Solution-Processed Blue/Deep Blue and White Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (PhOLEDs) Hosted by a Polysiloxane Derivative with Pendant mCP (1,3-bis(9-carbazolyl)benzene)

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 51, 2015, Pages 27989-27998

  Sun, Dianming ^a   Zhou, Xiaokang ^b   Liu, Junteng ^a   Sun, Xiaoli ^a   Li, Huihui ^a   Ren, Zhongjie ^a   Ma, Dongge ^b   Bryce, Martin R ^c   Yan, Shouke ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FIrpic; high triplet energy; orange phosphor; phosphorescent organic light emitting diode; polymeric host; polysiloxane

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CITRUS FRUITS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; GLASS TRANSITION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICONES;

BLUE AND WHITE PHOSPHORESCENT ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FIRPIC; HIGH TRIPLET ENERGIES; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES; PHOSPHORESCENT ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; POLYMERIC HOST; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 84930650713     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507592s     Document Type: Article

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