Crystals (Dec 2018)

Square Column Structure of High Efficiency, Reliable, Uniformly Flexible LED Devices

  • Chih-Hao Lin,
  • Yung-Min Pai,
  • Chieh-Yu Kang,
  • Huang-Yu Lin,
  • Chun-Fu Lee,
  • Xin-Yin Chen,
  • Hsien-Hao Tu,
  • Jin-Jia Yang,
  • Cheng-Huan Chen,
  • Chien-Chung Lin,
  • Po-Tsung Lee,
  • Chin-Wei Sher,
  • Hao-Chung Kuo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8120472
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 12
p. 472

Abstract

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This study demonstrates that flexible white LEDs, doped with diffusion particles and with a square column structure, have excellent luminosity, uniformity, and bending reliability. This large area (5 cm × 5 cm) square column flexible device had a smaller thickness (2 mm), and enhancements in both luminous efficiency (29.5%) and uniformity (44.6%) compared to the characteristics of the 6 mm reference sample. Optimization of the reflective layer coating for the square column, flexible white LED was achieved with a higher luminous efficiency (171 lm/w) and uniformity (92%). We designed a novel lightning bolt electrode to improve reliability and bendability. After the bending test, the blue flexible LED had a lower bending diameter (10 mm) but more bending circles (increased to 2000 times.

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