Internal electric field and charge distribution in multilayer organic light-emitting diodes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4594-4602

  Tutis E ^a,b   Berner, D ^c   Zuppiroli, L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Croatia)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c CFG Microelectronic   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HOLE TRAPS; MULTILAYERS;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0037965616     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1558208     Document Type: Article

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