Enhanced light output power of near UV light emitting diodes with graphene / indium tin oxide nanodot nodes for transparent and current spreading electrode

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 23111-23117

  Seo, Tae Hoon ^a   Lee, Kang Jea ^a   Park, Ah Hyun ^a   Hong, Chang Hee ^a   Suh, Eun Kyung ^a   Chae, Seung Jin ^b   Lee, Young Hee ^b   Cuong, Tran Viet ^c   Pham, Viet Hung ^c   Chung, Jin Suk ^c   Kim, Eui Jung ^c   Jeon, Seong Ran ^d  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^d Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; GRAPHENE; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

CURRENT SPREADING; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LIGHT OUTPUT POWER; NANODOTS; NEAR ULTRAVIOLET; TEXTURING EFFECT; UV EMISSIONS;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 80755143324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023111     Document Type: Article

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