Efficiency phosphorescent OLEDs with a low roll-off based on a hetero-triplet iridium complex

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 649-654

  Han, Liangliang ^a   Zhang, Dongyu ^b   Wang, Jun ^a   Lan, Zhenggang ^a   Yang, Renqiang ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

Author keywords

Efficiency roll off; Exciton density; Hetero triplet iridium complex; Heterocyclometalated iridium complex; OLED; Triplet triplet annihilation

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM; LIGANDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CURRENT EFFICIENCY; CYCLOMETALATED IRIDIUM COMPLEXES; DOPING CONCENTRATION; EXCITON DENSITY; IRIDIUM COMPLEX; OLED; PHOSPHORESCENT OLEDS; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ANNIHILATION;

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84924300013     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: 18733743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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