Evidence for holes beyond the recombination zone and trions in the electron transport layer of organic light-emitting diodes

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Ying ^a   Cai, Min ^a   Hellerich, Emily ^a   Liu, Rui ^a   Gan, Zhengqing ^a   Shinar, Ruth ^b   Shinar, Joseph ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence detected magnetic resonance; Holes beyond the recombination zone; Optically detected magnetic resonance; Photoinduced absorption detected magnetic resonance; Photoluminescence detected magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

EL SPIKES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; MOLECULAR ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; OPTICALLY DETECTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTO-INDUCED; RECOMBINATION ZONES; SPECIFIC MATERIALS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84868383030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3569107     Document Type: Article

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