The "plastic" led: A flexible light-emitting device using a polyaniline transparent electrode

G. Gustafsson; G. M. Treacy; Y. Cao; F. Klavetter; N. Colaneri; A. J. Heeger

doi:10.1016/0379-6779(93)90568-H

The "plastic" led: A flexible light-emitting device using a polyaniline transparent electrode

G. Gustafsson, G. M. Treacy, Y. Cao, F. Klavetter, N. Colaneri, A. J. Heeger

Arizona State University

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We describe a light-emitting device that is mechanically flexible; it can be sharply bent and curled without failure. These properties are obtained by using poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, coated with a thin film of polyaniline as a flexible transparent hole-injecting electrode and soluble semiconducting polymer (poly(2-methoxy,5-(2′-ethyl-hexoxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene), MEH-PPV, as the emissive layer. The electroluminescent properties of this "plastic" light-emitting diode are the same as those of devices based on indium-tin oxide (ITO) hole injecting contacts, with a turn-on voltage of 2-3 Volts and an external quantum efficiency of about 1%.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4123-4127
Number of pages	5
Journal	Synthetic Metals
Volume	57
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0379-6779(93)90568-H
State	Published - Apr 12 1993

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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