Optimization of silver nanowire networks for polymer light emitting diode electrodes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Coskun, Sahin ^a   Selen Ates, Elif ^a   Emrah Unalan, Husnu ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LOW TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; PLANARIZATION; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYMER LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; SILVER NANOWIRES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIN OXIDES;

SILVER;

EID: 84874887421     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/12/125202     Document Type: Article

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