Recent progress in the understanding of exciton dynamics within phosphorescent OLEDs

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 209, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2341-2353

  Reineke, Sebastian ^a   Baldo, Marc A ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transfer state; efficiency roll off; exciton dynamics; extrafluorescence; fluorescence; intersystem crossing; OLED; organic light emitting devices; phosphorescence; quantum yield; spin mixing; thermally activated

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; EXCITON DYNAMICS; EXTRAFLUORESCENCE; INTERSYSTEM CROSSING; OLED; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES; SPIN-MIXING; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYNAMICS; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTONS; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84871185546     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201228292     Document Type: Review

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