Blue and blue-green light-emitting cationic iridium complexes: Synthesis, characterization, and optoelectronic properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 7741-7751

  Sunesh, Chozhidakath Damodharan ^a   Shanmugasundaram, Kanagaraj ^a   Subeesh, Madayanad Suresh ^a   Chitumalla, Ramesh Kumar ^a   Jang, Joonkyung ^a   Choe, Youngson ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

electroluminescence; iridium complexes; light emitting electrochemical cells; pyrazole; thin film

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GREEN MANUFACTURING; LIGANDS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; PYRIDINE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CATIONIC IRIDIUM COMPLEXES; CURRENT EFFICIENCY; CYCLOMETALATING LIGAND; IRIDIUM COMPLEX; LIGHT-EMITTING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PYRAZOLES; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT;

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84927918922     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00875     Document Type: Article

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