Enhanced brightness and efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes with an LiF in the Alq3

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 558-560

  Kim, Young Min ^a,b   Lee, Joo Won ^b   Jung, Jae Hoon ^c   Paek, Kyeong Kap ^d   Sung, Man Young ^a   Kim, Jai Kyeong ^b   Ju, Byeong Kwon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^d Daejin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carrier injection; Lithium fluoride (LiF); Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs); Recombination efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE; THIN FILMS;

BRIGHTNESS; CARRIER INJECTION; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; RECOMBINATION EFFICIENCY;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 33745653353     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2006.877302     Document Type: Article

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