A Facile and Low-Cost Method to Enhance the Internal Quantum Yield and External Light-Extraction Efficiency for Flexible Light-Emitting Carbon-Dot Films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jiang, Z C ^a   Lin, T N ^a   Lin, H T ^a   Talite, M J ^a   Tzeng, T T ^a   Hsu, C L ^a   Chiu, K P ^a   Lin, C A J ^a   Shen, J L ^a   Yuan, C T ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84956676732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19991     Document Type: Article

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