IP Library Granted Patent US 12684934
Granted Patent B2
US 12684934 · App. 18/026,539 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Light-emitting device including quantum dots for enhancing luminous efficiency

Inventors: Yoshihiro Ueta (Sakai City, JP); Keisuke Kitano (Sakai City, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H10K50/115H10K59/122H10K59/878
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Patent No.
US 12684934
App. No.
18/026,539
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a hole transport layer disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a first quantum dot including a first core with an emission peak in a visible light region, and a second quantum dot including a second core with an emission peak in a near-ultraviolet region or an ultraviolet region.

Claims (38)

1 . A light-emitting device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a hole transport layer disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer,

wherein the light-emitting layer includes:

a first quantum dot including a first core with an emission peak in a visible light region, and

a second quantum dot including a second core with an emission peak in a near-ultraviolet region or an ultraviolet region, and

wherein:

the light-emitting layer has a layered structure comprising a first layer including the first quantum dot and a second layer including the second quantum dot,

the second layer is disposed between the first layer and the hole transport layer,

a thickness of the second layer is in a range from 10 nm to half a thickness of the first layer or less, and

near-ultraviolet light or ultraviolet light emitted by the second quantum dot is absorbed by the first quantum dot.

2 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first quantum dot includes a first shell disposed on an outer side of the first core,

the second quantum dot includes a second shell disposed on an outer side of the second core, and

a material forming the first shell and a material forming the second shell are identical.

3 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first quantum dot includes a first shell disposed on an outer side of the first core,

the second quantum dot includes a second shell disposed on an outer side of the second core, and

a material forming the first shell is different from a material forming the second shell.

4 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein an electron affinity of the second core is less than an electron affinity of the first core.

5 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a bank disposed in contact with a side surface of the light-emitting layer, the bank absorbing light of an emission peak of the second quantum dot.

6 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a bank disposed in contact with a side surface of the light-emitting layer, the bank reflecting light of an emission peak of the second quantum dot.

7 . The light-emitting device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the bank includes a metal film disposed opposite the side surface of the light-emitting layer.

8 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein an entirety of the second layer overlaps the first layer in a plan view of the light-emitting device.

9 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer covers a side surface of the second layer.

10 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a material forming the first core and a material forming the second core are identical, and

a particle size of the first core is greater than a particle size of the second core.

11 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a material forming the first core and a material forming the second core are different.