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Exciplex-enabled high-efficiency, fully stretchable OLEDs

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These authors contributed equally: Huanyu Zhou, Hyun-Wook Kim, Shin Jung Han, Danzhen Zhang

Authors and Affiliations

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Huanyu Zhou, Hyun-Wook Kim, Shin Jung Han, Woo Jin Jeong, Joo Sung Kim, Dong-Hyeok Kim, Jinwoo Park, Kyung Yeon Jang, Eojin Yoon, Min-Jun Sung, Hao Chen, Qingsen Zeng, Chan-Yul Park, Kwan-Nyeong Kim & Tae-Woo Lee A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Danzhen Zhang, Teng Zhang & Yury Gogotsi Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Danzhen Zhang, Teng Zhang & Yury Gogotsi Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Haomiao Yu Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Youichi Tsuchiya & Chihaya Adachi Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Youichi Tsuchiya & Chihaya Adachi Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA Bin Hu Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea June Huh Department of Integrated Display Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Seungyeon Cho & Jong Chan Kim Research Center for Materials Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Hyung Joong Yun Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Amit Kumar Harit & Han Young Woo Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea Yooseong Ahn & Hoichang Yang Department of Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea Landep Ayuningtias & Yun-Hi Kim Research Institute of Molecular Alchemy (RIMA), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea Landep Ayuningtias & Yun-Hi Kim Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Jong Chan Kim Institute of Engineering Research, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Soft Foundry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Tae-Woo Lee

Contributions

H.Z. and T.-W.L. conceived the overall concept. T.-W.L. supervised the project. H.Z., H.-W.K. and S.J.H. initiated the proof-of-concept experiments of fully stretchable OLED devices. H.Z. and H.-W.K. designed and optimized the fully stretchable OLEDs and fabricated devices for analysis and demonstrations. H.Z. and H.-W.K. conducted most of the data analysis and interpretation. D.Z. and T.Z. synthesized MXene and prepared its colloidal solutions, D.Z. performed in situ UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy and T.Z. conducted temperature-dependent resistance measurements under the supervision of Y.G. W.J.J. fabricated the rigid OLEDs. B.H. conceived the magneto-PL experiments and H.Y. performed the corresponding measurements. Y.T. conducted temperature-dependent streak camera measurements under the guidance of C.A. J.H. performed MD simulations. S.C. carried out FIM and spectrally resolved FIM measurements and analysis under the supervision of J.C.K. J.S.K. contributed to transient electroluminescence measurements. D.-H.K. assisted with PLQY and ellipsometry data acquisition. H.J.Y. performed in situ UV photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. J.P. and E.Y. carried out TRPL data acquisition and K.Y.J. conducted further streak camera measurement. A.K.H. synthesized Crown-CPE under the supervision of H.Y.W. M.-J.S., Y.A. and H. Yang performed grazing incidence X-ray diffraction measurements. H.C. and Q.Z. assisted with UV–Vis and PL measurements. C.-Y.P. performed contact-angle measurements. K.-N.K. contributed to the design of the stretching jig. L.A. synthesized 2PTPS under the guidance of Y.-H.K. H.Z. visualized the data and drafted the initial manuscript and other related documents. T.-W.L. provided substantial revisions. H.-W.K., D.Z. and Y.G. reviewed and edited the manuscript.

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Yury Gogotsi or Tae-Woo Lee.