Enhancement of Luminance in Powder Electroluminescent Devices by Substrates of Smooth and Transparent Cellulose Nanofiber Films
Open Access
- 10 March 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Nanomaterials
- Vol. 11 (3), 697
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11030697
Abstract
Powder electroluminescent (EL) devices with an electric field type excitation are surface light sources that are expected to have a wide range of practical applications, owing to their high environmental resistance; however, their low luminance has hindered their use. A clarification of the relationship between the properties of the film substrates and the electroluminescence is important to drastically improve light extraction efficiency. In this study, powder EL devices with different substrates of various levels of surface roughness and different optical transmittances were fabricated to quantitatively evaluate the relationships between the substrate properties and the device characteristics. A decrease in the surface roughness of the substrate caused a clear increase in both the current density and the luminance. The luminance was found to have a direct relationship with the optical transmittance of the substrates. The powder EL device, which was based on a cellulose nanofiber film and was the smoothest and most transparent substrate investigated, showed the highest luminance (641 cd/cm2) when 300 V was applied at 1 kHz.Funding Information
- FY2016 MEXT Private University Research Branding Project (2019, 2020, 2020, 2020)
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