Optical Enhancement in Optoelectronic Devices Using Refractive Index Grading Layers

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• 作者：Illhwan Lee ; Jae Yong Park ; Seungo Gim ; Kisoo Kim ; Sang-Hwan Cho ; Chung Sock Choi ; Seung-Yong Song ; Jong-Lam Lee
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 10, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：5
• 页码：3326-3332
• 全文大小：489K
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

We enhanced the optical transmittance of a multilayer barrier film by inserting a refractive index grading layer (RIGL). The result indicates that the Fresnel reflection, induced by the difference of refractive indices between Si_xN_y and SiO₂, is reduced by the RIGL. To eliminate the Fresnel reflection while maintaining high transmittance, the optimized design of grading structures with the RIGL was conducted using an optical simulator. With the RIGL, we achieved averaged transmittance in the visible wavelength region by 89.6%. It is found that the optimized grading structure inserting the multilayer barrier film has a higher optical transmittance (89.6%) in the visible region than that of a no grading sample (82.6%). Furthermore, luminance is enhanced by 14.5% (from 10?190 to 11?670 cd m^–2 at 30 mA cm^–2) when the grading structure is applied to organic light-emitting diodes. Finally, the results offer new opportunities in development of multilayer barrier films, which assist industrialization of very cost-effective flexible organic electronic devices.