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Design rules for light-emitting electrochemical cells delivering bright luminance at 27.5 percent external quantum efficiency

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  • Shi Tang

    (The Organic Photonics and Electronics Group, Department of Physics, Umeå University
    LunaLEC AB, Linnaeus väg 24)

  • Andreas Sandström

    (The Organic Photonics and Electronics Group, Department of Physics, Umeå University
    LunaLEC AB, Linnaeus väg 24)

  • Petter Lundberg

    (The Organic Photonics and Electronics Group, Department of Physics, Umeå University)

  • Thomas Lanz

    (The Organic Photonics and Electronics Group, Department of Physics, Umeå University)

  • Christian Larsen

    (The Organic Photonics and Electronics Group, Department of Physics, Umeå University
    LunaLEC AB, Linnaeus väg 24)

  • Stephan Reenen

    (Complex Materials and Devices, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University)

  • Martijn Kemerink

    (Complex Materials and Devices, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University)

  • Ludvig Edman

    (The Organic Photonics and Electronics Group, Department of Physics, Umeå University
    LunaLEC AB, Linnaeus väg 24)

Abstract

The light-emitting electrochemical cell promises cost-efficient, large-area emissive applications, as its characteristic in-situ doping enables use of air-stabile electrodes and a solution-processed single-layer active material. However, mutual exclusion of high efficiency and high brightness has proven a seemingly fundamental problem. Here we present a generic approach that overcomes this critical issue, and report on devices equipped with air-stabile electrodes and outcoupling structure that deliver a record-high efficiency of 99.2 cd A−1 at a bright luminance of 1910 cd m−2. This device significantly outperforms the corresponding optimized organic light-emitting diode despite the latter employing calcium as the cathode. The key to this achievement is the design of the host–guest active material, in which tailored traps suppress exciton diffusion and quenching in the central recombination zone, allowing efficient triplet emission. Simultaneously, the traps do not significantly hamper electron and hole transport, as essentially all traps in the transport regions are filled by doping.

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  • Shi Tang & Andreas Sandström & Petter Lundberg & Thomas Lanz & Christian Larsen & Stephan Reenen & Martijn Kemerink & Ludvig Edman, 2017. "Design rules for light-emitting electrochemical cells delivering bright luminance at 27.5 percent external quantum efficiency," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-01339-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01339-0
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    1. Kosuke Yasuji & Tomo Sakanoue & Fumihiro Yonekawa & Katsuichi Kanemoto, 2023. "Visualizing electroluminescence process in light-emitting electrochemical cells," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Sophie Griggs & Adam Marks & Dilara Meli & Gonzague Rebetez & Olivier Bardagot & Bryan D. Paulsen & Hu Chen & Karrie Weaver & Mohamad I. Nugraha & Emily A. Schafer & Joshua Tropp & Catherine M. Aitchi, 2022. "The effect of residual palladium on the performance of organic electrochemical transistors," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.

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