Electronic device including an organic active layer and process for forming the electronic device
View Patent ↗An electronic device can include an organic active layer and an electrode. In one aspect, the electrode can further include a first layer that is conductive, and a second layer that is conductive. The second layer can include a defect extending at least partly through a thickness of the second conductive layer. The electrode can also include a third layer lying within and substantially filling the defect, wherein each of the second and third layers includes a same metallic element. In another aspect, a process for forming an electronic device can include forming an organic active layer and forming a first layer that is conductive and is part of an electrode. The process can also include forming a second layer and exposing the second layer to a first plasma to form a first compound from the second layer.
1. An electronic device, comprising:
an organic active layer; and
an electrode further comprising:
a first layer that is conductive;
a second layer that is conductive, wherein the second layer includes a defect extending at least partly through a thickness of the second conductive layer and is more than the distance of the root mean square roughness of a surface of such layer but not completely through the second layer; and
a third layer lying within and substantially filling the defect, wherein each of the second and third layers comprise a same metallic element.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising another electrode wherein the organic active layer lies between the electrodes.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive layer comprises a Group 1 metal, a Group 2 metal, or any combination thereof.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer comprises aluminum, silver, copper, chromium, or any combination thereof.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the third layer comprises a nitrogen-containing, oxygen-containing, fluorine-containing or any combination thereof material.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electrode further comprises a fourth layer overlying the third layer, the fourth layer including a metallic oxide compound, a metallic nitride compound, a metallic fluoride compound or any combination thereof.