P. 58060 Morelia Mich., México Received 19 December 2007; accepted 7 August 2008 Organic and polymeric plastic opto-electronic devices have been developed over the past decade, and some of them have made the leap from the research laboratory to commercial use. We present a simple and inexpensive method of fabricating organic light emitting diodes and organic photovoltaic cells. The devices are fabricated by the deposition of solid films based on the fluorescent polymer MEH:PPV using the spin-coating technique. The films were sandwiched between electrodes, one of which was made of Bi-Pb-Cd-Sn alloy. An overview of these two devices is also provided. © 2008 American Association of Physics Teachers. DOI: 10.1119/1.2976333 I. INTRODUCTION vices were originally developed by Tang within just a year of each other.15,16 Thus, students can follow the same steps to Organic semi-conducting molecules and polymers are of