US20130328029A1 - Microcavity OLEDS for Lighting - Google Patents
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- a broadband light source can be used to provide good quality lighting having a lighting spectrum that resembles natural sunlight.
- Light sources that do not provide light over the entire visible light spectrum can make the color of an object appear dull or even make the object appear to be a different color.
- commercial fluorescent lights which emit a limited amount of red light, can make an object appear to be dull red or even brown.
- FIG. 1 is a graphical representation illustrating a non-limiting example of the transmission of emitted light through a plurality of layers of a white-emitting OLED in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 is a graphical representation illustrating of the various modes of the plurality of layers of the white-emitting OLED of FIG. 1 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 are graphical representations of examples of microcavity organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 are graphical representations of examples of semi-reflecting mirrors of the microcavity OLEDs of FIGS. 3 and 4 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 are graphical representations illustrating non-limiting examples of the light intensity of a microcavity OLED of FIGS. 3 and 4 and an OLED that lacks a microcavity in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 9 is a graphical representation of an example of a white-light emitting light source including a plurality of microcavity OLEDs of FIGS. 3 and 4 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 10 is a graphical representation illustrating a non-limiting example of the light intensity of the white-light emitting light source of FIG. 9 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 11 is a flow chart illustrating the fabrication of microcavity OLEDs of FIGS. 3 and 4 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- a light source including one or more organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) having a microcavity and methods of fabricating the same.
- OLEDs organic light emitting diodes
- a microcavity OLED emits light substantially orthogonal to the OLED substrate.
- the microcavity of the OLED allows the OLED to be highly efficient and produce intense light because light emitted by the OLED is directed out of the OLED instead of allowing the emitted light to be retained within the OLED.
- the present application describes a white light source including a plurality of microcavity OLEDs.
- the white light source includes a microcavity OLED that emits intense red light in a narrow spectrum, microcavity OLED that emits intense green light in a narrow spectrum, and a microcavity OLED that emits intense blue light in a narrow spectrum.
- each microcavity OLED intensely emits the specific colors in a narrow spectrum
- the visible colors reflected by the object may be vibrant and warm due to the intensity and the selection of bands of light emitted by the white light source.
- Luminaires are sometimes used in commercial, industrial, or office settings, and are often in the form of a light panel. Luminaires may lose 40-50% of the light they emit due to poor light extraction. Also, even if a light source such as a state of the art LED has a luminous efficacy of 100 lm/W (lumens per Watt), the efficacy of a luminaire may be as low as 40 lm/W.
- CRI color rendering index
- a figure of merit used in lighting is color rendering index (CRI).
- CRI is a quantitative measure of the ability of a light source to reproduce the colors of various objects in comparison with a natural light source, such as the sun.
- a broadband light source covering the entire visible spectrum has a CRI larger than 90.
- a commercial fluorescent light tube which emits a small amount of red light, has a CRI as low as 50. Because of this lack of red light, a red object appears to be dull red or even brown when illuminated by a commercial fluorescent light tube.
- White-emitting OLEDs are useful for lighting because organic materials have wide emission spectra. Combining red, green and blue emitters in a single OLED panel yields an OLED that has a CRI higher than 80 depending on the emission spectrum.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram of a non-limiting example of the transmission of emitted light 102 through a plurality of layers of a white-emitting OLED 100 .
- ITO Indium Tin Oxide
- FIG. 1 because light emitted from the white-emitting OLED 100 is trapped due to refraction and reflection in an organic layer 104 , an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) layer 106 , and/or a glass substrate 108 , only a small fraction of the emitted light 102 is extracted into air 110 . Examples of the indices of refraction (n) for the organic layers 104 , the ITO layer 106 , and the glass substrate 108 are also illustrated.
- ITO Indium Tin Oxide
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of the various modes of the plurality of layers of the white-emitting OLED 100 .
- thin film guided modes 202 i.e., modes of the organic layer 104 and/or the ITO layer 106 of FIG. 1
- substrate modes 204 i.e., modes of the glass substrate 108 of FIG. 1
- a glass substrate mode 204 may be eliminated using lens arrays or photonic crystals
- a thin-film guided mode 202 is very difficult to eliminate because the organic/ITO layers 104 / 106 are inside the OLED 100 and are not accessible to the outside.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram of a non-limiting embodiment of a microcavity OLED 300 .
- the microcavity OLED 300 includes a glass substrate 302 and a semi-reflecting mirror 304 formed on the glass substrate 302 .
- the semi-reflecting mirror 304 is a thin silver layer (e.g., about 10-20 nm thick), and in other embodiments the semi-reflecting mirror 304 is a quarter wave stack including stacks of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) and titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), which will be discussed in further detail below.
- an ITO layer 306 is formed on the semi-reflecting mirror 304 . In some embodiments, the ITO layer 306 is about 100 nm thick.
- a hole transport layer 308 is formed on the ITO layer 306 .
- the hole transport layer 308 includes a 1,1-bis[(di-4-tolylamino)phenyl]cyclohexane (TAPC) layer, which may be about 50 nm thick.
