Flexible and transparent metallic grid electrodes prepared by evaporative assembly

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12380-12387

  Park, Jae Hoon ^a   Lee, Dong Yun ^c   Kim, Young Hoon ^d   Kim, Jung Kyu ^a,b   Lee, Jung Heon ^a,b   Park, Jong Hyeok ^a,b   Lee, Tae Woo ^d   Cho, Jeong Ho ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

evaporative assembly; flow coating; metal grid electrode; organic electronic device; transparent electrode

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METALS; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; PLASTIC COATINGS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EVAPORATIVE DEPOSITION; METAL GRID; ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR (OFETS); ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES(OLEDS); ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84906242892     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502233y     Document Type: Article

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