A carbon nanotube composite as an electron-transport layer in organic light-emitting diodes

Author

Fournet, P. ; Kobayashi, Takehiko ; Coleman, J.N. ; O´Brien, D.F. ; Lahr, B. ; Drury, A. ; Horhold, H.-H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Trinity Coll., Dublin, Ireland

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

35

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have fabricated organic light-emitting diodes using carbon nanotube composites as an electron-transport layer and achieved a significant increase in brightness. Our study has demonstrated that carbon nanotubes can be used as functional part in organic devices.

Keywords

brightness; carbon nanotubes; composite materials; conducting polymers; light emitting diodes; C; brightness; carbon nanotube composite; conjugated polymer emissive layer; current density; electron-transport layer; hole-transport material; luminance; nanotube mass ratio; nanotube powder; organic light-emitting diodes; photoluminescence; polymer-coated nanotubes; selective interaction; Carbon nanotubes; Carrier confinement; Conductivity; Impurities; Laser modes; Optical waveguides; Organic light emitting diodes; Polymers; Powders; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947429

Filename

947429