Progress in small-molecule luminescent materials for organic light-emitting diodes

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 907-915

  Yu, Tiancheng ^a   Liu, Linlin ^a   Xie, Zengqi ^a   Ma, Yuguang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

delayed fluorescence; fluorescence; hybridized local and charge transfer state; organic light emitting diodes; phosphorescence; small molecular luminescent materials

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COSTS; DIODES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; QUENCHING;

AGGREGATION-INDUCED EMISSIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; DELAYED FLUORESCENCE; ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES(OLEDS); PHOSPHORESCENT MATERIAL;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 84930087945     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: 18691870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-015-5409-7     Document Type: Review

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