IP Library Granted Patent US 12696613
Granted Patent B2
US 12696613 · App. 18/574,692 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Light-emitting element, display device, and method for manufacturing light-emitting element

Inventor: Yuma Yaguchi (Sakai City, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H10K50/115H10K50/155H10K50/165H10K59/35H10K85/151H10K59/1201
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Patent No.
US 12696613
App. No.
18/574,692
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A red light-emitting element according to the present disclosure includes a pixel electrode, a red light-emitting layer, and a common electrode in the stated order. The red light-emitting layer includes the following: a first red function region including red nanoparticles and first red ligands; and a second red function region including red nanoparticles and second red ligands different from the first red ligands, and being adjacent to at least a part of the side surface of the first red function region. The volume resistivity of the second red function region is higher than the volume resistivity of the first red function region.

Claims (48)

1 . A light-emitting element comprising in a stated order:

a first electrode; a function layer; and a second electrode,

wherein the function layer has

a first function region including a functional material and a first ligand, and

a second function region including the functional material and a second ligand different from the first ligand, the second function region being adjacent to at least a part of a side surface of the first function region, and

a volume resistivity of the second function region is higher than a volume resistivity of the first function region.

2 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the volume resistivity of the second function region is higher than the volume resistivity of the first function region by 2 to 1000 times inclusive.

3 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the first ligand is a ligand containing, as a coordinating functional group, at least one from the group consisting of a thiol group, an amino group, a carboxyl group, a phosphon group, a phosphine group, a phosphine oxide group, and a hydroxyl group.

4 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein

the first function region corresponds to a middle of a main emission region, and

the second function region corresponds to a peripheral region surrounding the middle of the main emission region.

5 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein

the function layer includes a hole transport layer, and

the functional material in the hole transport layer includes a nanoparticle having hole transportability.

6 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein

the function layer includes an electron transport layer, and

the functional material in the electron transport layer includes a nanoparticle having electron transportability.

7 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein

the function layer includes a light-emitting layer, and

the functional material in the light-emitting layer includes a nanoparticle that emits light in response to an exciton that is generated by electron-and-hole recombination.

8 . A display device comprising at least one light-emitting element according to claim 1 .

9 . A display device comprising:

at least one red light-emitting element configured to emit red light;

at least one green light-emitting element configured to emit green light; and

at least one blue light-emitting element configured to emit blue light,

which are, respectively, the light-emitting element according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second ligands included in the light-emitting layers of the at least one red light-emitting element, the at least one green light-emitting element, and at least one blue light-emitting element are different from each other.

10 . A light-emitting element comprising in a stated order:

a first electrode; a function layer; and a second electrode,

wherein the function layer has

a first function region including a functional material and a first ligand, and

a second function region including the functional material and a second ligand different from the first ligand, the second function region being adjacent to at least a part of a side surface of the first function region, and

a volume resistivity of a film composed of only the second ligand is higher than a volume resistivity of a film composed of only the first ligand.

11 . The light-emitting element according to claim 10 , wherein the volume resistivity of the film composed of only the second ligand is higher than the volume resistivity of the film composed of only the first ligand by 2 to 1000 times inclusive.

12 . A light-emitting element comprising in a stated order:

a first electrode; a function layer; and a second electrode,

wherein the function layer has

a first function region including a functional material and a first ligand, and

a second function region including the functional material and a second ligand different from the first ligand, the second function region being adjacent to at least a part of a side surface of the first function region, and

carbon contained in the second ligand outnumbers carbon contained in the first ligand by five or more.

13 . The light-emitting element according to claim 12 , wherein the second ligand contains 10 to 30 carbon atoms inclusive.

14 . The light-emitting element according to claim 12 , wherein the second ligand includes a long-chain ligand containing 10 or more carbon atoms.

15 . The light-emitting element according to claim 14 , wherein the long-chain ligand has a main-chain skeleton containing 10 to 30 carbon atoms inclusive.

16 . The light-emitting element according to claim 14 , wherein the long-chain ligand has a side-chain skeleton containing 2 to 20 carbon atoms inclusive.

17 . The light-emitting element according to claim 12 , wherein the second ligand includes a polymer ligand containing a polymer.

18 . The light-emitting element according to claim 17 , wherein the polymer ligand has a molecular weight of 10000 or greater.

19 . The light-emitting element according to claim 12 , wherein the second ligand includes an oligomer ligand containing an oligomer.

20 . The light-emitting element according to claim 12 , wherein the oligomer ligand has a molecular weight of 1000 or greater and less than 10000.