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Effect of the Hole Injection Layer Conductivity on the Performance of Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes

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Thus, our results show that the performance of PLEDs can be significantly enhanced by simple modification of the conductivity of polymer HILs using low-cost and solution-processed organic dopant molecules.

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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2018R1A6A1A03026005 and 2019R1I1A3A01056075).

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  1. RIPE and 3D Printing, Hanbat National University, 34158, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Gunel Huseynova

  2. Department of Creative Convergence Engineering, Hanbat National University, Daejeon, 34158, Republic of Korea

    Jae-Min Yoo, Baeksang Sung, Seung-Hoon Lee, Jangwon Lee, Seung Wan Woo, Jae-Hyun Lee & Jonghee Lee

  3. Department of Smart Green Technology Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, Republic of Korea

    Yong Hyun Kim

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Huseynova, G., Yoo, JM., Sung, B. et al. Effect of the Hole Injection Layer Conductivity on the Performance of Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes. Electron. Mater. Lett. 17, 331–339 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13391-021-00290-z

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