Browsing by Author "Wu, Ming-Lun"

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Alkyl-Spacer Enhancement in Performance of Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells
(1970-01-01)
Shiu, Ler-Chun
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Chang, Bo-Ren
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Hsiao, Miles C-S
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Sie, Wu-Sian
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Wu, Ming-Lun
Synthetic, structural, photophysical, and electrochemical study of [Ir(ppy)(2)(py)(2)](BF4) (1(BF4)) and four di-N-N-bridged complexes of [Ir(ppy)(2)(bpa)](2)(BF4)(2)(2A(BF4)(2)), [Ir(ppy)(2)((cis-bpe))](2)(BF4)(2)(2B(BF4)(2)), [Ir(ppy)(2)(tmp)](2)(BF4)(2)(2C(BF4)(2)), and [Ir(ppy)(2)(bpy)](4)(BF4)(4)(3(BF4)(4)) are described with Hppy = 2-phenylpyridine, py = pyridine, N-N= dipyridyl ligands of 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane (bpa),cis-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (cis-bpe), 1,3-di(4-pyridyl)propane (tmp), and 4,4'-dipyridine (bpy). Five single-crystal structures of1(PF6),2A(NO3)(2),2A(PF6)(2),2B(PF6)(2), and3(NO3)(4)were determined, supporting the dibridged structures and presence of a variety of stereoisomers. Application of four luminescent complexes,1(BF4),2A(BF4)(2),2C(BF4)(2), and3(BF4)(4), in solid-state light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) is reported. The work demonstrates an effective approach to realize efficient LECs based on dibridged di- and multinuclear cationic transition-metal complexes with a suitably long alkyl spacer in the bridging ligand.
Effects of tuning the applied voltage pulse periods on the electroluminescence spectra of host-guest white light-emitting electrochemical cells
(2018-07-21)
Wu, Ming-Lun
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Chen, Guan-Yu
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Shih, Ting-An
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Lu, Chin-Wei
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Su, Hai-Ching
Solid-state white light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) are potential candidates in solid-state lighting due to their promising advantages of simple device structure, low-voltage operation and compatibility with inert cathode metals. Adjusting the correlated color temperature (CCT) of background illumination is highly desired for modern smart lighting systems. In this work, a novel technique to tune the CCT of electroluminescence (EL) from white LECs is proposed. Color tuning is based on adjusting the applied voltage pulse period on the host-guest white LECs and the working mechanism is illustrated. A shorter voltage pulse period is insufficient to completely charge the capacitive LEC device and thus the effective voltage applied on the device is lower. Since the host-guest energy level offsets favor carrier trapping, a lower effective applied voltage results in a more pronounced guest emission, rendering redder white EL with a lower CCT. On the other hand, a longer voltage pulse period facilitates more complete charging and the effective voltage applied on the white LEC is higher. A higher bias facilitates direct exciton formation on the host molecule and subsequent partial host-guest energy transfer generates bluer white EL with a higher CCT. By tuning the voltage pulse period from 0.2 to 20 ms, the CCT of EL resulting from white LECs ranges from 2482 to 5723 K. The CCT tuning range is sufficient for general lighting applications. In contrast to color tuning of white LECs under constant-voltage driving, in which >10 x brightness enhancement is accompanied by higher-CCT white EL, the discharging halfperiod in pulse-voltage driving provides relaxation time to turn off the device and reduces the average brightness of the white LECs driven under a longer voltage pulse period. Therefore, similar brightness can be achieved for white EL with different CCTs. No additional optical filtering device is needed for this novel color tuning technique and it has potential for use in solid-state lighting.
Enhancing extracted electroluminescence from light-emitting electrochemical cells by employing high-refractive-index substrates
(2017-12-01)
Jang, Yea-Fen
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Lin, Tzu-Chun
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Guo, Jhih-Yan
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Chiang, Chien-Ming Fan
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Wu, Ming-Lun
Solidstate lightemitting electrochemical cells (LECs) show several advantages over conventional organic lightemitting devices (OLEDs) such as simple device structure compatible with solution processes, low operation voltage and capability of utilizing inert cathode metals. However, device performance of LECs must be improved, e.g. enhancing light extraction, to meet the requirements for practical applications. Among the optical modes trapped in LECs, light trapped in substrate mode is easier to be extracted, e.g., by simply roughing the output surface. Therefore, increasing the percentage of substrate mode is beneficial in improving light extraction. In this work, the contributions of optical modes in LECs employing substrates with various refractive indices are analyzed. Higherrefractiveindex substrates are shown to trap more light in the substrates. Smaller refractive index difference between higher-refractive-index substrate and indium tin oxide (ITO) layer also increases the cutoff spectral range of light waveguided in ITO layer. Furthermore, light intensity in surface plasmon mode significantly reduces as the refractive index of the substrate increases. Reducing the percentage of surface plasmon mode facilitates light extraction since it requires more complicated methods for outcoupling light in this mode. With commercially available unpolished sapphire substrates, light output of LECs is enhanced by 56%. When a scattering layer was inserted between ITO and sapphire substrate, more light in substrate mode can be extracted and 71% enhancement in light output is realized. High external quantum efficiency up to 5.5% is consequently obtained in LECs based on a ruthenium complex. Such device efficiency is among the highest reported values for redemitting LECs and thus confirms that utilizing higher-refractive-index substrates would offer a simple and feasible approach to improve light output of LECs. In comparison to OLEDs, increased EL trapped in substrates of LECs mainly comes from surface plasmon mode rather than waveguide mode. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.