Enhanced Luminance of Electrochemical Cells with a Rationally Designed Ionic Iridium Complex and an Ionic Additive

Kristin J. Suhr; Lyndon D. Bastatas; Yulong Shen; Lauren A. Mitchell; Bradley J. Holliday; Jason D. Slinker

doi:10.1021/acsami.6b01816

Enhanced Luminance of Electrochemical Cells with a Rationally Designed Ionic Iridium Complex and an Ionic Additive

Kristin J. Suhr, Lyndon D. Bastatas, Yulong Shen, Lauren A. Mitchell, Bradley J. Holliday, Jason D. Slinker

Chemistry (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

Light-emitting electrochemical cells (LEECs) offer the potential for high efficiency operation from an inexpensive device. However, long turn-on times and low luminance under steady-state operation are longstanding LEEC issues. Here, we present a single-layer LEEC with a custom-designed iridium(III) complex and a lithium salt additive for enhanced device performance. These devices display reduced response times, modest lifetimes, and peak luminances as high as 5500 cd/m², 80% higher than a comparable device from an unoptimized complex and 50% higher than the salt-free device. Improved device efficiency suggests that salt addition balances space charge effects at the interfaces. Extrapolation suggests favorable half-lives of 120 ± 10 h at 1000 cd/m² and 3800 ± 400 h at 100 cd/m². Overall, complex design and device engineering produce competitive LEECs from simple, single-layer architectures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8888-8892
Number of pages	5
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	8
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b01816
State	Published - Apr 27 2016

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
J.D.S. acknowledges support from UT Dallas startup funds. B.J.H. gratefully acknowledges the Welch Foundation (F-1631) and the National Science Foundation (CHE-0847763) for financial support of this research.

Keywords

ionic additives
ionic iridium complex
ionic transition metal complex
light-emitting electrochemical cells
luminance
organic light-emitting diodes

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Enhanced Luminance of Electrochemical Cells with a Rationally Designed Ionic Iridium Complex and an Ionic Additive. / Suhr, Kristin J.; Bastatas, Lyndon D.; Shen, Yulong; Mitchell, Lauren A.; Holliday, Bradley J.; Slinker, Jason D.

In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 8, No. 14, 27.04.2016, p. 8888-8892.

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