Fully stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting electrochemical cell array

Liu, Jia; Wang, Jiechen; Zhang, Zhitao; Molina-Lopez, Francisco; Wang, Ging-Ji Nathan; Schroeder, Bob C.; Yan, Xuzhou; Zeng, Yitian; Zhao, Oliver; Tran, Helen; Lei, Ting; Lu, Yang; Wang, Yi-Xuan; Tok, Jeffrey B.-H.; Dauskardt, Reinhold; Chung, Jong Won; Yun, Youngjun; Bao, Zhenan

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17084-w

Fully stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting electrochemical cell array

Journal Article · Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17084-w· OSTI ID:1816858

Liu, Jia ^[1]; ^[2]; Zhang, Zhitao ^[2]; ^[2]; Wang, Ging-Ji Nathan ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]; Zeng, Yitian ^[2]; Zhao, Oliver ^[2]; Tran, Helen ^[2]; ^[2]; Lu, Yang ^[3]; Wang, Yi-Xuan ^[4]; ^[2]; Dauskardt, Reinhold ^[2]; ^[5]; ^[5]; ^[2]

Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Edgewater Federal Solutions/OSTI
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Tianjin Univ. (China)
Samsung Advanced Inst. of Technology, Gyeonggi-do (South Korea)

Intrinsically and fully stretchable active-matrix-driven displays are an important element to skin electronics that can be applied to many emerging fields, such as wearable electronics, consumer electronics and biomedical devices. Here, we show for the first time a fully stretchable active-matrix-driven organic light-emitting electrochemical cell array. Briefly, it is comprised of a stretchable light-emitting electrochemical cell array driven by a solution-processed, vertically integrated stretchable organic thin-film transistor active-matrix, which is enabled by the development of chemically-orthogonal and intrinsically stretchable dielectric materials. Our resulting active-matrix-driven organic light-emitting electrochemical cell array can be readily bent, twisted and stretched without affecting its device performance. When mounted on skin, the array can tolerate to repeated cycles at 30% strain. This work demonstrates the feasibility of skin-applicable displays and lays the foundation for further materials development.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge Associated Univ., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Air Force Office of Scientific Research; National Research Fund of Luxembourg; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0014664

OSTI ID:: 1816858

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 11; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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