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Polymer Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells: In Situ Formation of a Light-Emitting P-N Junction

Polymer Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells: In Situ Formation of a Light-Emitting P-N Junction

Q Pei, Y Yang, G Yu, C Zhang, A J Heeger

J Am Chem Soc. 1996 Apr 24;118(16):3922-9.

PMID: 27579778

Abstract:

Solid-state polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells have been fabricated using thin films of blends of poly(1,4-phenylenevinylene) and poly(ethylene oxide) complexed with lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate. The cells contain three layers: the polymer film (as the emissive layer) and indium-tin oxide and aluminum films as the two contact electrodes. When externally biased, the conjugated polymers are p-doped and n-doped on opposite sides of the polymer layer, and a light-emitting p-n junction is formed in between. The admixed polymer electrolyte provides the counterions and the ionic conductivity necessary for doping. The p-n junction is dynamic and reversible, with an internal built-in potential close to the band gap of the redox-active conjugated polymer (2.4 eV for PPV). Green light emitted from the p-n junction was observed with a turn-on voltage of about 2.4 V. The devices reached 8 cd/m(2) at 3 V and 100 cd/m(2) at 4 V, with an external quantum efficiency of 0.3-0.4% photons/electron. The response speed of these cells was around 1 s, depending on the diffusion of ions. Once the light-emitting junction had been formed, the subsequent operation had fast response (microsecond scale or faster) and was no longer diffusion-controlled.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
LS772198	Poly[2,5-bisoctyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene]			Price

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