• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.23-28
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• 2008

To improve the external quantum efficiency by means of the optimization of the polymer light emitting diodes(PLEDs) structure, the PLED with ITO/PEDOT:PSS/(PFO)/PFO:MEH-PPV/LiF/Al structure were fabricated and investigated the electrical and optical properties for the prepared devices. ITO(indium tin oxide) and PEDOT:PSS [poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrene sulfolnate)] were used as transparent anode film and hole transport materials, respectively. PFO[poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene)] and MEHPPV[poly(2-methoxy-5(2-ethylhe xoxy)-1,4-phenylenevinyle)] were used as the light emitting host and dopant materials. The doping concentration of MEH-PPV was 9wt% with thickness of about $400{\AA}$. We investigated the dependence of the PFO thickness ranging from $200{\AA}$ to $300{\AA}$ on the electrical, optical properties of PLEDs. Among prepared PLED devices with different PFO thicknesses, the highest value of the luminance was obtained for the PLED device with $250{\AA}$ in thickness. As a result, the current density and luminance ware found to be about $400mA/cm^2$ and $1500cd/m^2$ at 13V, respectively. In addition, the luminance and current efficiency of PLED device with double emitting layer (PFO/PFO:MEH-PPV) were improved about 3 times compared with the one with single emitting layer (PFO:MEH-PPV).

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.736-743
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• 2013

Novel carbazole based copolymers were synthesized by Suzuki coupling polymerization. (Diphenylene)vinylene and n-octyl was introduced to carbazole as pendants for reducing band gap and improving solubility, respectively. Thermal, photoluminescence and electro-luminescence of copolymers were studied for applying the emitting layer of polymer light emitting diode (PLED). Maximum UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence (PL) emission wavelength of copolymers showed 333~340 nm and 409~464 nm in solution state, respectively. The relative quantum yield using 9,10-diphenylanthracene as a reference was 25.8%. These copolymers exhibited high thermal stability ($T_d$ = $350^{\circ}C$) and good film forming ability. Good luminance was obtained at voltages lower than 8 V and the onset voltage was observed at 4.0 V.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2006.04a
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• pp.82-83
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• 2006

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.589-595
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• 2013

Solution processed conjugated molecules enable to manufacture various electronic devices by unconventional and cost effective patterning methods as screen or gravure printing. Spin-coating is the most popularly used method to form conjugated polymeric film for various electronic devices. The coating method has certain disadvantages such as a large amount of unwanted wastes, difficulty forming a film with a large area, and impossible to apply roll-to-roll manufacturing. We present here a promising alternative coating method, bar-coating for conjugated polymer film and OLED with the bar coated light emitting layer. In this papers, we show atomic force microscope images of spin- and bar-coated Poly[(9,9-di-n-octylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-alt-(benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazol-4,8-diyl)] (F8BT) films on substrate. The bar-coated film showed a slight lower RMS roughness (1.058 [nm]) than spin-coated film (1.767 [nm]). It means the bar-coating is suitable method to form light emitting layers in OLEDs. By using bar-coating process, an OLED obtained with 4.7 [cd/A] in maximum current efficiency.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.397.2-397.2
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• 2014

유기 발광 다이오드 (OLED)의 상용화를 위해 해결해야할 기술적 문제 중하나는 장수명이다. OLED에 적용된 유기물 층은 수분과 산소에 취약하여 소자 수명을 단축하는 요소로 작용하는데, 이를 해결하기 위해 유기물을 보호하며, 유기물 내로 침투되는 수분과 산소를 제어하기 위한 보호 층의 증착이 필수적이다. 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는, 사이클 화학 기상 증착법(C-CVD)을 이용하여 SiN/SiCN/SiN 구조의 무기 박막을 증착하여 유기물 보호층으로서의 적용 가능성을 제시하고자 한다. 이 때 각층의 두께는 각 각 10 nm이다. 증착된 다층 무기 박막은 비정질 상으로 수분 침투 보호막으로서 적당하다. 다층 무기 박막의 수분에 대한 저항성은 칼슘을 이용한 투과도 변화를 이용하여 측정하였다. 칼슘을 이용한 투과도 측정을 위해 고분자 PEN 필름위에 칼슘을 60nm 두께로 증착 시키고, 이어서 무기물인 SiN/SiCN/SiN의 다층 박막을 확산 방지층으로 증착 하였다. 제작된 소자는 온도 $85^{\circ}C$, 상대습도 85%의 가혹 조건에서 시간에 따른 표면 변화 및 투과도의 변화를 측정하였다. SiN/SiCN/SiN 구조를 갖는 무기 박막 층의 투습도는 3000시간까지는 $3.2{\times}10-5g/m/day$를 유지하였다. 이는 OLED 소자의 상용화를 위한 요구 조건에 근접한 값이다. 그러나 투습도는 측정 시간이 6000시간이 지난 후에 급격 증가하는데 이것은 30nm 두께의 SiN/SiCN/SiN의 확산 방지층에 임계 수명이 존재 한다는 것을 의미 한다고 할 수 있다. C-CVD 기술에 의해 제조된 다층 무기 박막 보호 층의 경계면에서 각 층간의 intermixing 현상이 관측되었으며, 이는 무기물 층의 결함과 핀 홀을 통해 내부로 확산 되는 수분의 침투 경로를 효과적으로 제어할 수 있는 방법이다. 본 연구 결과는 유연 기판 상에 제작된 OLED 소자에 적용 가능한 기술로서 소자 수명의 연장 뿐만 아니라 경량화에도 기여할 수 있는 기술이다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.26 no.9
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• pp.682-685
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• 2013

