Dual enhancement of electroluminescence efficiency and operational stability by rapid upconversion of triplet excitons in OLEDs

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 8429-

  Furukawa, Taro ^a   Nakanotani, Hajime ^a   Inoue, Munetomo ^a   Adachi, Chihaya ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84923166582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08429     Document Type: Article

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