Reduced operating voltages in polymer light-emitting diodes doped with rare-earth complexes

Advanced Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 1547-1551

  Robinson, Matthew R ^a   Ostrowski, Jacek C ^a   Bazan, Guillermo C ^a   McGehee, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EUROPIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

CHARGE TRAPPING; POLYMER EXCITATION; POLYMER LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 0141508937     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200304651     Document Type: Article

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