Improving operating lifetime of organic light-emitting diodes with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as aggregating light-emitting-layer additives

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Jarikov, Viktor V ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES (EQE); LIGHT-EMITTING-LAYER (LEL); ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE TECHNOLOGY;

LUMINESCENCE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 33746210327     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2214535     Document Type: Article

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