{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(1)"],"submitter":["Lindh EM"],"pubmed_abstract":["The light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) is functional at substantial active-layer thickness, and is as such heralded for being fit for low-cost and fault-tolerant solution-based fabrication. We report here that this statement should be moderated, and that in order to obtain a strong luminous output, it is fundamentally important to fabricate LEC devices with a designed thickness of the active layer. By systematic experimentation and simulation, we demonstrate that weak optical microcavity effects are prominent in a common LEC system, and that the luminance and efficiency, as well as the emission color and the angular intensity, vary in a periodic manner with the active-layer thickness. Importantly, we demonstrate that high-performance light-emission can be attained from LEC devices with a significant active-layer thickness of 300 nm, which implies that low-cost solution-processed LECs are indeed a realistic option, provided that the device structure has been appropriately designed from an optical perspective."],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["6970"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5934366"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The Weak Microcavity as an Enabler for Bright and Fault-tolerant Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells."],"pmcid":["PMC5934366"],"pubmed_authors":["Mindemark J","Lundberg P","Edman L","Lindh EM","Lanz T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The Weak Microcavity as an Enabler for Bright and Fault-tolerant Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells.","description":"The light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) is functional at substantial active-layer thickness, and is as such heralded for being fit for low-cost and fault-tolerant solution-based fabrication. We report here that this statement should be moderated, and that in order to obtain a strong luminous output, it is fundamentally important to fabricate LEC devices with a designed thickness of the active layer. By systematic experimentation and simulation, we demonstrate that weak optical microcavity effects are prominent in a common LEC system, and that the luminance and efficiency, as well as the emission color and the angular intensity, vary in a periodic manner with the active-layer thickness. Importantly, we demonstrate that high-performance light-emission can be attained from LEC devices with a significant active-layer thickness of 300 nm, which implies that low-cost solution-processed LECs are indeed a realistic option, provided that the device structure has been appropriately designed from an optical perspective.","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 May","modification":"2025-05-29T21:51:36.288Z","creation":"2025-05-29T21:51:36.288Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5934366","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29725061"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-018-25287-x"]}}