Flexible organic light-emitting diodes with ZnS/Ag/ZnO/Ag/WO3 multilayer electrode as a transparent anode

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2468-2475

  Yang, Dae Young ^a   Lee, Sung Min ^a   Jang, Woo Jae ^a   Choi, Kyung Cheol ^a  

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

Author keywords

Flexible electronics; Flexible organic light emitting diodes; Multilayer electrodes; Transparent electrodes

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CHARGE INJECTION; DIODES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTRON INJECTION; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MULTILAYERS; SILVER; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ELECTROLUMINESCENT PROPERTIES; FLEXIBLE ORGANIC LIGHT - EMITTING DIODES; HOLE INJECTION LAYERS; HOLE INJECTION PROPERTY; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; MULTILAYER ELECTRODES; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 84926365722     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.06.021     Document Type: Article

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