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Self-enhanced electrochemiluminescence of an iridium(III) complex: mechanistic insight
Kalen N Swanick1, Sébastien Ladouceur, Eli Zysman-Colman
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|October 6, 2012
Abstract:
Improved luminophore: The electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of an iridium complex self-enhanced up to 16 times is reported. Three excited states were observed in the emission spectra (see picture). The ECL efficiency of this complex is the highest reported for an iridium complex.