- An emitting layer 310 is formed on the hole transport layer 308 . The material included in the emitting layer 310 determines the color (or the spectral frequencies) of the light emitted by the microcavity OLED 300 .
- the emitting layer 310 may include 3,5′-N,N′-dicarbazole-benzene (“mCP”) doped with tris(2-phenylisoquinoline)iridium (“Ir(pig) 3 ”).
- mCP 3,5′-N,N′-dicarbazole-benzene
- the emitting layer 310 may include mCP doped with fac-tris(2-phenylpyridinato)iridium(III) (“Ir(ppy) 3 ”).
- the emitting layer 310 may include 3,5′-N,N′-dicarbazole-benzene (mCP):Iridium(III)bis[(4,6-di-flourophenyl)-pyridinato-N,C2′] picolinate (“Flrpic”).
- An electron transport layer 312 is formed on the emitting layer 310 .
- the electron transport layer 312 may include 2,9-dimethly-4,7-diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline (BCP) layer and/or a tris[3-(3-pyridyl)-mesityl]borane (“3TPYMB”) layer.
- BCP 2,9-dimethly-4,7-diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline
- 3TPYMB tris[3-(3-pyridyl)-mesityl]borane
- a cathode 314 is formed on the electron transport layer 312 .
- the cathode 314 includes a metal layer.
- the cathode 314 may include cesium carbonate (CsCO 3 ) (about 1 nm thick) and aluminum (Al) (about 100 nm thick) or lithium fluoride (LiF) (about 1 nm thick) and Al (about 100 nm thick).
- CsCO 3 cesium carbonate
- Al aluminum
- LiF lithium fluoride
- FIG. 4 is a diagram of another non-limiting embodiment of a microcavity OLED 300 that emits blue light.
- the cathode 314 includes an aluminum (Al) layer 414 a, which is about 100 nm thick, and a LiF layer 414 b that is about 1 nm thick.
- the LiF layer 414 b is deposited on an electron transport layer 312 including a BCP layer 412 that is about 40 nm thick.
- the BCP layer 412 is deposited on an emitting layer 310 including an mCP: Firpic layer 410 that is about 20 nm thick.
- the emitting layer 310 is deposited on a hole transport layer 308 including a TAPC layer 408 a, which is about 50 nm thick. Furthermore, the emitting layer 310 includes a PEDOT:PSS layer 408 b that is about 25 nm thick and which is formed on an ITO layer 306 that is about 50 nm thick.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram of a non-limiting example of a semi-reflecting mirror 304 of the embodiment of a microcavity OLED 300 illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4 .
- the illustrated example of the semi-reflecting mirror 304 is a quarter wave stack that includes a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) layer 504 a, which is formed on a titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) layer 504 b.
- the thicknesses of the SiO 2 layer 504 a and the TiO 2 layer 504 b each correspond to a quarter wavelength of light. Accordingly, the thickness of the layers 504 a and 504 b of the semi-reflecting mirror 304 depend upon the wavelength of light emitted by the microcavity OLED 300 .
- the silicon dioxide layer 504 a is about 79 nm thick and the titanium dioxide layer 504 b is about 48 nm thick.
- the semi-reflecting mirror 304 is formed on the glass substrate 302 , which may be about 1 mm thick. In some embodiments, the semi-reflecting mirror 304 has a width of about one inch. In some embodiments, the area of the semi-reflecting mirror 304 is about one inch by about one inch. Also, in some embodiments, the semi-reflecting mirror 304 has a reflectance (R) that is substantially equal to 0.39 at 475 nm. The reflectivity of the semi-reflecting mirror 304 may vary between about 40% and about 70%, and the reflection spectrum is broad.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram of another non-limiting example of a semi-reflecting mirror 304 of the embodiment of a microcavity OLED 300 illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4 .
- the example of the semi-reflecting mirror 304 illustrated in FIG. 6 is similar to the example of the semi-reflecting mirror 304 illustrated in FIG. 5 except that the semi-reflecting mirror 304 illustrated in FIG. 6 includes two sets of silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide layers ( 504 a / 504 b and 604 a / 604 b ) instead of one set ( 504 a / 504 b ) as illustrated in FIG. 5 .
- the silicon dioxide layers 504 a and 604 a are about 79 nm thick and the titanium dioxide layer 504 b and 604 b are about 48 nm thick. In other implementations, the silicon dioxide layers 504 a and 604 a and/or the titanium dioxide layer 504 b and 604 b may have different thicknesses. Further, in other embodiments, the semi-reflecting mirror 304 may include three or more sets of silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide layers. In some embodiments, such as the one illustrated in FIG. 6 , the semi-reflecting mirror 304 has an R that is substantially equal to 0.70 at 475 nm. Each of the semi-reflecting mirrors 304 illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6 include alternating layers of a material having a low refractive index (e.g., SiO 2 ) with a material having a high refractive index (e.g., TiO 2 ).
