Post-fabrication electric field and thermal treatment of polymer light emitting diodes and their photovoltaic properties

Organic Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Sevim, Ali Osman ^a   Mutlu, Senol ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

MEH PPV; PEDOT:PSS; Photovoltaic response; PLED; Post fabrication treatment in reverse bias

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FABRICATION; HEAT TREATMENT; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TIN OXIDES;

MEH-PPV; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOVOLTAIC RESPONSE; PLED; REVERSE BIAS;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 58049179026     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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