Over 40 cd/A efficient green quantum dot electroluminescent device comprising uniquely large-sized quantum dots

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4893-4901

  Lee, Ki Heon ^a   Lee, Jeong Hoon ^a   Kang, Hee Don ^a   Park, Byoungnam ^a   Kwon, Yongwoo ^a   Ko, Heejoo ^b   Lee, Changho ^b   Lee, Jonghyuk ^b   Yang, Heesun ^a  

^a Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Display Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

current efficiency; electroluminescence; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

AUGER RECOMBINATION; COMPOSITION GRADIENT; CURRENT EFFICIENCY; EFFECTIVE SUPPRESSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84901660051     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn500852g     Document Type: Article

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