Efficient hybrid white organic light-emitting diodes with extremely long lifetime: The effect of n-type interlayer

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Liu, Baiquan ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Xu, Miao ^a   Tao, Hong ^a   Zou, Jianhua ^a   Gao, Dongyu ^b   Lan, Linfeng ^a   Ning, Honglong ^a   Peng, Junbiao ^a   Cao, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b New Vision Opto Electronic Technology Co Ltd   (China)

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EID: 84935883149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07198     Document Type: Article

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