Fabrication and characterization of WO3/Ag/WO3 multilayer transparent anode with solution-processed WO3 for polymer light-emitting diodes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jeon, Kangmin ^a   Youn, Hongseok ^a   Kim, Seongbeom ^a   Shin, Seongbeom ^a   Yang, Minyang ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multilayer; Polymer light emitting diodes; Transparent anode

Indexed keywords

ANODES; DIODES; FABRICATION; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILVER; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); OPTICAL SIMULATION; POLYMER LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; TRANSPARENT ANODES;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 84864024742     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-253     Document Type: Article

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