Improved emission efficiency of electroluminescent device containing nc-Si/SiO2 multilayers by using nano-patterned substrate

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 917-922

  Chen, Deyuan ^a,b   Liu, Yu ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Wei, Deyuan ^a   Sun, Hongcheng ^a   Xu, Ling ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Chen, Kunji ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; EXTRACTION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LITHOGRAPHY; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; MULTILAYERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

CARRIER INJECTION; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES; EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; EMISSION LIGHT; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; FLAT SUBSTRATES; NANOCONE; NANOCRYSTALLINES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; SI SUBSTRATES; TURN ON VOLTAGE;

SUBSTRATES;

NANOMATERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 75249102530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000917     Document Type: Article

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