Phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes with outstanding external quantum efficiency using dinuclear rhenium complexes as dopants

Advanced Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2054-2058

  Mauro, Matteo ^a   Yang, Cheng Han ^a   Shin, Chin Yao ^b   Panigati, Monica ^c   Chang, Chih Hao ^b   D'Alfonso, Giuseppe ^c   De Cola, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

diazines; electroluminescence; organic light emitting diodes; rhenium complexes; triplet emitters

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL COMPLEXES; DIAZINES; DINUCLEAR; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PHOTOPHYSICAL; RHENIUM COMPLEXES; TRIPLET EMITTER;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RHENIUM;

RHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

LUMINESCENT AGENT; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RHENIUM;

EID: 84859720141     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104831     Document Type: Article

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