Graphene and mobile ions: The key to all-plastic, solution-processed light-emitting devices

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 637-642

  Matyba, Piotr ^a   Yamaguchi, Hisato ^b   Eda, Goki ^b,d   Chhowalla, Manish ^b,d   Edman, Ludvig ^a   Robinson, Nathaniel D ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; Grapheme; Light emitting device; Light emitting electrochemical cell; Polymer

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CARBON BASED MATERIALS; ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING; GRAPHENES; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; LIGHT EMITTING LAYERS; LIGHT EMITTING POLYMER; LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE; LIGHT-EMITTING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL; LOW-VOLTAGE; METAL ELECTRODES; MOBILE IONS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; PROCESSABLE; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; TRANSPARENT ANODES; TRANSPARENT CATHODE; ULTRA-THIN;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); PLASTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

LIGHT;

CARBON; ELECTROLYTE; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CARBON; ELECTROLYTES; LIGHT; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 77649108112     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9018569     Document Type: Conference Paper

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