title: Light extraction from organic light-emitting diodes for lighting applications by sand-blasting substrates.
abstract: Light extraction from organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) by scattering the light is one of the effective methods for large-area lighting applications. In this paper, we present a very simple and cost-effective method to rough the substrates and hence to scatter the light. By simply sand-blasting the edges and back-side surface of the glass substrates, a 20% improvement of forward efficiency has been demonstrated. Moreover, due to scattering effect, a constant color over all viewing angles and uniform light pattern with Lambertian distribution has been obtained. This simple and cost-effective method may be suitable for mass production of large-area OLEDs for lighting applications.
authors.affiliation: Center for Display Research, Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Shuming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hoi Sing
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kwok
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007909:Lenses; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055096:Optical Devices; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012666:Semiconductors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D012822:Silicon Dioxide