Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes on Flexible Substrate With Patterned Inverted Conical Structure

The total internal reflection effect in conventional electroluminescent devices causes a large amount of light energy to be trapped in devices and induces heat energy that adversely affects the performance of the device. To enhance the light outcoupling efficiency without sacrificing the electrical...

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Main Authors: Yi-Jun Wang, Jian-Gang Lu, Han-Ping D. Shieh
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Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7360111/
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description The total internal reflection effect in conventional electroluminescent devices causes a large amount of light energy to be trapped in devices and induces heat energy that adversely affects the performance of the device. To enhance the light outcoupling efficiency without sacrificing the electrical properties, a patterned inverted conical (PIC) structure fabricated by a focused femtosecond laser on a flexible substrate was demonstrated. Compared with the conventional flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED), the OLED with the PIC structure exhibited a current efficiency increase of a factor of 2.6 with no emission spectrum altered. In addition, the flexible OLED with PIC substrate can avoid the mirror reflection effect under the strong ambient light for a better visual experience. This highly effective method is compatible with the current device fabrication process and is applicable for full-color OLED display and lighting.
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spelling doaj-art-b60684b35a0a40f199f616d791d45d182025-08-20T03:30:56ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552016-01-01811810.1109/JPHOT.2015.25098627360111Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes on Flexible Substrate With Patterned Inverted Conical StructureYi-Jun Wang0Jian-Gang Lu1Han-Ping D. Shieh2National Engineering Lab for TFT-LCD Materials and Technologies, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaNational Engineering Lab for TFT-LCD Materials and Technologies, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaNational Engineering Lab for TFT-LCD Materials and Technologies, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaThe total internal reflection effect in conventional electroluminescent devices causes a large amount of light energy to be trapped in devices and induces heat energy that adversely affects the performance of the device. To enhance the light outcoupling efficiency without sacrificing the electrical properties, a patterned inverted conical (PIC) structure fabricated by a focused femtosecond laser on a flexible substrate was demonstrated. Compared with the conventional flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED), the OLED with the PIC structure exhibited a current efficiency increase of a factor of 2.6 with no emission spectrum altered. In addition, the flexible OLED with PIC substrate can avoid the mirror reflection effect under the strong ambient light for a better visual experience. This highly effective method is compatible with the current device fabrication process and is applicable for full-color OLED display and lighting.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7360111/Micro-optical devicesoptoelectronicsmicrostructure fabrication
spellingShingle Yi-Jun Wang
Jian-Gang Lu
Han-Ping D. Shieh
Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes on Flexible Substrate With Patterned Inverted Conical Structure
IEEE Photonics Journal
Micro-optical devices
optoelectronics
microstructure fabrication
title Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes on Flexible Substrate With Patterned Inverted Conical Structure
title_full Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes on Flexible Substrate With Patterned Inverted Conical Structure
title_fullStr Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes on Flexible Substrate With Patterned Inverted Conical Structure
title_full_unstemmed Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes on Flexible Substrate With Patterned Inverted Conical Structure
title_short Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes on Flexible Substrate With Patterned Inverted Conical Structure
title_sort efficiency enhancement of organic light emitting diodes on flexible substrate with patterned inverted conical structure
topic Micro-optical devices
optoelectronics
microstructure fabrication
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7360111/
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