n‐Doping electron‐transport layers (ETLs) increases their conductivity and improves electron injection into organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs). Because of the low electron affinity and large bandgaps of ETLs used in green and blue OLEDs, n‐doping has been notoriously more difficult for these materials. In this work, n‐doping of the polymer poly[(9,9‐dioctylfluorene‐2,7‐diyl)‐
- PAR ID:
- 10227509
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 12
- ISSN:
- 2050-7526
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 4105 to 4111
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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