Light‐Emitting Paper

Abstract

A solution‐based fabrication of flexible and light‐weight light‐emitting devices on paper substrates is reported. Two different types of paper substrates are coated with a surface‐emitting light‐emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) device: a multilayer‐coated specialty paper with an intermediate surface roughness of 0.4 μm and a low‐end and low‐cost copy paper with a large surface roughness of 5 μm. The entire device fabrication is executed using a handheld airbrush, and it is notable that all of the constituent layers are deposited from solution under ambient air. The top‐emitting paper‐LECs are highly flexible, and display a uniform light emission with a luminance of 200 cd m −2 at a current conversion efficacy of 1.4 cd A −1 .