Effects of hole carrier injection and transport in organic light-emitting diodes

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1289-1294

  Antoniadis, Homer ^a   Miller, Jeffry N ^a   Roitman, Daniel B ^a   Cambell, Ian H ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; OHMIC CONTACTS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

HOLE CARRIER INJECTION; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0031208453     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.605470     Document Type: Article

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