Yuan-Min Wang

Copper(I) complex employed in organic light-emitting electrochemical cells: Device and spectra shift

Copper(I) complex employed in organic light-emitting electrochemical cells (OLECs) are reported. During the study we found that the electroluminescence (EL) spectra under forward voltage redshifted compared with the photoluminescence spectra of the film. Moreover, the EL spectra under reverse voltage also redshifted compared with the forward EL spectra. Based on the electric-field theory and the device mechanism of OLECs, we suggest that the spectra shift is ascribed to the polarization effect of molecular orbitals under high electric field in the device. The polarization and radiation models under electric field have been proposed.

Photo-functional materials based on copper(I) complexes*

Abstract Copper(I) complexes are attractive photo-functional materials due to their rich photochemical and photophysical properties. It has been proved that these new materials have potential application in many fields, such as organic light-emitting diodes, optical sensor, nonlinear optics and dye sensitized solar cells. The goal of this review is to outline the progress in this field. Many aspects, including new ligands, stereochemical control and the construction of supramolecules, design of the excited states, the high-energy emission and low-energy emission, the Cu-Cu bonding interactions and applications, are discussed.