Organic Light Emitting Device (OLED) has a characteristics to change the electric energy into the light when the electric field is applied to the organic material. OLED is currently employed as a light source for the lighting tools because research ha...
Organic Light Emitting Device (OLED) has a characteristics to change the electric energy into the light when the electric field is applied to the organic material. OLED is currently employed as a light source for the lighting tools because research has progressed extensively the improvement of luminance and efficiency. OLED is widely used in the plate display device because of a simple manufacture process and high emitting efficiency.
In this dissertation, Alq3 was used as a material to emit the green light in the green OLED and TPD in the HTL(Hole Transportation Layer) was used for the harmonious transportation of Hole. Also, LiF metal was utilized for ETL(Electron Transportation Layer)
For the improvement of the emitting efficiency of green OLED, ITO surface was treated by using the RF plasma. Here, RF plasma power was changed to 25, 50, 100, and 200 W. Sheet resistance and surface roughness of ITO were measured after surface treatment. Sheet resistance of device treated with RF power of 25 W was 7.042 Ω/sq and surface roughness of device with RF power of 200 W was 2.438 nm. Green OLED was fabricated by using the substrate, which is ITO with surface treatment. Then, the electric and optical characteristics of green OLED were analyzed. The operating voltage was 5.5 V and luminance was 7,371 cd/m2 in case of RF power of 25 W. The measurement results were shown that the operating voltage was low because the work-function of ITO was increased when the sheet resistance of ITO was high. Here, the luminance and efficiency were enhanced by small surface roughness
Also, we have proposed an Index matching film to improve the emitting efficiency of green OLED. Here, SiO2 and TiO2 were selected Index matching film coating material. The structures of Index matching film were designed in Glass/TiO2/SiO2/ITO and SiO2/TiO2/Glass/ITO. Then, these materials were deposited by ion-assisted deposition system. Transmittances of deposited devices were 86.14 and 85.07 %, respectively. These results show that the proposed structure has higher transmittance than the conventional ITO device. Luminances of green OLED with Glass/TiO2/SiO2/ITO and SiO2/TiO2/Glass/ITO structure were 15,400 and 13,000 cd/m2, respectively, at the applied voltage of 13.5 V. The measured luminances were increased by 1.5 and 2 times, respectively, in comparison with green OLED with surface treatment(7,370 cd/m2). In addition, these results were enhanced by 4.7 and 6 times, respectively, in comparison with green OLED without surface treatment(2,570 cd/m2). These results show that Index matching films have an effect on the improvement of efficiency and luminance of green OLED.
In the research, we have proposed a novel encapsulation with simple process and steady film for external environment in comparison with conventional encapsulation method. This was designed to cover the emitting organic material from air. Silicon dioxide was used for thin film of encapsulation and the deposition thickness of the organic film was 220 nm. Operating voltage of green OLED with encapsulation was 5.5 V and luminance was 7.370 cd/m2 at the applied voltage of 14.5 V. Luminance was measured in 40 hour intervals at the air-exposed condition. After 400 hours, 1,000 hours, 1,600 hours and 2,000 hours, luminances of green OLED were 7,366, 7,200, 6,210 and 5,100 cd/m2, respectively.
Luminance of green OLED doesn't decrease until 2,000 hours. As a results, proposed encapsulation can increase the life time of green OLED.