Charge transport in light emitting devices based on colloidal quantum dots and a solution-processed nickel oxide layer

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 7286-7291

  Nguyen, Huu Tuan ^a,b   Jeong, Huiseong ^a   Park, Ji Yong ^a   Ahn, Y H ^a   Lee, Soonil ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

CdSe ZnS quantum dot LED; nickel oxide; Poole Frenkel emission mechanism; Poole Frenkel mobility; space charge limited current

Indexed keywords

BIAS VOLTAGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOL-GELS;

CDSE/ZNS; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POOLE-FRENKEL; POOLE-FRENKEL EMISSION; SPACE CHARGE LIMITED CURRENTS; SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED CURRENT;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 84901659730     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500593a     Document Type: Article

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