Efficient and rigorous modeling of light emission in planar multilayer organic light-emitting diodes

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-117

  Chen, Xue Wen ^b,c   Choy, Wallace C H ^b   He, Sailing ^a,c,d  

^a IEEE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JORCEP   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; External quantum efficiency; Microcavities; Optimization; Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs)

Indexed keywords

CHARGE GENERATING LAYER; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATIVE DECAY RATE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROCAVITIES; MULTILAYERS; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 34249287034     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2007.894382     Document Type: Article

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