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Luminescent Cationic Copper(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties and Application in Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells

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During the past 10 years, cationic copper(I) complexes have emerged as promising emitters for light-emitting electrochemical cells (LEC) technology. As presented in Chaps. 4, 7, and 8, the traditional ionic transition metal complexes (iTMC) used in LECs have traditionally been based on iridium(III) and ruthenium(II) complexes. Although the performance of iTMC-based LECs has been greatly enhanced, issues related to environmental and high costs have raised. As such, chemists seek to replace complexes based on noble metals by earth abundant ones. Copper(I) complexes appeared to be good alternatives due to their easy chemical design combining various ligands and their excellent photophysical properties like high photoluminescence quantum yield spanning the whole visible regime and thermally activated delay fluorescence mechanism (see Chap. 9 for more details). This chapter will cover the synthesis of photoluminescent cationic copper(I) complexes and their applications in LEC technology.

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The authors thank the “Ministère de la Recherche et des Nouvelles Technologies”, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). We thank the “Agence Nationale de la Recherche”, the ANR program (ANR-15-CE39-0006) and the “Région Basse-Normandie” for funding.

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Elie, M., Gaillard, S., Renaud, JL. (2017). Luminescent Cationic Copper(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties and Application in Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells. In: Costa, R. (eds) Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58613-7_11

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