Mechanically robust stretchable organic optoelectronic devices built using a simple and universal stencil-pattern transferring technology.

ABSTRACT: Stretchable electronic and optoelectronic devices based on controllable ordered buckling structures exhibit superior mechanical stability by retaining their buckling profile without distortion in repeated stretch-release cycles. However, a simple and universal technology to introduce ordered buckling structures into stretchable devices remains a real challenge. Here, a simple and general stencil-pattern transferring technology was applied to stretchable organic light-emitting devices (SOLEDs) and polymer solar cells (SPSCs) to realize an ordered buckling profile. To the best of our knowledge, both the SOLEDs and SPSCs with periodic buckles exhibited the highest mechanical robustness by operating with small performance variations after 20,000 and 12,000 stretch-release cycles between 0% and

SUBMITTER: Yin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6106994 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature