Organic light-emitting diodes with hydrogenated In-doped ZnO thin films as transparent conductive electrodes

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1674-1681

  Park, Young Ran ^a   Kim, Young Sung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARGON; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; HYDROGENOLYSIS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INERT GASES; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METALLIZING; NONMETALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; THICK FILMS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES; CONTROL DEVICES; HYDROGEN GASES; MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY (MRS); MAXIMUM LUMINANCE; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLEDS); POWER EFFICIENCIES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE (ST); TIN-DOPED INDIUM OXIDE (ITO); ZNO THIN FILMS;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 48949117345     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0207     Document Type: Article

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