journal article·2026-01Open access

Circularly Polarized Near‐Infrared Electroluminescence from Chromium(III) Complex‐Based OLEDs

Maxime Poncet, Juan‐Ramón Jiménez, Francesco Zinna, Claude Piguet, Lorenzo Di Bari, Chiara Botta, Umberto Giovanella

Small· Volume 22· Issue 1

Abstract

Abstract Organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) featuring circularly polarized (CP) electroluminescence (EL) are gaining tremendous attention for their potential in advanced display and photonic applications. Chiral organic molecules and 4d and 5d metal complexes have been extensively studied for their role in the emissive layer of these devices. Here, pioneering work demonstrating EL emission from a chromium(III) complex is presented. Notably, by leveraging the highly polarized spin‐flip transitions of enantiopure Cr III complexes, a proof‐of‐concept device showcasing near‐infrared (NIR) CP EL with peaks at 726 and 747 nm and corresponding dissymmetry values up to 0.015 and −0.029 is developed. These findings highlight the potential of earth‐abundant Cr III complexes for cutting‐edge chiral optoelectronic applications in medicine, security, and quantum communications.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds · Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research · Magnetism in coordination complexes

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Affiliations

Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry University of Geneva 30 quai Ernest Ansermet Geneva 4 CH‐1211 Switzerland

Departamento de Química inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Granada and Unidad de Excelencia en Química (UEQ) Avda. Fuente Nueva s/n Granada 18071 Spain

Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale Università di Pisa via Moruzzi 13 Pisa 56126 Italy

Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” (CNR‐SCITEC) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche via A. Corti 12 Milano 20133 Italy

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