Improving the graphene electrode performance in ultra-violet light emitting diode using silver nanowire networks

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 314-322

  Seo, Tae Hoon ^a   Park, Ah Hyun ^b   Park, Sungchan ^a   Chandramohan, S ^b   Lee, Gun Hee ^b   Kim, Myung Jong ^a   Hong, Chang Hee ^b   Suh, Eun Kyung ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; LIGHT; NANOWIRES; SILVER; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

CURRENT SPREADING; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; GRAPHENE ELECTRODES; ITS APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; SILVER NANOWIRES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84921795915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.5.000314     Document Type: Article

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