Electrical field induced ageing of polymer light-emitting diodes in an oxygen-rich atmosphere studied by emission microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and secondary ion mass spectroscopy

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-96

  Bijnens, W ^a   De Wolf, I ^b   Manca, J ^c   D'Haen, J ^c   Wu, T D ^c   D'Olieslaeger, M ^c   Beyne, E ^b   Kiebooms, R ^c   Vanderzande, D ^a   Gelan, J ^a   De Ceuninck, W ^c   De Schepper, L ^c   Stals, L M ^c  

^a Universitaire Campus Gebouw B   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c Material Physics Division   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; Light sources; Metal semiconductor interfaces; Poly(phenylene vinylene) and derivatives; Spin casting

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANODES; CATHODES; DEGRADATION; DELAMINATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

INDIUM TIN OXIDES (ITO); POLYMER LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (PLED);

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0032108810     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-6779(98)00057-5     Document Type: Article

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