Flexible and metal-free light-emitting electrochemical cells based on graphene and PEDOT-PSS as the electrode materials

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 574-580

  Matyba, Piotr ^a   Yamaguchi, Hisato ^b   Chhowalla, Manish ^b   Robinson, Nathaniel D ^c   Edman, Ludvig ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Rutgers The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doping; Flexible; Graphene; Light emitting electrochemical cell; Metal free; P n junction; PEDOT PSS; Solution processing; Superyellow

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE; LIGHT-EMITTING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL; METAL-FREE; P-N JUNCTION; PEDOT-PSS; SOLUTION PROCESSING; SUPERYELLOW;

ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; GRAPHENE; LIGHT EMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; GRAPHITE; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; LIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955087926     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102704h     Document Type: Article

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