Inkjet-printed single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) thin films on stretchable substrates were developed, and their electrical properties were investigated. The 1- and 5-layer printed SWCNT thin films had sheet resistances of 169.76 and 19.08 Ω/sq, respectively, and maintained conductive properties under 100% tensile strain. A nitric acid treatment significantly improved the conductivity of the SWCNT electrodes, and after an initial increase, the 5-layer printed SWCNT electrodes showed a normalized resistance of less than 1.2 after 1000 cycles under 100% tensile strain. The potential of the inkjet-printed SWCNT thin films for stretchable electrode applications was demonstrated via integration with a light-emitting diode.
We propose and demonstrate weak-microcavity organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays with improved light-extraction and viewing-angle characteristics. A single pair of low- and high-index layers is inserted between indium tin oxide (ITO) and a glass substrate. The electroluminescent (EL) efficiencies of discrete red, green, and blue weak-microcavity OLEDs are enhanced by 56%, 107%, and 26%, respectively, with improved color purity. Moreover, full-color passive-matrix bottom-emitting OLED displays are fabricated by employing low-index layers of two thicknesses. As a display, the EL efficiency of white color was 27% higher than that of a conventional OLED display.
The solution-processed gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) layer was used as an anode-flattening photonic-crystal (PC) underlayer to enhance the light outcoupling of polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs). A corrugated PC surface was directly coated with GZO, which acted as a planarization layer as well as an anode. The PLEDs with the PC-embedded GZO anode showed higher efficiencies and an effective areal light emission when several PLEDs were formed in an array format.
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