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Organic Semiconductor Electroluminescent Materials

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Chemistry ((LNC,volume 91))

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This chapter reviews the important progress made on small molecule electroluminescent materials used in organic light-emitting diode (OLED). In many cases we describe not only the material structures but also the properties associated with these materials, such as energy level, absorption and photoluminescence (PL) peaks, PL quantum yield, exciton life time, and so on. The performances of related devices are covered as well if they are available.

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He, G. (2015). Organic Semiconductor Electroluminescent Materials. In: Li, Y. (eds) Organic Optoelectronic Materials. Lecture Notes in Chemistry, vol 91. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16862-3_6

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