Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 14, Issue 4, 491(2021)

Improved stability of blue TADF organic electroluminescentdiodes via OXD-7 based mixed host

Weiguang LI1,2, Jie TANG1,2, Yanqiong ZHENG1、*, Junbiao PENG3, Jianhua ZHANG1, Bin WEI1, and Xifeng LI1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and System Applications of Ministry of Education, School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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    Weiguang LI, Jie TANG, Yanqiong ZHENG, Junbiao PENG, Jianhua ZHANG, Bin WEI, Xifeng LI. Improved stability of blue TADF organic electroluminescentdiodes via OXD-7 based mixed host[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2021, 14(4): 491

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    Paper Information

    Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE

    Received: Jul. 14, 2020

    Accepted: Oct. 22, 2020

    Published Online: Jan. 10, 2022

    The Author Email: Yanqiong ZHENG (zhengyanqiong@shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-020-1069-0

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