- a material having a low refractive index e.g., SiO 2
- TiO 2
- the cathode 314 of the microcavity OLED 300 acts as a reflecting mirror and the semi-reflecting mirror 304 acts as a half mirror, thus forming a microcavity 320 between the cathode 314 and the semi-reflecting mirror 304 .
- the microcavity 320 has the properties of both low transmissivity and high reflectivity.
- the semi-reflecting mirror 304 is a partially transmissive and partially transparent layer.
- the microcavity 320 As photons are generated inside the microcavity 320 , they are reflected by the mirrors from both sides of the microcavity 320 and transmitted out of the half mirror provided by the semi-reflecting mirror 304 . Consequentially, the light 316 that is transmitted from the semi-reflecting mirror 304 through the glass substrate 302 is transmitted in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the glass substrate 302 instead of in all directions. Because the microcavity 320 orients the emitted light in a particular direction, a considerable amount of the light that is emitted by the microcavity OLED 300 is also transmitted out of the microcavity OLED 300 and not retained within the microcavity OLED 300 .
- a microcavity OLED 320 has very different emission characteristics from OLEDs that lack a microcavity 320 .
- An OLED that lacks a microcavity 320 is a Lambertian light source that emits light in all directions. A Lambertian light source is undesirable for lighting because a large amount of the emitted light is wasted (e.g., not directly illuminating the object or area to be illuminated).
- a microcavity OLED 300 is a directional emitter depending on the reflecting properties of the microcavity 320 . As a result, a microcavity OLED 300 can have efficiencies about three to four times the efficiencies of OLEDs that lack a microcavity 320 .
- FIG. 7 is a graph of the emission spectra of an embodiment of the microcativity OLED 300 illustrated in FIG. 3 and an embodiment of an OLED that lacks a microcavity 320 .
- FIG. 7 is a graph of EL intensity versus wavelength for a microcavity OLED 320 versus a green-emitting OLED that lacks a microcavity 320 .
- the luminance of the microcavity OLED 320 is about 385 nits versus the luminance of the green-emitting OLED, which is about 108 nits, as can be seen in FIG. 7 .
- FIG. 8 is a polar plot of the intensity of light versus the angle of the light for the embodiment of the microcativity OLED 300 of FIG. 7 versus an OLED that lacks a microcavity 320 .
- the OLED that lacks a microcavity 320 (marked “noncavity” 810 ) has a lower intensity than the microcavity OLED 300 (marked “cavity” 820 ), and the light is emitted from the light source at an angle primarily between ⁇ 30 degrees and +30 degrees.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 it can be seen that for a microcavity OLED 300 both the spectrum of light emitted and the angle of emission are narrow.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram of a non-limiting embodiment of a white-light emitting light source 900 including a plurality of microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c.
- the microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c are phosphorescent OLEDs, which can be very efficient.
- the luminous efficiency of a green light emitting, microcavity OLED 300 b can be as high as 300 lm/W whereas a green light emitting OLED without a microcavity may have a luminous efficiency of only 100 lm/W.
- the efficiency of a blue light emitting, microcavity OLED 300 a and red light emitting, microcavity OLED 300 c may each be over 60 lm/W. Accordingly, the white-emitting light source 900 including the plurality of microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c may achieve an overall efficiency of about 150-200 lm/W. This efficiency may be three to four times greater than the efficiency of LEDs used in luminaries.
- White light generated from the red, green, and blue microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c has an emission spectrum similar to the spectrum shown in FIG. 10 .
- the blue light 316 a ( FIG. 9 ) may include an intensity 1010 corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 435 nm to about 540 nm
- the green light 316 b ( FIG. 9 ) may include an intensity 1020 corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 525 nm to about 655 nm
- the red light 316 c FIG. 9
- the blue light may include a peak intensity corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 450 nm to about 480 nm
- the green light may include a peak intensity corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 530 nm to about 575 nm
- the red light may include a peak intensity corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 620 nm to about 650 nm.
- white light emitted by the white-light emitting light source 900 does not include the same intensity for all wavelengths, but rather the emission spectrum includes a narrow spectrum including a peak intensity for certain colors.
- the color that reflects off the objects appears to be saturated because the three narrow emission bands of the light emitted by microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c peak at saturated RGB colors.
- the colors of the object appear warmer, more vibrant, and less dull as a result of the predefined bands of light emitted by the white-light emitting light source 900 and reflected off the object. For example, an object that is red appears to have more of a fire engine red color when illuminated by a white-light emitting light source 900 than a brick red or claret color that appears when the object is illuminated by an incandescent light source. Additionally, no external luminaries are needed since the light emitted by a white-light emitting light source 900 is highly directional.
- a flow chart 1100 illustrating an example of a method of fabricating a microcavity OLED 300 ( FIG. 3 ).
- a glass substrate 302 FIG. 3
- a semi-reflecting mirror 304 FIG. 3
- each layer of SiO 2 and TiO 2 may be deposited by sputtering.
- the silver can be deposited by vacuum evaporation. In some embodiments, the layer of silver is about 10-20 nm thick.
- an ITO layer 306 ( FIG. 3 ) is deposited by sputtering.
