Alkali metal salts doped pluronic block polymers as electron injection/transport layers for high performance polymer light-emitting diodes

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 766-771

  Zhang, Kai ^a   Liu, Shengjian ^a   Guan, Xing ^a   Duan, Chunhui ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Zhong, Chengmei ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Huang, Fei ^a   Cao, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

alkali metal salts; doping; electron transport layer; polymer light emitting diodes; water alcohol soluble polymer

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL SALTS; DOPING CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; EMISSION LAYERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMER; LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY; PHENYLENEVINYLENE; PLURONIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; PLURONICS; POLYMER LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; SOLUBLE POLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; POLYMERS; SALTS;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 84862783160     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-012-4530-0     Document Type: Article

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