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Salt Concentration Effects in Planar Light‐Emitting Electrochemical Cells
Author(s) -
van Reenen Stephan,
Matyba Piotr,
Dzwilewski Andrzej,
Janssen René A. J.,
Edman Ludvig,
Kemerink Martijn
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201002360
Subject(s) - materials science , ion , current density , redistribution (election) , electrochemistry , optoelectronics , doping , luminescence , semiconductor , quenching (fluorescence) , planar , salt (chemistry) , molten salt , electrode , optics , fluorescence , chemistry , physics , computer graphics (images) , quantum mechanics , politics , political science , computer science , law , metallurgy
Incorporation of ions in the active layer of organic semiconductor devices may lead to attractive device properties like enhanced injection and improved carrier transport. In this paper, we investigate the effect of the salt concentration on the operation of light‐emitting electrochemical cells, using experiments and numerical calculations. The current density and light emission are shown to increase linearly with increasing ion concentration over a wide range of concentrations. The increasing current is accompanied by an ion redistribution, leading to a narrowing of the recombination zone. Hence, in absence of detrimental side reactions and doping‐related luminescence quenching, the ion concentration should be as high as possible.