DOI

  • Nuño Amador-Mendez
  • Fedor M. Kochetkov
  • Roberto Hernandez
  • Vincent Grenier
  • Sylvain Finot
  • Lucie Valera
  • Jules Duraz
  • Nikita A. Fominykh
  • Etienne Herth
  • Sophie Bouchoule
  • François Julien
  • Malini Abraham
  • Subrata Das
  • Gwénolé Jacopin
  • Dmitry V. Krasnikov
  • Albert Nasibulin
  • Joël Eymery
  • Christophe Durand
  • Maria Tchernycheva
Nanostructured ultraviolet (UV) light sources represent a growing research field in view of their potential applications in wearable optoelectronics or medical treatment devices. In this work, we report the demonstration of the first flexible UV-A light emitting diode (LED) based on AlGaN/GaN core-shell microwires. The device is based on a composite microwire/poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) membrane with flexible transparent electrodes. The electrode transparency in the UV range is optimized: namely, we demonstrate that single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes provide a stable electrical contact to the membrane with high transparency (70% at 350 nm). The flexible UV-A membrane demonstrating electroluminescence around 345 nm is further applied to excite Zn-Ir-BipyPDMS luminophores: the UV-A LED is combined with the elastic luminophore-containing membrane to produce a visible amber emission from 520 to 650 nm. The obtained results pave the way for flexible inorganic light-emitting diodes to be employed in sensing, detection of fluorescent labels, or light therapy.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51000–51009
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume16
Issue number38
Early online date11 Sep 2024
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Sep 2024

    Research areas

  • III−V semiconductors, PDMS, UV-A light-emitting diodes, carbon nanotubes, flexible electronics, luminophores, microwires

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