High contrast flexible organic light emitting diodes under ambient light without sacrificing luminous efficiency

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 826-832

  Kim, Sei Yong ^a   Lee, Jeong Hwan ^a   Lee, Jae Hyun ^a   Kim, Jang Joo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flexible; High contrast OLEDs; High luminous efficiency

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; REFLECTION;

ANTI REFLECTION; CATHODE STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; FLEXIBLE; FLEXIBLE ORGANIC LIGHT - EMITTING DIODES; HIGH CONTRAST; HIGH CONTRAST RATIO; LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 84862811581     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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