Issue 21, 2021

Manipulation of the size of polystyrene spheres as the templates for internal light out-coupling structures of a white organic light-emitting diode

Abstract

Trapped light in an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) can be extracted through the construction of periodic structures on the substrates. However, these periodic structures can merely enhance the light emission of a specific wavelength, but not the white light for lighting application. In this work, indium tin oxide (ITO) with a corrugated structure is prepared by reactive ion etching of a polystyrene (PS) sphere matrix with diameters of 300 and 350 nm, which can apparently reduce the losses produced by the waveguide mode and surface plasmon polariton (SPP) mode in the RGB-based white OLED. The extractions of the waveguide mode and SPP mode are investigated theoretically and experimentally. This special corrugated ITO structure with the pitches of 300 and 350 nm, as an internal light out-coupling structure, is useful for the extraction of bluish green and red emission, respectively. More importantly, there are significant enhancements in both the current and power efficiencies of white OLEDs, and the CIE coordinates are located in the warm white region with different viewing angles. Using different weight ratios of the mixed PS spheres, the electroluminescent spectra of white OLEDs can be easily adjusted.

Graphical abstract: Manipulation of the size of polystyrene spheres as the templates for internal light out-coupling structures of a white organic light-emitting diode

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Mar 2021
Accepted
29 Apr 2021
First published
30 Apr 2021

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021,9, 6923-6929

Manipulation of the size of polystyrene spheres as the templates for internal light out-coupling structures of a white organic light-emitting diode

W. He, X. Dong, J. Zhou and M. Fung, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 6923 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC01137E

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