Saturated and Multi‐Colored Electroluminescence from Quantum Dots Based Light Emitting Electrochemical Cells |
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Authors: | Gang Qian Ying Lin Guillaume Wantz Andrew R Davis Kenneth R Carter James J Watkins |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts‐Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States of America;2. IMS laboratory, Bordeaux Institute of Technology (IPB), University of Bordeaux, CNRS UMR 5218, ENSCBP, Pessac Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | Novel light emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) are fabricated using CdSe‐CdS (core‐shell) quantum dots (QDs) of tuned size and emission blended with polyvinylcarbazole (PVK) and the ionic liquid 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (BMIM‐PF6). The performances of cells constructed using sequential device layers of indium tin oxide (ITO), poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene)‐poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), the QD/PVK/IL active layer, and Al are evaluated. Only color saturated electroluminescence from the QDs is observed, without any other emissions from the polymer host or the electrolyte. Blue, green, and red QD‐LECs are prepared. The maximum brightness (≈1000 cd m‐2) and current efficiency (1.9 cd A‐1) are comparable to polymer LECs and multilayer QD‐LEDs. White‐light QD‐LECs with Commission Internationale d'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates (0.33, 0.33) are prepared by tuning the mass ratio of R:G:B QDs in the active layer and voltage applied. Transparent QD‐LECs fabricated using transparent silver nanowire (AgNW) composites as the cathode yield an average transmittance greater than 88% over the visible range. Flexible devices are demonstrated by replacing the glass substrates with polyethylene terephthalate (PET). |
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Keywords: | quantum dots electrochemical cells saturated emission white‐light emission flexible devices |
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