- the ITO layer 306 is about 100 nm thick.
- a hole transport layer 308 ( FIG. 3 ) is then deposited in block 1108 . Vacuum evaporation may be used to deposit the hole transport layer 308 on the ITO layer 306 .
- an emitting layer 310 ( FIG. 3 ) is then deposited in block 1110 on the hole transport layer 308 . Vacuum evaporation may be used to deposit the emitting layer 310 .
- an electron transport layer 312 ( FIG. 3 ) is deposited on the emitting layer 310 in block 1112 .
- Vacuum evaporation may be used to deposit the electron transport layer 312 .
- a cathode 314 ( FIG. 3 ) is formed in block 1114 .
- the cathode 314 may be formed by depositing a layer of cesium carbonate (CsCO 3 ) (about 1 nm thick), aluminum (about 100 nm thick), and/or lithium fluoride (LiF) (about 1 nm thick) on the electron transport layer 312 .
- CsCO 3 cesium carbonate
- Al about 100 nm thick
- LiF lithium fluoride
- a method of fabricating a white-light emitting light source 900 includes fabricating a plurality of microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c.
- the plurality of microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c may be fabricated on a common substrate 302 as illustrated in FIG. 9 .
- the method includes the steps described above with respect to fabricating microcavity OLED 300 , except that three different emitting layers 310 a, 310 b, and 310 c corresponding to blue, green, and red light are deposited for each microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c.
- the common substrate 302 may be provided in block 1102 .
- Each of the plurality of microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c may then be fabricated as described with respect to blocks 1104 through 1114 .
- the plurality of microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c may be concurrently or consecutively fabricated on the common substrate 302 . While FIG. 9 depicts three microcavity OLEDs 300 a, 300 b, 300 c, other embodiments of white-light emitting light sources 900 can include other multipes, combinations and/or configurations of microcavity OLEDs.
- ratios, concentrations, amounts, and other numerical data may be expressed herein in a range format. It is to be understood that such a range format is used for convenience and brevity, and thus, should be interpreted in a flexible manner to include not only the numerical values explicitly recited as the limits of the range, but also to include all the individual numerical values or sub-ranges encompassed within that range as if each numerical value and sub-range is explicitly recited.
- a concentration range of “about 0.1% to about 5%” should be interpreted to include not only the explicitly recited concentration of about 0.1 wt % to about 5 wt %, but also include individual concentrations (e.g., 1%, 2%, 3%, and 4%) and the sub-ranges (e.g., 0.5%, 1.1%, 2.2%, 3.3%, and 4.4%) within the indicated range.
- the term “about” can include traditional rounding according to significant figures of numerical values.
- the phrase “about ‘x’ to ‘y’” includes “about ‘x’ to about ‘y’”.
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Various methods and systems are provided for related to organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) having a microcavity. In one embodiment, a white-light source includes a first microcavity organic light emitting diode (OLED) configured to emit a narrow spectrum of blue light; a second microcavity OLED configured to emit a narrow spectrum of green light, and a third microcavity OLED configured to emit a narrow spectrum of red light. In another embodiment, a light source includes a plurality of OLEDs disposed on a glass substrate. Each of the OLEDs is configured to emit light in substantially orthogonal to the glass substrate in a predefined spectrum. Each of the OLEDs includes a semi-reflecting mirror; and an emitting layer, where the emitting layer in each OLED corresponds to a respective color of light emitted by the OLED.
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- This application is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/575,347, filed Jul. 26, 2012, which is the 35 U.S.C. §371 national stage of PCT application PCT/US2011/025667, filed Feb. 22, 2011, which claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. provisional application entitled “MICROCAVITY OLEDS FOR LIGHTING” having Ser. No. 61/307,191, filed Feb. 23, 2010, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
- A broadband light source can be used to provide good quality lighting having a lighting spectrum that resembles natural sunlight. Light sources that do not provide light over the entire visible light spectrum can make the color of an object appear dull or even make the object appear to be a different color. For example, commercial fluorescent lights, which emit a limited amount of red light, can make an object appear to be dull red or even brown.
- Many aspects of the present disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
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FIG. 1 is a graphical representation illustrating a non-limiting example of the transmission of emitted light through a plurality of layers of a white-emitting OLED in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 2 is a graphical representation illustrating of the various modes of the plurality of layers of the white-emitting OLED ofFIG. 1 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. -
FIGS. 3 and 4 are graphical representations of examples of microcavity organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. -
FIGS. 5 and 6 are graphical representations of examples of semi-reflecting mirrors of the microcavity OLEDs ofFIGS. 3 and 4 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. -
FIGS. 7 and 8 are graphical representations illustrating non-limiting examples of the light intensity of a microcavity OLED ofFIGS. 3 and 4 and an OLED that lacks a microcavity in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 9 is a graphical representation of an example of a white-light emitting light source including a plurality of microcavity OLEDs ofFIGS. 3 and 4 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 10 is a graphical representation illustrating a non-limiting example of the light intensity of the white-light emitting light source ofFIG. 9 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 11 is a flow chart illustrating the fabrication of microcavity OLEDs ofFIGS. 3 and 4 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a light source including one or more organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) having a microcavity and methods of fabricating the same. Reference will now be made in detail to the description of the embodiments as illustrated in the drawings, wherein like reference numbers indicate like parts throughout the several views.
