Flexible graphene-based electroluminescent devices.

Wang, Ze-gao; Chen, Yuan-fu; Li, Ping-jian; Hao, Xin; Liu, Jing-bo; Huang, Ran; Li, Yan-rong · ACS Nano · 2011

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

For the first time, large-area CVD-grown graphene films transferred onto flexible PET substrates were used as transparent conductive electrodes in alternating current electroluminescence (ACEL) devices. The flexible ACEL device based on a single-layer graphene electrode has a turn-on voltage of 80 V; at 480 V (16 kHz), the luminance and luminous efficiency are 1140 cd/m(2) and 5.0 lm/W, respectively. The turn-on voltage increases and the luminance decreases with increasing stacked layers of graphene, which means the single-layer graphene is the best optimal choice as the transparent conductive electrode. Furthermore, it demonstrates that the graphene-based ACEL device is highly flexible and can work very well even under a very large strain of 5.4%, suggesting great potential applications in flexible optoelectronics.