POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING ELECTROCHEMICAL-CELLS

被引:1643
作者
PEI, QB
YU, G
ZHANG, C
YANG, Y
HEEGER, AJ
机构
[1] UNIAX Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA 93117
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10.1126/science.269.5227.1086
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A device configuration for light emission from electroactive polymers is described. In these light-emitting electrochemical cells, a p-n junction diode is created in situ through simultaneous p-type and n-type electrochemical doping on opposite sides of a thin film of conjugated polymer that contains added electrolyte to provide the necessary counterions for doping. Light-emitting devices based on conjugated polymers have been fabricated that operate by the proposed electrochemical oxidation-reduction mechanism. Blue, green, and orange emission have been obtained with turn-on voltages close to the band gap of the emissive material.
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页码:1086 / 1088
页数:3
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