A substrate (100) has optical transparency, and a light-emitting unit (140) is formed on the substrate (100). The light-emitting unit (140) includes a first electrode (110), an organic layer (120), and a second electrode (130). The organic layer (120) is located between the first electrode (110) and the second electrode (130). The second electrode (130) extends outside the light-emitting unit (140). At least an end of a portion of the second electrode (130) which is located outside the light-emitting unit (140) is oxidized.

A composite layer including first and second layers is described. The first layer includes a plurality of metallic nanowires and the second layer includes a polymeric overcoat disposed on the nanowires. In top plan view, the composite layer has at least one first region and at least one second region, where the nanowires in each first region form an interconnected network of the nanowires, and each second region includes a plurality of nanotrenches through the second layer into the first layer.

Disclosed herein is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting device capable of expressing characters or drawings with various colors. The OLED lighting device according to aspects of the present disclosure includes a thermochromic pattern arranged inside or outside of a substrate, the thermo chromic pattern having a property of changing a color thereof according to a change in temperature. By applying a reversible thermochromic pattern, which may maintain or lose an original color thereof according to a temperature change, to the inside or outside of the substrate, it is possible to express characters and drawings with various colors without designing a processing pattern inside the substrate.

A luminous means comprising a substrate having a first main surface, to which a first electrode is applied, a second electrode, an organic layer stack within an active region of the substrate between the first and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer stack comprises at least one organic layer which is suitable for generating light, and at least one reflective element, which is formed along a main plane of the luminous means, wherein the luminous means has two operating states, such that the luminous means is an illumination source in a first operating state and the luminous means is a mirror in a second operating state.

An optoelectronic component, comprising an electrically conductive layer, an electrically insulating layer formed above a partial region of the electrically conductive layer, an electrically weakly conductive encapsulation layer formed outside the partial region on the electrically conductive layer and above the partial region on the electrically insulating layer, a first electrode formed above the partial region on the electrically weakly conductive encapsulation layer, an organic functional layer structure formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed above the partial region on the organic functional layer structure and where the second electrode is formed outside the partial region on the electrically weakly conductive encapsulation layer.

An organic EL element includes: a substrate that is light-transmissive; a pair of electrode layers (first electrode layer and second electrode layer) disposed above the substrate, at least one of the pair of electrode layers being light-transmissive; and a planar light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode layer and second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is disposed in a first region in a plan view. The organic EL element further includes a buffer layer disposed, in a plan view, in a second region adjacent the first region. The buffer layer is for reducing a difference in an optical characteristic between the first region and the second region with respect to a predetermined light.

A light emitting apparatus includes: a sealing member (20) forming a sealing region sealing a planar light emitting unit; and a wiring member (51) including a conductive unit (61) electrically connected to the planar light emitting unit and extending from the sealing region to an outside. The sealing member (20) has a drawing port opened at a periphery of the sealing member for drawing the wiring member (51) to the outside. The wiring member (51) includes: an internal wiring portion (71) in which the conductive unit (61) is disposed in the sealing region; an external wiring portion (72) in which the conductive unit (61) is disposed in the outside; and a boundary wiring portion (73) in which the conductive unit (61) is disposed in the drawing port and which has a smaller thickness than the internal wiring portion (71) and/or the external wiring portion (72). Such a configuration provides a light emitting apparatus having a sealing structure of the planar light emitting unit for suppressing deterioration of sealing performance due to disposition of the wiring member.

An optoelectronic component, comprising an electrically conductive layer, an electrically insulating layer formed above a partial region of the electrically conductive layer, an electrically weakly conductive encapsulation layer formed outside the partial region on the electrically conductive layer and above the partial region on the electrically insulating layer, a first electrode formed above the partial region on the electrically weakly conductive encapsulation layer, an organic functional layer structure formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed above the partial region on the organic functional layer structure and where the second electrode is formed outside the partial region on the electrically weakly conductive encapsulation layer.

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) illuminating lamp sheet and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method for manufacturing an OLED illuminating lamp sheet includes: manufacturing an array substrate, the array substrate includes a first base and a first electrode formed on the first base; bonding an electrostatic film to a surface of the array substrate provided with the first electrode, forming a patterned electrostatic film by patterning the electrostatic film, and forming an organic film layer by taking the patterned electrostatic film as a mask; forming a second electrode and obtaining an OLED element; and encapsulating the OLED element and obtaining an OLED illuminating lamp sheet.

An object of the invention is to provide an organic electroluminescence module having light-emitting units capable of keeping power consumption low and to provide an information device having such a module. The organic electroluminescence module of the invention includes a plurality of light-emitting units that are electrically connected to one another and each have a light-emitting region corresponding to a design to be displayed by light emission.