Insertion of high work function (WF) transition metal oxide (TMO) layers between the anode
and the hole transport layer is established to substantially enhance the performance of organic
light emitting diodes (OLED). The high WF of transition metal oxide layer has been
demonstrated to be the most crucial for the enhancement. The WF of a TMO layer decreases
substantially with air exposure, and noticeably by the ambient even inside a low vacuum
system. In the present work we discuss various methods to protect and recover the high WF
after a TMO thin film has been exposed to air. We report covering a thin organic layer on top of
MoOx to protect the high work function. We found that a thin layer of 1-2 nm organic layer was
sufficient to protect the work function of MoOx thin film underneath. We further report
methods to recover already decreased TMO WF due to air exposure. We performed oxygen
plasma cleaning of air exposed MoOx film and found out that oxygen plasma could
substantially recover the WF of as deposited MoOx film. We also performed annealing of air
exposed MoOx film inside an ultra high vacuum system and observed a thin layer of oxygenrich
adsorbate layer, which desorbed upon annealing that in turn substantially recovered the
MoOx WF. We discuss the vacuum annealing and the effect of resulting surface on the interface energy level alignment.
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