Patterned OLEDs: effect of substrate corrugation pitch and height
Abstract
Abstract An ongoing OLED challenge is cost-effective enhancement of light extraction, i.e., increasing the external quantum efficiency ( EQE ∼20% in conventional devices). OLEDs on corrugated substrates often show enhanced EQE s providing insight into light emission processes. In particular, patterned plastic substrates directly imprinted easily at room temperature and amenable to low-cost R2R production are ideal for studying/optimizing various structures, further elucidating the extraction process. We show new semi-quantitative data of the effect of the pitch ( a ) and height/depth ( h ) of plastic substrate patterns on the OLEDs’ stack and EQE , focusing on new designs, interestingly, some showing surprisingly enhanced EQE s that were neither reported nor discussed before. These includ e : ( i ) shallow ( h < 200 nm) convex polycarbonate with a ∼ 750 versus ∼400 nm, where the h gradually decreases as the OLED stack is built and ( ii ) concave PET/CAB with large a (∼2.8 and ∼7.8 μ m), where the EQE enhancement of conformal OLEDs may be due largely to scattering. EQE s of green, blue, and white phosphorescent OLEDs were measured. OLEDs on substrates with narrow a ∼ 400 nm and low h < 200 nmmore »
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- Research Org.:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2203952
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 2202490; OSTI ID: 2216903
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-11,196
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-8949
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0007621; AC02-05CH11231; EE0008724; AC02-07CH11358, EE0007621
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physica Scripta
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physica Scripta Journal Volume: 98 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-8949
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- Sweden
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; OLEDs; plastic patterned substrates; outcoupling; scattering; solid state lighting
Citation Formats
Dykstra, Erik, Kaudal, Rajiv, Fralaide, Michael, Zhang, Yu, Biswas, Rana, Slafer, W. Dennis, Shinar, Joseph, and Shinar, Ruth. Patterned OLEDs: effect of substrate corrugation pitch and height. Sweden: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1088/1402-4896/ad03cc.
Dykstra, Erik, Kaudal, Rajiv, Fralaide, Michael, Zhang, Yu, Biswas, Rana, Slafer, W. Dennis, Shinar, Joseph, & Shinar, Ruth. Patterned OLEDs: effect of substrate corrugation pitch and height. Sweden. https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ad03cc
Dykstra, Erik, Kaudal, Rajiv, Fralaide, Michael, Zhang, Yu, Biswas, Rana, Slafer, W. Dennis, Shinar, Joseph, and Shinar, Ruth. Fri .
"Patterned OLEDs: effect of substrate corrugation pitch and height". Sweden. https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ad03cc.
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title = {Patterned OLEDs: effect of substrate corrugation pitch and height},
author = {Dykstra, Erik and Kaudal, Rajiv and Fralaide, Michael and Zhang, Yu and Biswas, Rana and Slafer, W. Dennis and Shinar, Joseph and Shinar, Ruth},
abstractNote = {Abstract An ongoing OLED challenge is cost-effective enhancement of light extraction, i.e., increasing the external quantum efficiency ( EQE ∼20% in conventional devices). OLEDs on corrugated substrates often show enhanced EQE s providing insight into light emission processes. In particular, patterned plastic substrates directly imprinted easily at room temperature and amenable to low-cost R2R production are ideal for studying/optimizing various structures, further elucidating the extraction process. We show new semi-quantitative data of the effect of the pitch ( a ) and height/depth ( h ) of plastic substrate patterns on the OLEDs’ stack and EQE , focusing on new designs, interestingly, some showing surprisingly enhanced EQE s that were neither reported nor discussed before. These includ e : ( i ) shallow ( h < 200 nm) convex polycarbonate with a ∼ 750 versus ∼400 nm, where the h gradually decreases as the OLED stack is built and ( ii ) concave PET/CAB with large a (∼2.8 and ∼7.8 μ m), where the EQE enhancement of conformal OLEDs may be due largely to scattering. EQE s of green, blue, and white phosphorescent OLEDs were measured. OLEDs on substrates with narrow a ∼ 400 nm and low h < 200 nm s h owed no enhancement, resembling flat devices. In contrast, OLEDs on substrates with comparable or smaller h , but larger a ∼ 750 nm show signific a nt EQE enhancement despite h reduction across the stack. Green OLEDs with a ∼ 750 nm and h ∼ 160 to ∼180 nm, showed EQE s ∼30%, reaching ∼58% with substrate mode extraction. Surprisingly, fully conformal OLEDs on a PET/CAB substrate with a ∼ 7.8 μ m showed blue a nd white EQE s reaching ∼33%, without substrate mode extraction. The enhancing patterns increase the OLEDs’ EQE by reducing surface plasmon excitation and internal waveguiding. The experimental results for OLEDs on substrates with a < 2 μ m are supported by scattering matrix simulations that assume conformal stacks, incorporating diffraction for internal losses reduction. EQE enhancement not predicted by simulations may be due additionally to scattering mostly for substrates with a signific a ntly larger than the emitting wavelength.},
doi = {10.1088/1402-4896/ad03cc},
journal = {Physica Scripta},
number = 11,
volume = 98,
place = {Sweden},
year = {Fri Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Fri Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ad03cc
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