Improved light extraction efficiency in organic light emitting diodes with a perforated WO3 hole injection layer fabricated by use of colloidal lithography

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 102, 2012, Pages A309-A318

  Choi, Chung Sock ^a   Lee, Sung Min ^a   Lim, Myung Sub ^a   Choi, Kyung Cheol ^a   Kim, Donghyuk ^a   Jeon, Duk Young ^a   Yang, Youngjo ^a   Park, O Ok ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRON INJECTION; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; AZIMUTHAL ANGLE; BRAGG SCATTERING; COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY; EMISSION ANGLE; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HOLE INJECTION LAYERS; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; OPERATING VOLTAGE; POWER EFFICIENCY; RADIANT INTENSITIES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 84858967522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A309     Document Type: Article

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