Charge transport and sensitized 1.5 μm electroluminescence properties of full solution-processed NIR-OLED based on novel Er(III) fluorinated β-diketonate ternary complex

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10020-10030

  Martín Ramos, Pablo ^a   Coya, Carmen ^b   Álvarez, Ángel L ^b   Ramos Silva, Manuela ^c   Zaldo, Carlos ^d   Paixão, José A ^c   Chamorro Posada, Pedro ^a   Martín Gil, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLY(9 ,9-DIOCTYLFLUORENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); SOLUTION-PROCESSED; STEADY AND TRANSIENT;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGANDS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TIN OXIDES;

ERBIUM;

EID: 84878102661     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402174s     Document Type: Article

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