Fully stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting electrochemical cell array

Intrinsically and fully stretchable active-matrix-driven displays are an important element to skin electronics that can be applied to many emerging fields, such as wearable electronics, consumer electronics and biomedical devices. Here, we show for the first time a fully stretchable active-matrix-driven organic light-emitting electrochemical cell array. Briefly, it is comprised of a stretchable light-emitting electrochemical cell array driven by a solution-processed, vertically integrated stretchable organic thin-film transistor active-matrix, which is enabled by the development of chemically-orthogonal and intrinsically stretchable dielectric materials. Our resulting active-matrix-driven organic light-emitting electrochemical cell array can be readily bent, twisted and stretched without affecting its device performance. When mounted on skin, the array can tolerate to repeated cycles at 30% strain. This work demonstrates the feasibility of skin-applicable displays and lays the foundation for further materials development.

Jia Liu, Jiechen Wang, Zhitao Zhang, Francisco Molina-Lopez, Ging-Ji Nathan Wang, Bob C. Schroeder, Xuzhou Yan, Yitian Zeng, Oliver Zhao, Helen Tran, Ting Lei, Yang Lu, Yi-Xuan Wang, Jeffrey B.-H. Tok, Reinhold Dauskardt, Jong Won Chung, Youngjun Yun, Zhenan Bao