TY - GEN
T1 - Single molecule solid state light emitting electrochemical cells with lifetimes superior to 3000 hours
AU - Costa, Rubén D.
AU - Bolink, Henk J.
AU - Ortí, Enrique
AU - Sessolo, Michele
AU - Graber, Stefan
AU - Doyle, Kevin
AU - Neuburger, Markus
AU - Housecraft, Catherine E.
AU - Constable, Edwin C.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We will present a breakthrough in the stability of the simplest light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs). The main drawback of these molecular devices limiting their practical use are their short lifetimes, which range from several minutes to a few days due to intrinsic instabilities of the ionic transition-metal complex (iTMC's). By using an ionic iridium(III) complex conveniently designed to form a supramolecularly-caged structure, we show that the lifetime of LECs can be increased to more than 3000 hours at an average luminance of 200 cd m-2 while operating at a bias of only 3 volts. In order to reduce the turn-on time to a few minutes small amount of ionic liquid (IL) were added and short pulses of higher-voltage were applied at the start.
AB - We will present a breakthrough in the stability of the simplest light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs). The main drawback of these molecular devices limiting their practical use are their short lifetimes, which range from several minutes to a few days due to intrinsic instabilities of the ionic transition-metal complex (iTMC's). By using an ionic iridium(III) complex conveniently designed to form a supramolecularly-caged structure, we show that the lifetime of LECs can be increased to more than 3000 hours at an average luminance of 200 cd m-2 while operating at a bias of only 3 volts. In order to reduce the turn-on time to a few minutes small amount of ionic liquid (IL) were added and short pulses of higher-voltage were applied at the start.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950510250
SN - 9781615677603
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 61
EP - 67
BT - Organic and Hybrid Materials for Large-Area Functional Systems
T2 - 2008 MRS Fall Meeting
Y2 - 1 December 2008 through 5 December 2008
ER -