Electronic and excitonic processes in multilayer organic light emitting devices incorporating PbSe quantum dots

In this work we investigate the operation mechanism of hybrid organic/inorganic quantum dot light emitting devices (QD-LEDs). We employ a numerical method previously established to describe current-voltage characteristics, spatial distributions of charge, electric field, and recombination rate in organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). The numerical solution of the continuity and Poisson equations have been extended to treat internal organic/Quantum Dot (QD) interfaces, recombination processes in the polymer matrix and in the QDs, and the charge acquired by the QDs. The contact boundary condition is taken to be Schottky contact boundary condition. Also, we consider the exciton formation and diffusion processes. The simulation results trend and experimental data are in good agreement.