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In this article, four polysilanes are used as hole transporting materials,
together with the electroluminescent metal complex 8-hydroxyquinoline alumi
nium (Alq(3)), in organic double layer light emitting diodes (LED). It appe
ars that the side chain substituents strongly influence the device performa
nce. Amino-substituted polysilanes show stable device performance and a pow
er efficiency of 0.33 lm W-1. This is an increase by more than 100% compare
d to the Alq3 single layer LED (0.15 lm W-1).