- A microcavity OLED emits light substantially orthogonal to the OLED substrate. The microcavity of the OLED allows the OLED to be highly efficient and produce intense light because light emitted by the OLED is directed out of the OLED instead of allowing the emitted light to be retained within the OLED. Additionally, the present application describes a white light source including a plurality of microcavity OLEDs. In some embodiments, the white light source includes a microcavity OLED that emits intense red light in a narrow spectrum, microcavity OLED that emits intense green light in a narrow spectrum, and a microcavity OLED that emits intense blue light in a narrow spectrum. Since each microcavity OLED intensely emits the specific colors in a narrow spectrum, when the white light source illuminates an object, the visible colors reflected by the object may be vibrant and warm due to the intensity and the selection of bands of light emitted by the white light source.
- A variety of light sources are available including luminaires using incandescent and/or fluorescent light bulbs. Luminaires are sometimes used in commercial, industrial, or office settings, and are often in the form of a light panel. Luminaires may lose 40-50% of the light they emit due to poor light extraction. Also, even if a light source such as a state of the art LED has a luminous efficacy of 100 lm/W (lumens per Watt), the efficacy of a luminaire may be as low as 40 lm/W.
- The broader the band of light that a light source emits, the more the light emitted by the light source resembles sunlight. A figure of merit used in lighting is color rendering index (CRI). CRI is a quantitative measure of the ability of a light source to reproduce the colors of various objects in comparison with a natural light source, such as the sun. A broadband light source covering the entire visible spectrum has a CRI larger than 90. In contrast, a commercial fluorescent light tube, which emits a small amount of red light, has a CRI as low as 50. Because of this lack of red light, a red object appears to be dull red or even brown when illuminated by a commercial fluorescent light tube. White-emitting OLEDs are useful for lighting because organic materials have wide emission spectra. Combining red, green and blue emitters in a single OLED panel yields an OLED that has a CRI higher than 80 depending on the emission spectrum.
- Some efficient white-emitting OLEDs have efficacies up to 100 lm/W. However, that requires exotic light extraction methods which are not practical for manufacturing.
FIG. 1 is a diagram of a non-limiting example of the transmission of emittedlight 102 through a plurality of layers of a white-emittingOLED 100. As can be seen inFIG. 1 , because light emitted from the white-emitting OLED 100 is trapped due to refraction and reflection in anorganic layer 104, an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO)layer 106, and/or aglass substrate 108, only a small fraction of the emittedlight 102 is extracted intoair 110. Examples of the indices of refraction (n) for theorganic layers 104, theITO layer 106, and theglass substrate 108 are also illustrated. -
FIG. 2 is a diagram of the various modes of the plurality of layers of the white-emittingOLED 100. As can be seen inFIG. 2 , thin film guided modes 202 (i.e., modes of theorganic layer 104 and/or the ITOlayer 106 ofFIG. 1 ) trap about 40-50% of the emittedlight 102, substrate modes 204 (i.e., modes of theglass substrate 108 ofFIG. 1 ) trap about 20-30% of the emittedlight 102, and only about 20-30% of the emittedlight 102 reach theair modes 206. While aglass substrate mode 204 may be eliminated using lens arrays or photonic crystals, a thin-film guidedmode 202 is very difficult to eliminate because the organic/ITO layers 104/106 are inside the OLED 100 and are not accessible to the outside. -
FIG. 3 is a diagram of a non-limiting embodiment of amicrocavity OLED 300. The microcavity OLED 300 includes aglass substrate 302 and asemi-reflecting mirror 304 formed on theglass substrate 302. In some embodiments, thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 is a thin silver layer (e.g., about 10-20 nm thick), and in other embodiments thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 is a quarter wave stack including stacks of silicon dioxide (SiO2) and titanium dioxide (TiO2), which will be discussed in further detail below. Further, anITO layer 306 is formed on thesemi-reflecting mirror 304. In some embodiments, the ITOlayer 306 is about 100 nm thick. - A
hole transport layer 308 is formed on the ITOlayer 306. In some embodiments, thehole transport layer 308 includes a 1,1-bis[(di-4-tolylamino)phenyl]cyclohexane (TAPC) layer, which may be about 50 nm thick. Anemitting layer 310 is formed on thehole transport layer 308. The material included in theemitting layer 310 determines the color (or the spectral frequencies) of the light emitted by the microcavity OLED 300. For example, for amicrocavity OLED 300 that emits red light in the range of, e.g., about 585 nm to about 675 nm, theemitting layer 310 may include 3,5′-N,N′-dicarbazole-benzene (“mCP”) doped with tris(2-phenylisoquinoline)iridium (“Ir(pig)3”). Similarly, for amicrocavity OLED 300 that emits green light in the range of, e.g., about 525 nm to about 655 nm, theemitting layer 310 may include mCP doped with fac-tris(2-phenylpyridinato)iridium(III) (“Ir(ppy)3”). Likewise, for amicrocavity OLED 300 that emits blue light in the range of, e.g., about 435 nm to about 540 nm, theemitting layer 310 may include 3,5′-N,N′-dicarbazole-benzene (mCP):Iridium(III)bis[(4,6-di-flourophenyl)-pyridinato-N,C2′] picolinate (“Flrpic”). - An
