Computational design of host materials suitable for green-(deep) blue phosphors through effectively tuning the triplet energy while maintaining the ambipolar property

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 8420-8428

  Wu, Jie ^a,b   Kan, Yu He ^a,b   Wu, Yong ^a   Su, Zhong Min ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAIYIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER; ELECTRON-INJECTION PROPERTY; ELECTROSTATIC INDUCTION; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; INTRA-MOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFER; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS;

BRIDGES;

EID: 84876857342     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4008174     Document Type: Article

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