Novel "hot exciton" blue fluorophores for high performance fluorescent/phosphorescent hybrid white organic light-emitting diodes with superhigh phosphorescent dopant concentration and improved efficiency roll-off

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 7869-7877

  Ouyang, Xinhua ^a   Li, Xiang Long ^b   Ai, Ling ^a   Mi, Dongbo ^a   Ge, Ziyi ^a   Su, Shi Jian ^b  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

hot exciton blue fluorophores; hybrid white organic light emitting diodes; improved efficiency roll off; superhigh phosphorescent dopant concentration

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DIODES; EFFICIENCY; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHORES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOSPHORESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

BLUE FLUOROPHORE; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HYBRID WHITE ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; IMPROVED EFFICIENCY ROLL-OFF; INTER-SYSTEM CROSSINGS; PHOSPHORESCENT DOPANT; SINGLE EMISSIVE LAYERS; SINGLET EXCITED STATE;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 84928553282     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5081106     Document Type: Article

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