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- Title
A colour-tunable, weavable fibre-shaped polymer light-emitting electrochemical cell.
- Authors
Zhang, Zhitao; Guo, Kunping; Li, Yiming; Li, Xueyi; Guan, Guozhen; Li, Houpu; Luo, Yongfeng; Zhao, Fangyuan; Zhang, Qi; Wei, Bin; Pei, Qibing; Peng, Huisheng
- Abstract
The emergence of wearable electronics and optoelectronics requires the development of devices that are not only highly flexible but can also be woven into textiles to offer a truly integrated solution. Here, we report a colour-tunable, weavable fibre-shaped polymer light-emitting electrochemical cell (PLEC). The fibre-shaped PLEC is fabricated using all-solution-based processes that can be scaled up for practical applications. The design has a coaxial structure comprising a modified metal wire cathode and a conducting aligned carbon nanotube sheet anode, with an electroluminescent polymer layer sandwiched between them. The fibre shape offers unique and promising advantages. For example, the luminance is independent of viewing angle, the fibre-shaped PLEC can provide a variety of different and tunable colours, it is lightweight, flexible and wearable, and it can potentially be woven into light-emitting clothes for the creation of smart fabrics.
- Subjects
POLYMER light emitting diodes; LIGHT emitting electrochemical cells; ELECTROLUMINESCENT polymers; CARBON nanotubes; FLUOROFORM; ZINC oxide; PERFORMANCE of cathodes
- Publication
Nature Photonics, 2015, Vol 9, Issue 4, p233
- ISSN
1749-4885
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nphoton.2015.37