Highly efficient inverted polymer light-emitting diodes using surface modifications of ZnO layer

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lee, Bo Ram ^a   Jung, Eui Dae ^a   Park, Ji Sun ^b   Nam, Yun Seok ^a   Min, Sa Hoon ^a   Kim, Byeong Su ^a   Lee, Kyung Min ^c   Jeong, Jong Ryul ^c   Friend, Richard H ^d   Kim, Ji Seon ^e   Kim, Sang Ouk ^f   Song, Myoung Hoon ^a  

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

^b Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; MOLECULAR LAYER; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; SOLVENT; ZINC OXIDE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; SOLVENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DENSITY; ELECTRON; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMINANCE; LUMINESCENCE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; REFRACTION INDEX; SOLID STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84923363483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5840     Document Type: Article

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