Charge injection at a metal/semiconductor interface is of paramount importance for many chemical and physical processes. The dual injection of electrons and holes, for example, is necessary for electroluminescence in organic ...

The redox doping reactions in polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells (PLECs) have been analyzed to gain insight into a new type of bipolar electrode (BPE) formed within the cells. Planar (lateral) PLECs are constructed ...

One-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) arrays of conductive microdisks are printed on glass substrates using a silver nanoparticle (Ag-NP)-based ink. Polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells (PLECs) are then ...

Abstract This Minireview examines the operational lifetime of light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs). Under continuous operation, both polymer-based LECs (PLECs) and ionic transition-metal complex (iTMC)-based LECs ...

Bipolar electrochemistry (BPEC) is a versatile and powerful technique that has found applications in sensing, chemical synthesis, catalysis, fuel cells, and batteries, among others. In BPEC, the reactions of interest occur ...

Polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells (PLECs) are electroluminescent devices whose operation involves both ionic and electronic charges. A key reaction in PLEC is the electrochemical doping of the light emitter, a ...

The stress characteristics of the polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells (PLECs) are comprehensively evaluated by varying a host of material and operational parameters. PLECs with the lowest salt concentration of ...

A linear array of aluminum discs is deposited between the driving electrodes of an extremely large planar polymer light-emitting electrochemical cell (PLEC). The planar PLEC is then operated at a constant bias voltage of ...

A micromanipulated vacuum probe station and fluorescence imaging are used to induce and visualize bipolar electrochemical redox reactions in a solid-state polymer light-emitting electrochemical cell (PLEC). The PLEC is a ...

The polymer light-emitting electrochemical cell (PLEC) is a unique solid-state device possessing attractive attributes for low-cost applications, but also a junction structure that is still poorly understood. In a PLEC, ...