electron transport layer 312 is formed on theemitting layer 310. Theelectron transport layer 312 may include 2,9-dimethly-4,7-diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline (BCP) layer and/or a tris[3-(3-pyridyl)-mesityl]borane (“3TPYMB”) layer. Further, acathode 314 is formed on theelectron transport layer 312. Thecathode 314 includes a metal layer. For example, thecathode 314 may include cesium carbonate (CsCO3) (about 1 nm thick) and aluminum (Al) (about 100 nm thick) or lithium fluoride (LiF) (about 1 nm thick) and Al (about 100 nm thick). -
FIG. 4 is a diagram of another non-limiting embodiment of amicrocavity OLED 300 that emits blue light. In the embodiment illustrated inFIG. 4 , thecathode 314 includes an aluminum (Al)layer 414 a, which is about 100 nm thick, and aLiF layer 414 b that is about 1 nm thick. TheLiF layer 414 b is deposited on anelectron transport layer 312 including aBCP layer 412 that is about 40 nm thick. TheBCP layer 412 is deposited on an emittinglayer 310 including an mCP:Firpic layer 410 that is about 20 nm thick. Additionally, the emittinglayer 310 is deposited on ahole transport layer 308 including aTAPC layer 408 a, which is about 50 nm thick. Furthermore, the emittinglayer 310 includes a PEDOT:PSS layer 408 b that is about 25 nm thick and which is formed on anITO layer 306 that is about 50 nm thick. -
FIG. 5 is a diagram of a non-limiting example of asemi-reflecting mirror 304 of the embodiment of amicrocavity OLED 300 illustrated inFIGS. 3 and 4 . The illustrated example of thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 is a quarter wave stack that includes a silicon dioxide (SiO2)layer 504 a, which is formed on a titanium dioxide (TiO2)layer 504 b. The thicknesses of the SiO2 layer 504 a and the TiO2 layer 504 b each correspond to a quarter wavelength of light. Accordingly, the thickness of thelayers semi-reflecting mirror 304 depend upon the wavelength of light emitted by themicrocavity OLED 300. In one implementation, thesilicon dioxide layer 504 a is about 79 nm thick and thetitanium dioxide layer 504 b is about 48 nm thick. Thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 is formed on theglass substrate 302, which may be about 1 mm thick. In some embodiments, thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 has a width of about one inch. In some embodiments, the area of thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 is about one inch by about one inch. Also, in some embodiments, thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 has a reflectance (R) that is substantially equal to 0.39 at 475 nm. The reflectivity of thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 may vary between about 40% and about 70%, and the reflection spectrum is broad. -
FIG. 6 is a diagram of another non-limiting example of asemi-reflecting mirror 304 of the embodiment of amicrocavity OLED 300 illustrated inFIGS. 3 and 4 . The example of thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 illustrated inFIG. 6 is similar to the example of thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 illustrated inFIG. 5 except that thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 illustrated inFIG. 6 includes two sets of silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide layers (504 a/504 b and 604 a/604 b) instead of one set (504 a/504 b) as illustrated inFIG. 5 . In one implementation, the silicon dioxide layers 504 a and 604 a are about 79 nm thick and thetitanium dioxide layer titanium dioxide layer semi-reflecting mirror 304 may include three or more sets of silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide layers. In some embodiments, such as the one illustrated inFIG. 6 , thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 has an R that is substantially equal to 0.70 at 475 nm. Each of the semi-reflecting mirrors 304 illustrated inFIGS. 5 and 6 include alternating layers of a material having a low refractive index (e.g., SiO2) with a material having a high refractive index (e.g., TiO2). - Referring back to
FIG. 3 , the operation of themicrocavity OLED 300 will now be described. Thecathode 314 of themicrocavity OLED 300 acts as a reflecting mirror and thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 acts as a half mirror, thus forming amicrocavity 320 between thecathode 314 and thesemi-reflecting mirror 304. Themicrocavity 320 has the properties of both low transmissivity and high reflectivity. In other words, thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 is a partially transmissive and partially transparent layer. As photons are generated inside themicrocavity 320, they are reflected by the mirrors from both sides of themicrocavity 320 and transmitted out of the half mirror provided by thesemi-reflecting mirror 304. Consequentially, the light 316 that is transmitted from thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 through theglass substrate 302 is transmitted in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to theglass substrate 302 instead of in all directions. Because themicrocavity 320 orients the emitted light in a particular direction, a considerable amount of the light that is emitted by themicrocavity OLED 300 is also transmitted out of themicrocavity OLED 300 and not retained within themicrocavity OLED 300. - Because of the microcavity effects discussed above, a
