Stacked inverted top-emitting green electrophosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes on glass and flexible glass substrates

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2418-2423

  Knauer, Keith A ^a   Najafabadi, Ehsan ^a   Haske, Wojciech ^a   Gaj, Michael P ^a   Davis, Kendall C ^a   Fuentes Hernandez, Canek ^a   Carrasco, Ulises ^a   Kippelen, Bernard ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophosphorescent; Flexible glass; Green; Inverted; Organic light emitting diode; Stacked

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GLASS; LUMINANCE; PHOSPHORESCENCE; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTROPHOSPHORESCENT; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GREEN; HIGH CURRENTS; INVERTED; INVERTED TOP-EMITTING; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES(OLEDS); STACKED;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 84885449602     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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