Color-stable, ITO-free white organic light-emitting diodes with enhanced efficiency using solution-processed transparent electrodes and optical outcoupling layers

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1028-1034

  Chang, Hong Wei ^a,b   Kim, Yong Hyun ^a,c   Lee, Jonghee ^a,d   Hofmann, Simone ^a   Lüssem, Björn ^a   Müller Meskamp, Lars ^a   Gather, Malte C ^a,e   Leo, Karl ^a   Wu, Chung Chih ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^d Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conducting polymer; OLEDs; Optical outcoupling; Transparent electrode

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; EFFICIENCY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); TEMPERATURE;

EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; OLEDS; OPTICAL OUTCOUPLING; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; WHITE ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

EID: 84896346147     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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