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MEH-PPV, device fabricator with high solubility
High quality and high purity (>99%) semiconducting polymer
Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2’-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene] (MEH-PPV) is a PPV derivative that is particularly favourable for device fabrication due to its great solubility in most of the common organic solvents owing to its asymmetric side chains. To date, MEH-PPV is possibly one of the most celebrated and studied polymer semiconductors, recognising its applications in OPV, OFETs, polymer light-emitting diodes (PLED) and perovskite solar cells.
The first example of a polymer solar cell with a convincing understanding of the physics and chemistry involved was the bilayer heterojunction cell utilising the soluble polymer MEH-PPV and the Buckminsterfullerene C60 where a power conversion efficiency of 0.04% was obtained using monochromatic light.[1, 2]
General Information
CAS number | 138184-36-8 |
Chemical formula | (C18H28O2)n |
Absorption* | λmax 493 nm (toluene) |
HOMO/LUMO | HOMO = 5.3 eV, LUMO = 3.0 eV |
Full name |
Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] |
Solubility | Toluene or chlorobenzene |
Classification / Family | PPV derivatives, Hole-injection layer materials, Hole transport layer materials; Polymer light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), Organic photovoltaics (OPVs), Organic electronics |
* Measurable with an optical spectrometer, see our spectrometer application notes.
Product Details
Purity | >99% |
Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) | 371 °C (5% weight loss) |
Appearance | Red fibers/powder |
Chemical Structure

Device Structure(s)
Device structure | ITO/Al/PFNBrBTDZ05*/MEH-PPV/Au [3] |
Colour | Orange-Red |
Max. EQE | 2.71% |
Max. Current Efficiency | 1.6 cd/A |
Device structure | ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PPF-3,7SO10* (100 wt%):P-PPV (0.8 wt%): MEH–PPV (0.5 wt%)/Ba/Al [4] |
Colour | White |
Max. EQE | 6.9% |
Max. Current Efficiency | 14.0 cd/A |
Max. Power Efficiency | 7.6 lm W−1 |
Device structure | ITO/CFx/MEH-PPV/Ca/Al, ca [5] |
Colour | Orange-Red |
Max. Luminance | 24,000 cd/m2 |
Max. Current Efficiency | 5.1 cd/A |
Device structure | ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PFO:0.25 wt% MEH-PPV/Cs2CO3/Al [6] |
Colour | White |
Max. EQE | 6% |
Max. Current Efficiency | 11.2 cd/A |
Max. Power Efficiency | 16 lm W−1 |
Device structure | ITO/PEDOT/PVK:polyTPD (1:1 wt%) 50 nm/PFO:MEH-PPV*(95.5:0.5 wt%) 70 nm/Ca/Al [7] |
Colour | White |
Max. Luminance | ~ 5,000 cd/m2 |
Max. Current Efficiency | 3.15 cd/A |
Device structure | ITO/PEDOT (30 nm)/ poly-TPD(40 nm)/ DNA-CTMA*(20 nm)/ PFO:MEH-PPV (70 nm)/Cs2CO3(1 – 2 nm)/Al [8] |
Colour | White |
Max. Luminance | 10,500 cd/m2 |
Max. Current Efficiency | 10 cd/A |
Device structure | ITO/MEH-PPV/TPBI doped by 10 wt % Cs2CO3/Cs2CO3/Ca/Al [9] |
Colour | Orange-Red |
Max. EQE | 2.2% |
Max. Luminance | 62,000 cd/m2 |
Max. Current Efficiency | 5.7 cd/A |
*For chemical structure informations please refer to the cited references.
MSDS Documentation
Pricing
Batch | Quantity | Price |
M542 | 250 mg | £230 |
M542 | 500 mg | £400 |
M542 | 1 g | £740 |
Batch information
Batch | Mw | Mn | PDI | Stock info |
M541 | 372,942 | 72,485 | 5.15 | Discontinued |
M542 | 210,000 | 53,850 | 3.90 | Out of stock |
Literature and Reviews
- Photoinduced electron-transfer from a conducting polymer to buckminsterfullerene, N. Sariciftci et al., Science, 258, 1474–1476 (1992).
- Semiconducting polymer—buckminsterfullerene heterojunctions—diodes, photodiodes and photovoltaic cells, N. Sariciftci et al., Appl. Phys. Lett., 62, 585–587 (1993).
- High-efficiency inverted top-emitting polymer light-emitting diodes, L. Hou et al., Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, 153509 (2005); doi: 10.1063/1.2099528 .
- High-efficiency and good color quality white light-emitting devices based on polymer blend, J. Zou et al., Org. Electronics, 10, 843–848 ((2009), doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2009.04.007.
- High-efficiency polymer light-emitting diodes based on poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene] with plasma-polymerized CHF3-modified indium tin oxide as an anode, C-C. Hsiao et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 033512 (2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2165192.
- Achieving High-Efficiency Polymer White-Light-Emitting Devices, J. Huang et al., Adv. Mater., 18, 114–117 (2006); DOI: 10.1002/adma.20050110.
- Enhanced performance of white polymer light-emitting diodes using polymer blends as hole-transporting layers, Q. Sun et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 153501 (2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2360248.
- Multilayer white polymer light-emitting diodes with deoxyribonucleic acid-cetyltrimetylammonium complex as a hole-transporting/electronblocking, Q.Sun et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 251108 (2008); doi: 10.1063/1.2948864 .
- Design of hole blocking layer with electron transport channels for high performance polymer light-emitting diode, C-C. Hsiao et al., Adv. Mater., 20, 1982–1988 (2008); DOI:10.1002/adma.200702150.
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