High-efficiency quantum-dot light-emitting devices with enhanced charge injection

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 407-412

  Mashford, Benjamin S ^a   Stevenson, Matthew ^a   Popovic, Zoran ^a   Hamilton, Charles ^a   Zhou, Zhaoqun ^a   Breen, Craig ^a   Steckel, Jonathan ^a   Bulovic, Vladimir ^b   Bawendi, Moungi ^c   Coe Sullivan, Seth ^a   Kazlas, Peter T ^a  

^a QD Vision Inc   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; LOW OPERATING VOLTAGE; LUMINOUS POWER EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID DEVICES; QUANTUM DOT EMITTERS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CURRENT DENSITY; EFFICIENCY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUMINANCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ZINC OXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84877575271     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.70     Document Type: Article

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