Solid-state white light-emitting electrochemical cells using iridium-based cationic transition metal complexes

J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Mar 19;130(11):3413-9. doi: 10.1021/ja076051e. Epub 2008 Feb 27.

Abstract

White electroluminescent (EL) emission from single-layered solid-state light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) based on host-guest cationic iridium complexes has been successfully demonstrated. The devices show white EL spectra (Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage coordinates ranging from (x, y) = (0.45, 0.40) to (0.35, 0.39) at 2.9-3.3 V with high color rendering indices up to 80. Peak external quantum efficiency and peak power efficiency of the white LEC reach 4% and 7.8 lm/W, respectively. These results suggest that white LECs based on host-guest cationic transition metal complexes may be a promising alternative for solid-state lighting technologies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cations / chemistry
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Electrochemistry
  • Iridium / chemistry*
  • Light*
  • Luminescent Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Luminescent Agents / chemistry*
  • Luminescent Measurements / methods
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Quantum Theory
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Cations
  • Luminescent Agents
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Iridium