Modifying Electrochemical Doping in Light‐Emitting Electrochemical Cells With Gold Nanoparticles

Ajay K Poonia, Anton Kirch, Joan Ràfols‐Ribé, Lucrezia Catanzaro, Anish Rao, Karol Kołątaj, Vittorio Scardaci, Giuseppe Compagnini, Guillermo P Acuna, Ludvig Edman, Nicolò Maccaferri · 2026

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Light-emitting cells that dope themselves into a glowing junction can be steered by voltage or recipe. Ajay Poonia and co-authors add a third steering wheel in a 2026 study: gold nanoparticles at one electrode. Bare particles pushed the glowing zone away from that electrode, while coated particles pulled it toward the electrode.

By picking the particle type, the team slid the glow into a spot where the cell's own optics reinforce it, and brightness efficiency jumped. The trick shows that the doping pattern inside an organic device can be sculpted from the interface. The authors offer the approach for tuning a wider family of organic electronics.

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CREATORAjay K Poonia, Anton Kirch, Joan Ràfols‐Ribé, Lucrezia Catanzaro, Anish Rao, Karol Kołątaj, Vittorio Scardaci, Giuseppe Compagnini, Guillermo P Acuna, Ludvig Edman, Nicolò Maccaferri
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE28 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13634572

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