Conductor grid optimization for luminance loss reduction in organic light emitting diodes

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Neyts, Kristiaan [1 ]
Real, Alfonso [1 ]
Marescaux, Matthias [1 ]
Mladenovski, Saso [1 ]
Beeckman, Jeroen [1 ]
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[1] Univ Ghent, ELIS, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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10.1063/1.2907960
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The recently increased efficiency of organic light emitting devices (OLED) brings lighting applications within reach. If the area of the OLED is of the order a cm(2), voltage and brightness losses related to the square resistance of the transparent electrode become important. The homogeneity of the voltage and brightness can be improved by contacting the transparent electrode from all edges and by adding a metallic grid to the transparent electrode. This grid should have narrow lines to minimize transmission losses and improve the total light emission from the OLED. The voltage losses in grids with different shapes (triangular, square, and hexagonal) are evaluated and the grid parameters are optimized to maximize the total light emission. It turns out that a hexagonal grid has lower loss than a square grid with the same line width. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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