The Light Extraction Efficiency Enhancement in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Substrate Modifications

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The internal quantum efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) can reach values near to 100%. Due to the difference among the refractive indices of the substrate, anode, organic thin films, and the air, two wave-guiding phenomena arise in the anode/organic layers and substrate of the OLEDs. In this paper, the substrate modifications are developed to simulate the optical luminous field for OLEDs. Monte Carlo method was used to investigate enhancement of the external extraction efficiency, which is related to the total reflection inside the device by changing the structure of the substrate.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 605-607)

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2031-2034

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December 2012

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