Controlling bucking structure by UV/ozone treatment for light extraction from organic light emitting diodes

Won Hoe Koo, Samyul Boo, Soon Moon Jeong, Suzushi Nishimura, Fumito Araoka, Ken Ishikawa, Takehiro Toyooka, Hideo Takezoe

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Abstract

We describe a simple and effective method to control the periodicity of the buckling structure by thermal evaporation and ultraviolet/ozone (UVO) treatment so as to effectively extract the waveguide modes in organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, inferring an underlying buckling mechanism. The periodicity of the buckles decreased from 460 to 300 nm with the UVO treatment time, shifting the emission wavelength showing the highest enhancement ratio toward the shorter wavelengths in the device with buckles. We exemplified the outcoupling characteristics of the waveguide modes by the buckles with different periodicities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1177-1183
Number of pages7
JournalOrganic Electronics
Volume12
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2011

Keywords

  • Buckle
  • Extraction
  • OLED
  • Ultraviolet/ozone treatment
  • Waveguide

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