We report strongly enhanced light outcoupling from phosphorescent OLEDs (PhOLEDs) fabricated on patterned polycarbonate (PC) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates. The patterns range from shallow (height h<200 nm) to deep (h~500 nm) convex PC patterns with period a ~750 vs ~400 nm, and concave PET/CAB (cellulose acetate butyrate) patterns with large m-size periods – a new promising approach. Bottom-emitting PhOLEDs on such substrates enhance the external quantum efficiency EQE ~2.4x to 2.8x vs devices on glass/ITO; the EQE of green and blue patterned PC/PEDOT:PSS OLEDs reached 56.5% and ~43%, respectively. The corrugated substrates (refractive index ~1.6) are fabricated by direct molding, amenable to R2R transfer, at room temperature. Surprisingly, OLEDs on substrates with narrower a and relatively low h show significant outcoupling enhancement despite h reduction across the OLED stack. OLEDS on substrates with a2 m (and large a/h) showed significant enhancement with fully
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