Cu-Lighting
Winner: 2022 Dalton Division Horizon Prize
For a multidisciplinary approach blending chemistry, engineering and maths towards blue and white copper(I) complex light-emitting electrochemical cells.
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A team of scientists from across Europe have devised a multidisciplinary approach blending chemistry, engineering and maths to create blue and white copper (l) complex light-emitting electrochemical cells.
Light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) are devices that generate light from an electric current through a phenomenon known as electroluminescence. LECs have a variety of applications and have the potential to undercut organic LEDs by an order of magnitude in cost.
Read moreThis work represents a truly multidisciplinary approach blending chemistry, engineering and math towards the first blue and white copper (l) complex light-emitting electrochemical cells that were elusive for over 15 years.