Optimization of the efficacy and angle dependence of emission of top-emissive organic light-emitting diodes on metal foils

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rooms, Harmen ^a   Hermes, Dorothee ^a   Harkema, Stephan ^a   Tanase, Cristina ^b   Mol, Ton Van ^a   Blom, Paul W M ^a   Wilsona, Joanne ^a  

^a HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flexible organic light emitting diodes; Foil roughness; Lighting; Metal foil; Microcavity; Signage; Stainless steel; Thin film encapsulation; Top emissive organic light emitting diodes; Transparent cathode

Indexed keywords

ANGLE DEPENDENCE; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; DEVICE STRUCTURES; FLEXIBLE DEVICE; FLEXIBLE ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LAMBERTIAN; LAYER THICKNESS; METAL FOIL SUBSTRATES; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; OPTICAL MODELING; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES(OLEDS); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; SIGNAGE; SUBSTRATE REFLECTIVITY; THIN FILM ENCAPSULATION; TRANSPARENT CATHODE;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; LIGHTING; MICROCAVITIES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); STAINLESS STEEL; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

METAL FOIL;

EID: 84870593536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3590937     Document Type: Article

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