Biological Interfacial Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
Organic optoelectronic devices have received appreciable attention due to their low cost, mechanical flexibility, band-gap engineering, lightness, and solution processability over a broad area. Specifically, realizing sustainability in organic optoelectronics, especially in solar cells and light-emi...
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author | Amjad Islam Syed Hamad Ullah Shah Zeeshan Haider Muhammad Imran Al Amin Syed Kamran Haider Ming-De Li |
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description | Organic optoelectronic devices have received appreciable attention due to their low cost, mechanical flexibility, band-gap engineering, lightness, and solution processability over a broad area. Specifically, realizing sustainability in organic optoelectronics, especially in solar cells and light-emitting devices, is a crucial milestone in the evolution of green electronics. Recently, the utilization of biological materials has appeared as an efficient means to alter the interfacial properties, and hence improve the performance, lifetime and stability of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Biological materials can be known as essential renewable bio-resources obtained from plants, animals and microorganisms. The application of biological interfacial materials (BIMs) in OLEDs is still in its early phase compared to the conventional synthetic interfacial materials; however, their fascinating features (such as their eco-friendly nature, biodegradability, easy modification, sustainability, biocompatibility, versatile structures, proton conductivity and rich functional groups) are compelling researchers around the world to construct innovative devices with enhanced efficiency. In this regard, we provide an extensive review of BIMs and their significance in the evolution of next-generation OLED devices. We highlight the electrical and physical properties of different BIMs, and address how such characteristics have been recently exploited to make efficient OLED devices. Biological materials such as ampicillin, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), nucleobases (NBs) and lignin derivatives have demonstrated significant potential as hole/electron transport layers as well as hole/electron blocking layers for OLED devices. Biological materials capable of generating a strong interfacial dipole can be considered as a promising prospect for alternative interlayer materials for OLED applications. |
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spelling | doaj.art-da036a9f2d324b8d9b550870c94f56b72023-11-18T11:39:24ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2023-05-01146117110.3390/mi14061171Biological Interfacial Materials for Organic Light-Emitting DiodesAmjad Islam0Syed Hamad Ullah Shah1Zeeshan Haider2Muhammad Imran3Al Amin4Syed Kamran Haider5Ming-De Li6Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structure Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, ChinaDepartment of Applied Physics, E-ICT-Culture-Sports Convergence Track, College of Science and Technology, Korea University-Sejong Campus, Sejong City 30019, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of KoreaChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju-si 52828, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structure Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, ChinaOrganic optoelectronic devices have received appreciable attention due to their low cost, mechanical flexibility, band-gap engineering, lightness, and solution processability over a broad area. Specifically, realizing sustainability in organic optoelectronics, especially in solar cells and light-emitting devices, is a crucial milestone in the evolution of green electronics. Recently, the utilization of biological materials has appeared as an efficient means to alter the interfacial properties, and hence improve the performance, lifetime and stability of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Biological materials can be known as essential renewable bio-resources obtained from plants, animals and microorganisms. The application of biological interfacial materials (BIMs) in OLEDs is still in its early phase compared to the conventional synthetic interfacial materials; however, their fascinating features (such as their eco-friendly nature, biodegradability, easy modification, sustainability, biocompatibility, versatile structures, proton conductivity and rich functional groups) are compelling researchers around the world to construct innovative devices with enhanced efficiency. In this regard, we provide an extensive review of BIMs and their significance in the evolution of next-generation OLED devices. We highlight the electrical and physical properties of different BIMs, and address how such characteristics have been recently exploited to make efficient OLED devices. Biological materials such as ampicillin, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), nucleobases (NBs) and lignin derivatives have demonstrated significant potential as hole/electron transport layers as well as hole/electron blocking layers for OLED devices. Biological materials capable of generating a strong interfacial dipole can be considered as a promising prospect for alternative interlayer materials for OLED applications.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/6/1171biologicalinterfacial materialsorganic light-emitting devices |
spellingShingle | Amjad Islam Syed Hamad Ullah Shah Zeeshan Haider Muhammad Imran Al Amin Syed Kamran Haider Ming-De Li Biological Interfacial Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Micromachines biological interfacial materials organic light-emitting devices |
title | Biological Interfacial Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes |
title_full | Biological Interfacial Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes |
title_fullStr | Biological Interfacial Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes |
title_full_unstemmed | Biological Interfacial Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes |
title_short | Biological Interfacial Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes |
title_sort | biological interfacial materials for organic light emitting diodes |
topic | biological interfacial materials organic light-emitting devices |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/6/1171 |
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