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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, 5-1 Anam-dong, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
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IT Convergence Technology Research Department, ETRI, 218 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Deajeon 305-700, South Korea
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To improve optical properties of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), we developed a planarized moth-eye structure by ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL). The moth-eye pattern was fabricated on a glass substrate by
UV-NIL using AMONIL polymer resin. It contains nanoscaled, cone-shaped, periodic pattern arrays with a 250 nm
diameter and a 550 nm pitch. The glass substrate with the moth-eye structure exhibited a 1%2% improvement in
transmittance of visible wavelengths, but it requires a planarized layer with high-refractive-index materials. Photosensitive titanium precursor resin annealed by UV was used to improve the current efficiency by up to 26% versus
conventional OLEDs. 2013 Optical Society of America
OCIS codes: (160.6060) Solgel; (230.3670) Light-emitting diodes; (240.0240) Optics at surfaces; (310.6860) Thin films,
optical properties.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.003773
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by the International Collaborative Research and Development Program (N013500005) funded by the Ministry
of Knowledge Economy.
Figure 6(a) shows that, while some of the light generated from a conventional OLED escapes, a noticeable
amount is trapped in the glass substrate or transparent
anode electrode due to TIR caused by different reflective
index between glass substrate and AZO electrode. For
this reason, the outcoupling efficiency of the OLED
was decreased. On the other hand, the light outcoupling
efficiency of developed OLED having planarized motheye structure was improved because the generated photons suppressed at the interface can easily escape the device, as shown in Fig. 6(b) [25].
In conclusion, we have fabricated a moth-eye structure
on a glass substrate using a UV nanoimprint technique.
For the stable deposition of an AZO electrode, the planarization process was performed using TiO2 . The results
showed that the OLEDs with or without planarized
moth-eye structure exhibited similar JV characteristics.
In addition, the transmittance was improved by 1%2%,
with normal incident light in the visible range, due to
the antireflection properties. A design utilizing glass with
the moth-eye structure planarized by TiO2 solgel process
was applied to an OLED, which improved the current
efficiency by up to 26% when compared to a conventional OLED.
This research was supported by Nano-Material Technology Development Program through the National
Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
(2012M3A7B4035323). This research was also conducted
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