Multiscale Micro鈥揘ano Nested Structures: Engineered Surface Morphology for Efficient Light Escaping in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

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• 作者：Lei Zhou ; Xiaoxuan Dong ; Yun Zhou ; Wenming Su ; Xiaolian Chen ; Yufu Zhu ; Su Shen
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 9, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：48
• 页码：26989-26998
• 全文大小：593K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Various micro-to-nanometer scale structures are extremely attractive for light escaping in organic light-emitting diodes. To develop and optimize such structures, an innovative approach was demonstrated for the first time to fabricate multiscale micro鈥搉ano nested structures by photolithography with a well-designed mask pattern followed by a controllable thermal reflow process. The experimental and theoretical characterizations verify that these unique nested structures hold the capability of light concentration, noticeable low haze, and efficient antireflection. As a proof-of-concept, the incorporation of this pattern onto the glass substrate efficiently facilitates light escaping from the device, resulting in current efficiency 1.60 times and external quantum efficiency 1.63 times that of a control flat device, respectively. Moreover, compared to a hexagonally arranged microlens array and quasi-random biomimetic moth eye nanostructures, the nested structures proposed here can magically tune the spatial emission profile to comply with the Lambertian radiation pattern. Hence, this novel structure is expected to be of great potential in related ubiquitous optoelectronic applications and provide scientific inspiration to other novel multiscale micro鈥搉anostructure research.