Highly Deformable and See‐Through Polymer Light‐Emitting Diodes with All‐Conducting‐Polymer ElectrodesShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, E-ISSN 1521-4095, Vol. 30, no 3, article id 1703437Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Despite the high expectation of deformable and see-through displays for future ubiquitous society, current light-emitting diodes (LEDs) fail to meet the desired mechanical and optical properties, mainly because of the fragile transparent conducting oxides and opaque metal electrodes. Here, by introducing a highly conductive nanofibrillated conducting polymer (CP) as both deformable transparent anode and cathode, ultraflexible and see-through polymer LEDs (PLEDs) are demonstrated. The CP-based PLEDs exhibit outstanding dual-side light-outcoupling performance with a high optical transmittance of 75% at a wavelength of 550 nm and with an excellent mechanical durability of 9% bending strain. Moreover, the CP-based PLEDs fabricated on 4 µm thick plastic foils with all-solution processing have extremely deformable and foldable light-emitting functionality. This approach is expected to open a new avenue for developing wearable and attachable transparent displays.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2017. Vol. 30, no 3, article id 1703437
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Physical Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-194131DOI: 10.1002/adma.201703437OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-194131DiVA, id: diva2:1759871
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