Flexible organic light-emitting diodes for solid-state lighting

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Park, Min Ho ^a   Han, Tae Hee ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^a   Jeong, Su Hun ^a   Lee, Yeongjun ^a   Seo, Hong Kyu ^a   Cho, Himchan ^a   Lee, Tae Woo ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

flexible electrode; flexible encapsulation; flexible substrate; organic light emitting diode lighting

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHTING; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRODE MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES; FLEXIBLE ORGANIC LIGHT - EMITTING DIODES; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; LOW DRIVING VOLTAGE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 84937820820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JPE.5.053599     Document Type: Article

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