Carbon nanotube modified electrodes for enhanced brightness in organic light emitting devices

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4211-4217

  Inigo, A R ^a   Underwood, J M ^a   Silva, S R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT INJECTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY BAND; HOLE INJECTION; HOLE INJECTION BUFFER LAYERS; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; OPERATING VOLTAGE; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTRA; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES;

BUFFER LAYERS; ELECTRON INJECTION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINANCE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 79961020720     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.05.053     Document Type: Article

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