We have fabricated blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) on a plastic substrate. The solution coated poly (9-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) host doped with Bis (3,5-difluoro-2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl_(2-carboxypyridyl)irdium(III) (FIrPic) guest molecules was used as an hole transporting emission layer. The device structure was ITO/PVK:FIrpic (50 nm, xwt%)/TAZ 50 nm)/LiF (0.5 nm)/Al (100 nm). The concentration of FIrpic molecule was varied from 1 wt% to 10 wt%. The OLED on plastic substrate exhibited maximum current efficiency of 18 cd/A with 5 wt% FIrpic molecules were doped into the PVK layer.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.262-267
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• 2018

In this paper, we designed a new antireflective film to improve the optical efficiency of organic light-emitting diode displays (OLEDs). The reflection characteristics in the normal and side viewing directions of OLEDs with the antireflective film were calculated, depending on the degree of polarization and transmittance of the currently used polarizer when used in the antireflective film of an OLED. The results showed that when the polarization degree of the commercial polarizer (99.990~99.995%) is lowered to 99.900%, the average reflectance of the antireflective film is increased by about 0.1% (2.5% in terms of rate of increase) which is difficult to notice with the human eye, while the transmittance is increased by 1.63~3.34% (4.2~8.2% in terms of rate of increase). This study provides an optimal design for high-light-efficiency OLEDs with good antireflection properties.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.219-220
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• 2014

Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) 나 Organic Photovoltaics (OPV)와 같은 유기소자에 투명전극으로 쓰이고 있는 Indium Tin Oxide (ITO)는 유연한 소자에 적용하기에는 유연성이 떨어진다는 문제가 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해서 CNT, Graphene, AgNW, 전도성 고분자 등의 투명전극에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있으나, 여전히 전기적 특성이 좋지 못하다는 문제가 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 본 연구에서는 금속배선을 보조전극으로 형성하여 배선을 폴리머 기판에 함몰시킴으로써 유연성과 표면 평탄도, 전기적 특성이 우수한 배선함몰 투명전극을 형성하였다. 그 결과, $1{\Omega}/{\Box}$의 면저항과 90%의 투과도를 가지는 투명전극을 구현하였다. 이렇게 제작된 배선함몰 전극위에 유기태양전지와 유기발광 다이오드를 제작하여 상용화된 ITO 유리기판과 유사한 효율을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.205-210
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• 2022

We demonstrated roll-to-roll microcontact printed (mCP) microlens array (MLA) to enhance the light extraction of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). The commercially provided microlens array is used as a template for polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) roll stamp. The fluorinated film is formed on the PDMS roll stamp from fluorinated ink with low boiling point and printed onto the bottom side of the organic light emitting diode without high pressure and high thermal treatment. With optimized concentration of ink, the pattern which is almost identical to that of the template MLA was successfully printed. Due to the structure and low optical absorbance of microcontact printed MLA, the external quantum efficiency of OLED was improved by about 18%.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.59-64
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• 2008

In this paper, white polymer light emitting diodes(WPLEDs) were fabricated and investigated the electrical and optical properties for the prepared devices. ITO(indium tin oxide) and PEDOT:PSS [poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfolnate)] as anode and hole injection materials, PFO [poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene)] and MEH-PPV [poly(2-methoxy-5(2-ethylhe xoxy)-1,4-phenylenevinyle)] were used as the light emitting host and guest materials, respectively. The LiF(lithium flouride) and Al(aluminum) were used electron injection materials and cathode materials. Finally, the WPLED with structure of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PFO:MEH-PPV/LiF/Al was fabricated. The prepared WPLED showed white emission with CIE coordinates of (x=0.36, y=0.35) at the applied voltage of 9V. The maximum current density and luminance were about $740mA/cm^2\;and\;900cd/m^2$ at 13V, respectively. And the maximum current efficiency was 0.37 cd/A at $200cd/m^2$ in luminance.