Design of highly efficient RGB top-emitting organic light-emitting diodes using finite element method simulations

In this paper, we present finite element method simulations of top-emitting organic light-emitting diodes for designing optimized red, green, and blue full-color device structures. The OLED structures in the simulation are used to evaluate the device parameters, such as the outcoupling efficiency, electroluminescence spectra, and angular emission characteristics on organic layers with varying thickness and different cathodes. The numerical study also extracts these parameters for nano-structured devices. By observing the agreement between the simulated and measured data precisely, our simulations show capability of predicting the fabricated device results.