Review
  • Optimization of Additives for Improving the Electrical Performance in Organic Optoelectronics Devices

  • Duho Jang, Dae Hwan Kim, Ji Eun Lee, and Yeong Don Park†

  • Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea

  • 유기광전자소자의 전기적 성능 향상을 위한 첨가제의 최적화

  • 장두호 · 김대환 · 이지은 · 박영돈†

  • 인천대학교 에너지화학공학과

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This Article

  • 2022; 46(4): 419-425

    Published online Jul 25, 2022

  • 10.7317/pk.2022.46.4.419
  • Received on Apr 29, 2022
  • Revised on Jun 9, 2022
  • Accepted on Jun 9, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Yeong Don Park

  • Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea

  • E-mail: ydpark@inu.ac.kr