ITO-free down-conversion white organic light-emitting diodes with structured color conversion layers for enhanced optical efficiency and color rendering

We report our study on white organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) implemented in a down-conversion scheme based on an ITO-free, cavity-enhanced blue phosphorescent OLED and a micro-structured color conversion layer (CCL) containing red and green phosphors. Cavity resonance induced by a ZnS/Ag/MoO3 anode structure enables both efficiency enhancement/spectral refinement of blue phosphorescent OLED. In accordance with the resonance-induced effect, outcoupling assistance provided by micro-structuring of CCLs works to yield WOLEDs with both high efficiency and illumination-quality color rendering. Highly flexible WOLEDs are also demonstrated in the proposed scheme and tested at a radius of curvature of 10.8 mm to illustrate its advantages in realizing versatile next-generation light sources. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.