Luminescent semi-conductive polymer material, method of preparing the same and organic light emitting element having the same
View Patent ↗The present invention is related to a luminescent material generated by polymerization of a pyrromethene complex by glow discharge. The polymer material of the present invention exhibits semi-conductive properties and has a luminescence maximum in a spectrum region in the range of about 540 nm to about 585 nm with a half-width of the luminescence band in the range of about 55 nm to about 75 nm, a quantum yield of photoluminescence in the range of about 0.6 to about 0.8, and an electric conductivity at a temperature of about 20° C. in the range of about 1×10 −10 S/cm to about 5×10 −10 S/cm. The resultant polymer layer has a thickness in the range of about 0.01 μm to about 10 μm on a substrate placed between or on any of the electrodes. The starting pyrromethene complex may be a 1,3,5,7,8-pentamethyl-2,6-diethylpyrromethene difluoroborate complex (pyrromethene 567). Additionally, the luminescent polymer material may be formed as a layer on a substrate having conductive coating, such as a metal, a dielectric material or semi-conductive material, for example.
1. A device, comprising:
a luminescent material based on a pyrromethene complex exhibiting semi-conductive properties, wherein the luminescent material is generated by polymerization of the pyrromethene complex in a glow discharge, and wherein a polymer layer comprising the luminescent material is arranged on a substrate between or on any electrode, and the pyrromethene complex is 1,3,5,7,8-pentamethyl-2,6-diethylpyrromethene difluoroborate (pyrromethene 567).
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the luminescent material has a luminescence maximum in a spectrum region in the range of about 540 nm to about 585 nm, a band half-width in the range of about 55 nm to about 75 nm and a photoluminescence quantum yield in the range of about 0.6 to about 0.8.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the polymer layer has a thickness in the range of about 0.01 μm to about 10 μm.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the polymer layer has an electric conductivity in the range of about 1×10 −10 S/cm to about 5×10 −10 S/cm at a temperature of about 20° C.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the pyrromethene complex is polymerized in the glow discharge at a temperature in the range of about 250° C. to about 350° C., a residual pressure in the range of about 10 −1 to about 10 −2 Pa, a discharge power in the range of about 0.5 W to about 3 W, and a duration time in the range of about 2 minutes to about 120 minutes.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is fabricated from a material selected from the group consisting of a metal, a dielectric material, and a semi-conductive material having a conductive coating.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the polymer layer is a light emitting film.
8. A organic light emitting display apparatus comprising:
a glass substrate;
an anode arranged on the glass substrate;
a light emitting layer arranged on the anode, wherein the light emitting layer comprises a luminescent material based on a pyrromethene complex having semi-conductive properties, wherein the luminescent material is generated by polymerization of the pyrromethene complex in a glow discharge and the pyrromethene complex is 1,3,5,7,8-pentamethyl-2,6-diethylpyrromethene difluoroborate (pyrromethene 567);
a cathode arranged on the light emitting layer; and
a protecting layer arranged on the cathode to protect the cathode and the light emitting layer.