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Improved out-coupling efficiency of organic light emitting diodes fabricated on a TiO2 planarization layer with embedded Si oxide nanostructures

  • Young Hoon Sung
  • , Pil Hoon Jung
  • , Kyung Hoon Han
  • , Yang Doo Kim
  • , Jang Joo Kim
  • , Heon Lee*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    In order to increase the out-coupling efficiency of organic light emitting diodes, conical Si oxide nanostructures were formed on a glass substrate using nanoimprint lithography with hydrogen silsesquioxane. Then, the substrate was planarized with TiO2 nanoparticles. Since TiO2 nanoparticles have a higher refractive index than Si oxide, the surface of substrate is physically flat, but optically undulated in a manner that enables optical scattering and suppression of total internal reflection. Subsequently, OLEDs formed on a substrate with nanostructured Si oxide and a TiO2 planarization layer exhibit a 25% increase in out-coupling efficiency by suppressing total internal reflection.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)828-832
    Number of pages5
    JournalOptical Materials
    Volume72
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017 Oct

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by the Pioneer Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning ( NRF-2013M3C1A3063597 ). This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Korea government(MSIP) ( 2016R1A2B3015400 ). This research was supported by LG Innotek KoreaUniversity Nano-Photonics Program.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2017

    Keywords

    • Light extraction
    • Nanoimprint
    • OLED
    • Refractive index
    • TiO

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • General Computer Science
    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    • Spectroscopy
    • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    • Organic Chemistry
    • Inorganic Chemistry
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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