Simple structured hybrid WOLEDs based on incomplete energy transfer mechanism: From blue exciplex to orange dopant

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Tianyou ^a,b   Zhao, Bo ^a,b   Chu, Bei ^a   Li, Wenlian ^a   Su, Zisheng ^a   Yan, Xingwu ^a,b   Liu, Chengyuan ^a,b   Wu, Hairuo ^a,b   Gao, Yuan ^a,b   Jin, Fangming ^a,b   Hou, Fuhua ^a,b  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84929353054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10234     Document Type: Article

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