We fabricate long-lived organic light-emitting devices using a 175 μm thick polyethylene terephthalate substrate coated with an organic–inorganic multilayered barrier film and compare the rate of degradation to glass-based devices. The observed permeation rate of water vapor through the plastic substrate was estimated to be 2×10−6 g/m2/day. Driven at 2.5 mA/cm2, we measure a device lifetime of 3800 h from an initial luminance of 425 cd/m2.
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