Recent advances in flexible organic light-emitting diodes
The emergence of smartphones and televisions with curved displays indicates that flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are marching steadily toward commercialization. Regardless of the significant step forward from laboratory to industry, flexible OLEDs are still facing enormous obstacles a...
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| Published in | Journal of materials chemistry. C, Materials for optical and electronic devices Vol. 4; no. 39; pp. 9116 - 9142 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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2016
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| Summary: | The emergence of smartphones and televisions with curved displays indicates that flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are marching steadily toward commercialization. Regardless of the significant step forward from laboratory to industry, flexible OLEDs are still facing enormous obstacles and challenges in realizing truly wearable, deformable, printable and low-cost electronic products for the future. How to develop highly flexible electrodes, optimize the device efficiency and greatly extend the operation lifetime are among the most important issues to be solved. In this regard, this review summarizes the recent achievements in flexible transparent conductive electrodes, device fabrication as well as light extraction technologies. Furthermore, the device operation stability is discussed with a focus on device degradation mechanisms and encapsulation methods. Some future prospects on new opportunities and research challenges in flexible OLEDs are also covered.
This review summarizes the recent achievements in flexible OLEDs involving transparent conductive electrodes, device fabrication, light extraction technologies, as well as encapsulation methods. |
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| Bibliography: | Ruipeng Xu received his BS degree in physics from Soochow University in 2013. Then, he joined the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) as a graduate student under the supervision of Prof. Jian-Xin Tang. His research interests focus mainly on organic device physics and interface engineering of organic light-emitting diodes as well as photovoltaic cells. Jian-Xin Tang received his BSc degree in physics from Zhejiang University, and PhD degree in Physics and Materials Science from City University of Hong Kong. In 2008, he was appointed professor at the Institute of Nano Functional & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University. His research areas/interests span device physics and surface science on organic light-emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells, including localized electronic state and charge barrier formation at organic interfaces, and novel device architectures to improve device performance with interface modification for carrier transport and light manipulation. Yan-Qing Li received her BSc degree in physics from Zhejiang University, MPhil degree and PhD degree in Materials Science from City University of Hong Kong. She is now a professor at the Institute of Nano Functional & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University. Her main research interests lie in organic and inorganic/organic hybrid materials and devices with a focus on flexible electronics, involving the synthesis, characterization, and device integration of metal and semiconductor nanostructures and thin-films for a range of device applications including light-emitting diodes, solar cells, and smart windows. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 2050-7526 2050-7534 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c6tc03230c |