Strategy for designing electron donors for thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1291-1297

  Shizu, Katsuyuki ^a,b,c   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Uejima, Motoyuki ^b   Sato, Tohru ^b   Tanaka, Kazuyoshi ^b   Kaji, Hironori ^b   Adachi, Chihaya ^a,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING UNITS; ELECTRON-DONATING ABILITY; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; SINGLET-TRIPLET ENERGY GAP; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; THERMALLY ACTIVATED DELAYED FLUORESCENCES;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84921465803     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511061t     Document Type: Article

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