Electron injection in "electron-only" devices based on a symmetric metal/silole/metal structure

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-88

  Palilis, Leonidas C ^a,b   Uchida, Manabu ^c   Kafafi, Zakya H ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SFA INC   (United States)

^c CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron injection; Electron mobilities; Organic light emitting diodes; Siloles; Space charge limited conduction

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON INJECTION; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; SILOLES; SPACE CHARGE LIMITED CONDUCTION;

CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DERIVATIVES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ETHANE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; STANDARDS;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

EID: 2442451468     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.824074     Document Type: Article

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