Cobalt phthalocynine (CoPc) is a member of metal phthalocyanines (MPcs) are frequently used in many organic electronic devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) and chemical sensors as a p-type semiconducting material. Compared to other hole-injection layer (HIL) materials, most metal phthalocyanines are water and air stable, thermally stable, and nontoxic. They can be sublimed or sputtered with highly uniform, thin films on a variety of substrates. The synthesis of such materials are also relatively inexpensive and easy to prepare. The chemical structure of MPc allows tuning of its ionisation potential or HOMO levels by altering the central atom in Pc macrocycles.
Using cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) layer as a hole-injection layer (HIL), remarkable improvements in turn-on voltage and luminance have been observed in organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) [1, 2, 3, 4]. The driving voltages of the MPc electroluminance devices are found to decrease in the order of ZnPc < CuPc < FePc < CoPc < PbPc < NiPc < VOPc < SnPc < H2Pc. This is in agreement with the order of HOMO levels of MPcs [1].
General Information
CAS number | 3317-67-7 |
Chemical formula | C32H16CoN8 |
Molecular weight | 571.46 g/mol |
HOMO/LUMO | HOMO 5.0 eV, LUMO 3.4 eV [1] |
Synonyms |
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Classification / Family | Phthalocyanine salt, Hole-injection layer (HIL) materials, Light-Emitting Diodes, Organic electronics. |
Product Details
Purity | 99% (sublimed) |
Thermal Gravimetric Analysis | 602.1 °C (5% weight loss) |
Colour | Purple powder |
*Sublimation is a technique used to obtain ultra pure-grade chemicals. For more details about sublimation, please refer to the Sublimed Materials for OLED devices page.
Chemical Structure
Device Structure(s)
Device structure | ITO/CoPc (10 nm)/NPB (60 nm)/Alq3 (75 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (200 nm) [2] |
Colour | Green |
Turn-on Voltage at1 cd/m2 | 4.3 V |
Max. Luminance | 53,700 cd/m2 (14.8 V) |
Power Efficiency at 100 mA/cm2 | 1.02 lm W−1 |
Device structure | ITO/NPB (30 nm)/CBP:8 wt% (t-bt)2Ir(acac)* (15 nm)/BPhen(35 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/CoPc:C60 (4:1) (5 nm)/MoO3(5 nm)/NPB(30 nm)/CBP:8 wt% (t-bt)2Ir(acac)* (15 nm)/BPhen (35 nm)/Mg:Ag (100 nm) [3] |
Colour | Yellow |
Max. EQE | 16.78% |
Max. Luminance | 42,236 cd/m2 |
Max. Current Efficiency | 50.2 cd/A |
Max. Power Efficiency | 12.9 lm W−1 |
Characterisation (TGA)
MSDS Documentation
CoPc MSDS sheet
Literature and Reviews
- A relationship between driving voltage and the highest occupied molecular orbital level of hole-transporting metallophthalocyanine layer for organic electroluminescence devices, L. Zhu et al., Thin Solid Films 396, 213–218 (2001). doi:10.1016/S0040-6090(01)01232-9.
- Improved efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes using CoPc buffer layer, P-C. Kao et al., Thin Solid Films 498, 249– 253 (2006). doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2005.07.120.
- Effect of bulk and planar heterojunctions based charge generation layers on the performance of tandem organic light-emitting diodes, Z. Ma et al., Org. Electronics, 30, 136-142 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2015.12.020
- Hole Injection Enhancements of a CoPc and CoPc:NPB Mixed Layer in Organic Light-Emitting Devices, H. Lee et al., J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 13210-13216 (2012). dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp3029598.
- Ambipolar organic heterojunction transistors with various p-type semiconductors, J. Shi et al., Thin Solid Films 516, 3270–3273 (2008). doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2007.08.037.
- Electrical transport mechanisms and photovoltaic characterization of cobalt phthalocyanine on silicon heterojunctions, H.S. Soliman et al., Thin Solid Films 516, 8678–8683 (2008). doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2008.04.102.
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