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Synthesis, Characterization, and Electroluminescent Properties of Pyridinylene Vinylene-Modified Phenylene Vinylene Copolymers

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Two random copolymers of phenylene vinylene and pyridinylene vinylene, ED-co-PyV-PPV and EM-co-PyV-PPV, were synthesized according to the Gilch route. The polymers possess good solubility in common solvents, and high thermal stability with 5% weight loss temperature above 378°C. The weight-average molecular weight (M w) and polydispersity index of ED-co-PyV-PPV and EM-co-PyV-PPV are 3.12 × 105 and 1.40, and 2.30 × 105 and 1.96, respectively. Single-layer polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) with indium tin oxide (ITO)/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PSS)/polymer/Ca/Al configuration were fabricated. The turn-on voltages of the PLEDs based on ED-co-PyV-PPV and EM-co-PyV-PPV were approximately 4.0 V and 2.8 V, respectively. The ED-co-PyV-PPV PLED device exhibited the maximum luminance of ca. 4380 cd/m2 with maximum electroluminescence (EL) efficiency of 6.35 cd/A.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, The New and Renewable Energy of Beijing Key Laboratory, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China

    Rupei Tang, Wenqing Zhang, Deping Qian & Zhan’ao Tan

  2. School of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China

    Rupei Tang

  3. School of Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Wenqing Zhang & Hua Zheng

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Tang, R., Zhang, W., Qian, D. et al. Synthesis, Characterization, and Electroluminescent Properties of Pyridinylene Vinylene-Modified Phenylene Vinylene Copolymers. J. Electron. Mater. 41, 2447–2452 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-012-2173-8

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