The electroluminescent decay mechanism of rare-earth ions in OLEDs based on a terbium complex

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1178-1180

  Liang, C J ^a   Choy, Wallace C H ^a   Huang, ChunHui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electroluminescent (EL) decay mechanism; Energy transfer; Exciton quenching; Rare earth (RE) organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENT DECAY MECHANISM; EXCITON QUENCHING;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EUROPIUM; EXCITONS; TERBIUM;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 34547137905     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.901599     Document Type: Article

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