microcavity OLED 320 has very different emission characteristics from OLEDs that lack amicrocavity 320. An OLED that lacks amicrocavity 320 is a Lambertian light source that emits light in all directions. A Lambertian light source is undesirable for lighting because a large amount of the emitted light is wasted (e.g., not directly illuminating the object or area to be illuminated). On the other hand, amicrocavity OLED 300 is a directional emitter depending on the reflecting properties of themicrocavity 320. As a result, amicrocavity OLED 300 can have efficiencies about three to four times the efficiencies of OLEDs that lack amicrocavity 320. -
FIG. 7 is a graph of the emission spectra of an embodiment of themicrocativity OLED 300 illustrated inFIG. 3 and an embodiment of an OLED that lacks amicrocavity 320. Specifically,FIG. 7 is a graph of EL intensity versus wavelength for amicrocavity OLED 320 versus a green-emitting OLED that lacks amicrocavity 320. The luminance of themicrocavity OLED 320 is about 385 nits versus the luminance of the green-emitting OLED, which is about 108 nits, as can be seen inFIG. 7 . -
FIG. 8 is a polar plot of the intensity of light versus the angle of the light for the embodiment of themicrocativity OLED 300 ofFIG. 7 versus an OLED that lacks amicrocavity 320. As can be seen inFIG. 8 , the OLED that lacks a microcavity 320 (marked “noncavity” 810) has a lower intensity than the microcavity OLED 300 (marked “cavity” 820), and the light is emitted from the light source at an angle primarily between −30 degrees and +30 degrees. ConsideringFIGS. 7 and 8 together, it can be seen that for amicrocavity OLED 300 both the spectrum of light emitted and the angle of emission are narrow. -
FIG. 9 is a diagram of a non-limiting embodiment of a white-light emittinglight source 900 including a plurality ofmicrocavity OLEDs microcavity OLEDs microcavity OLED 300 b can be as high as 300 lm/W whereas a green light emitting OLED without a microcavity may have a luminous efficiency of only 100 lm/W. Further, the efficiency of a blue light emitting,microcavity OLED 300 a and red light emitting,microcavity OLED 300 c may each be over 60 lm/W. Accordingly, the white-emittinglight source 900 including the plurality ofmicrocavity OLEDs - White light generated from the red, green, and
blue microcavity OLEDs FIG. 10 . As can be seen inFIG. 10 , the blue light 316 a (FIG. 9 ) may include anintensity 1010 corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 435 nm to about 540 nm, thegreen light 316 b (FIG. 9 ) may include anintensity 1020 corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 525 nm to about 655 nm, and thered light 316 c (FIG. 9 ) may include anintensity 1030 corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 585 nm to about 675 nm. Similarly, as can also be seen inFIG. 10 , the blue light may include a peak intensity corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 450 nm to about 480 nm, the green light may include a peak intensity corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 530 nm to about 575 nm, and the red light may include a peak intensity corresponding to a wavelength substantially within a range of about 620 nm to about 650 nm. Accordingly, white light emitted by the white-light emittinglight source 900 does not include the same intensity for all wavelengths, but rather the emission spectrum includes a narrow spectrum including a peak intensity for certain colors. When thelight source 900 illuminates objects, the color that reflects off the objects appears to be saturated because the three narrow emission bands of the light emitted bymicrocavity OLEDs light source 900 illuminates an object, the colors of the object appear warmer, more vibrant, and less dull as a result of the predefined bands of light emitted by the white-light emittinglight source 900 and reflected off the object. For example, an object that is red appears to have more of a fire engine red color when illuminated by a white-light emittinglight source 900 than a brick red or claret color that appears when the object is illuminated by an incandescent light source. Additionally, no external luminaries are needed since the light emitted by a white-light emittinglight source 900 is highly directional. - Referring next to
FIG. 11 , shown is aflow chart 1100 illustrating an example of a method of fabricating a microcavity OLED 300 (FIG. 3 ). Beginning withblock 1102, a glass substrate 302 (FIG. 3 ) is provided. Inblock 1104, a semi-reflecting mirror 304 (FIG. 3 ) is deposited on theglass substrate 302. In the case of asemi-reflecting mirror 304 including a stack of SiO2 and TiO2 layers (FIGS. 5 and 6 ), each layer of SiO2 and TiO2 may be deposited by sputtering. In the case of thesemi-reflecting mirror 304 including a thin layer of silver, the silver can be deposited by vacuum evaporation. In some embodiments, the layer of silver is about 10-20 nm thick. - Next, in
block 1106, an ITO layer 306 (FIG. 3 ) is deposited by sputtering. In some embodiments, theITO layer 306 is about 100 nm thick. A hole transport layer 308 (FIG. 3 ) is then deposited inblock 1108. Vacuum evaporation may be used to deposit thehole transport layer 308 on theITO layer 306. Subsequently, an emitting layer 310 (FIG. 3 ) is then deposited inblock 1110 on thehole transport layer 308. Vacuum evaporation may be used to deposit the emittinglayer 310. Further, an electron transport layer 312 (FIG. 3 ) is deposited on the emittinglayer 310 inblock 1112. Vacuum evaporation may be used to deposit theelectron transport layer 312. After theemitting layer 310 is deposited, a cathode 314 (FIG. 3 ) is formed inblock 1114. In some implementations, thecathode 314 may be formed by depositing a layer of cesium carbonate (CsCO3) (about 1 nm thick), aluminum (about 100 nm thick), and/or lithium fluoride (LiF) (about 1 nm thick) on theelectron transport layer 312. - Referring to
FIG. 9 , a method of fabricating a white-light emittinglight source 900 includes fabricating a plurality ofmicrocavity OLEDs microcavity OLEDs common substrate 302 as illustrated inFIG. 9 . Additionally, the method includes the steps described above with respect to fabricatingmicrocavity OLED 300, except that three different emittinglayers microcavity OLEDs common substrate 302 may be provided inblock 1102. Each of the plurality ofmicrocavity OLEDs blocks 1104 through 1114. The plurality ofmicrocavity OLEDs common substrate 302. WhileFIG. 9 depicts threemicrocavity OLEDs light sources 900 can include other multipes, combinations and/or configurations of microcavity OLEDs. - It should be emphasized that the above-described embodiments of the present disclosure are merely possible examples of implementations set forth for a clear understanding of the principles of the disclosure. Many variations and modifications may be made to the above-described embodiment(s) without departing substantially from the spirit and principles of the disclosure. All such modifications and variations are intended to be included herein within the scope of this disclosure and protected by the following claims.
- It should be noted that ratios, concentrations, amounts, and other numerical data may be expressed herein in a range format. It is to be understood that such a range format is used for convenience and brevity, and thus, should be interpreted in a flexible manner to include not only the numerical values explicitly recited as the limits of the range, but also to include all the individual numerical values or sub-ranges encompassed within that range as if each numerical value and sub-range is explicitly recited. To illustrate, a concentration range of “about 0.1% to about 5%” should be interpreted to include not only the explicitly recited concentration of about 0.1 wt % to about 5 wt %, but also include individual concentrations (e.g., 1%, 2%, 3%, and 4%) and the sub-ranges (e.g., 0.5%, 1.1%, 2.2%, 3.3%, and 4.4%) within the indicated range. The term “about” can include traditional rounding according to significant figures of numerical values. In addition, the phrase “about ‘x’ to ‘y’” includes “about ‘x’ to about ‘y’”.
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1. A light source, comprising:
a plurality of OLEDs disposed on a glass substrate, wherein each of the plurality of OLEDs is configured to emit light in substantially orthogonal to the glass substrate in a predefined spectrum, wherein each of the plurality of OLEDs comprises:
a semi-reflecting layer; and
an emitting layer, wherein the emitting layer in each OLED corresponds to a respective color of light emitted by the OLED.
2. The light source of claim 1 , wherein the semi-reflecting layer includes a quarter wave stack.
3. The light source of claim 1 , wherein the semi-reflecting layer includes a layer having a low refractive index formed on a layer having a high refractive index.
4. The light source of claim 1 , wherein the semi-reflecting layer includes a plurality of silicon dioxide layers alternating with a plurality of titanium dioxide layers.
5. The light source of claim 1 , wherein the semi-reflecting layer includes a silver film.
6. The light source of claim 1 , wherein each of the OLEDs further comprises:
a cathode formed on an electron transport layer, wherein the electron transport layer is formed on the emitting layer;
a hole transport layer formed on an indium tin oxide (ITO) layer, wherein the emitting layer is formed on the hole transport layer; and
wherein the ITO layer is formed on the semi-reflecting layer.
7. The light source of claim 6 , wherein the electron transport layer includes a 2,9-dimethly-4,7-diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline (BCP) layer or a tris[3-(3-pyridyl)-mesityl]borane (“3TPYMB”) layer.
8. The light source of claim 6 , wherein the cathode includes cesium carbonate (CsCO3) and aluminum (Al) or lithium fluoride (LiF) and Al.
9. The light source of claim 6 , wherein the hole transport layer includes 1,1-bis[(di-4-tolylamino)phenyl]cyclohexane (TAPC).
10. The light source of claim 1 , wherein the emitting layer of a first OLED included in the plurality of OLEDs includes 3,5′-N,N′-dicarbazole-benzene (“mCP”) doped with tris(2-phenylisoquinoline)iridium (“Ir(pig)3”).
11. The light source of claim 10 , wherein the emitting layer of a second OLED included in the plurality of OLEDs includes mCP doped with fac-tris(2-phenylpyridinato)iridium(III) (“Ir(ppy)3”).
12. The light source of claim 11 , wherein the emitting layer of a third OLED included in the plurality of OLEDs includes mCP:Iridium(III)bis[(4,6-di-flourophenyl)-pyridinato-N,C2′] picolinate (“Flrpic”).
13. The light source of claim 1 , wherein each of the OLEDs includes a microcavity defined by the semi-reflecting layer and a cathode.
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