Optical substrate, light emitting element, display device and manufacturing methods thereof
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to an optical substrate comprising a transparent substrate, a low refractive index layer, whose refractive index is lower than that of the transparent substrate, disposed over the transparent substrate, and a solgel film disposed over the low refractive index layer; a light emitting element having a first electrode, a light emitting layer and a second electrode over the solgel film of this optical substrate; and a display device provided with this light emitting element.
1. An optical substrate comprising:
a transparent substrate;
a low refractive index layer, whose refractive index is lower than that of the transparent substrate, disposed over the transparent substrate; and
a solgel film disposed over the low refractive index layer, a relationship between the surface roughness of the low refractive index layer, represented by Ra1, and that of the solgel film over the low refractive index layer, represented by Ra2, being defined as Ra1>Ra2, said solgel film having in its infrared absorption spectrum an absorption A of 1107±2 cm−1 in wave number attributable to Si—O—C, an absorption B of 1070±2 cm−1 in wave number attributable to Si—O—Si, and an intensity ratio A/B between the absorption A and the absorption B ranging from 0.5 to 1.0.
2. The optical substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the refraction index of said low refractive index layer ranges from 1.003 to 1.400.
3. The optical substrate according to claim 1 , wherein said low refractive index layer is silica aerogel layer.
4. The optical substrate according to claim 1 , wherein said solgel film has an Si—O—C structure.
5. The optical substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the refraction index of said solgel film is greater than that of said low refractive index layer.
6. The optical substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of said solgel film ranges from 0.05 to 1.0 mm.
7. The optical substrate according to claim 1 , wherein said solgel film is formed by using a precursor having an Si—H group.
8. The optical substrate according to claim 1 , wherein said transparent substrate is a plastic substrate.
9. The optical substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a baffler layer is further disposed over said solgel film.
10. The optical substrate according to claim 1 , wherein said transparent substrate is a substrate provided with a thin film transistor.
11. A light emitting element comprising:
a transparent substrate;
a low refractive index layer, whose refractive index is lower than that of the transparent substrate, disposed over the transparent substrate;
a solgel film disposed over the low refractive index layer, a relationship between a surface roughness of the low refractive index layer, represented by Ra1, and that of the solgel film over the low refractive index layer, represented by Ra2, being defined as Ra1>Ra2 said solgel film having in its infrared absorption spectrum an absorption A of 1107±2 cm−1 in wave number attributable to Si—O—C, an absorption B of 1070±2 cm−1 in wave number attributable to Si—O—Si, and an intensity ratio A/B between the absorption A and the absorption B ranging from 0.5 to 1.0;
a first electrode over the solgel film;
a light emitting layer over the first electrode; and
a second electrode over the light emitting layer.
12. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein the refraction index of said low refractive index layer ranges from 1.003 to 1.400.
13. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein said low refractive index layer is silica acrogel layer.
14. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein said solgel film has an Si—O—C structure.
15. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein the refractive index of said solgel film is greater than that of said low refractive index layer.
16. The light emitting clement according to claim 11 , wherein the thickness of said solgel film ranges from 0.05 to 1.0 mm.
17. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein said solgel film is formed by using a precursor having an Si—H group.
18. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein said transparent substrate is a plastic substrate.
19. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein a barrier layer is further disposed over said solgel film and said first electrode is disposed over the barrier layer.
20. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein said transparent substrate is a substrate provided with a thin film transistor.
21. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein said transparent substrate is provided with a color conversion filter.
22. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein said transparent substrate is provided with a color filter.
23. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein said light emitting element is an organic electroluminescence element.
24. The light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein light emission from said light emitting layer is monochromatic.
25. The light emitting element according to claim 24 , wherein said monochromatic light is white light.
26. The light emitting element according to claim 24 , wherein said monochromatic light is blue light.
27. A display device comprising the light emitting element according to claim 11 and means for driving the light emitting element, which are disposed over the transparent substrate.
28. The display device according to claim 27 , wherein the film thickness of said low refractive index layer is 4 mm or less.
29. The display device according to claim 27 , wherein said means for driving is a thin film transistor.
30. The display device according to claim 29 , further comprising a level gap easing film for easing a convex attributable to said thin film transistor.
31. A light emitting element comprising:
a transparent substrate;
a low refractive index layer, whose refractive index is lower than that of the transparent substrate, disposed over the transparent substrate;
a solgel film disposed over the low refractive index layer, said solgel film has in its infrared absorption spectrum an absorption A of 1107±2 cm−1 in wave number attributable to Si—O—C and an absorption B of 1070±2 cm−1 in wave number attributable to Si—O—Si, and the intensity ratio A/B between the absorption A and the absorption B ranges from 0.5 to 1.0;
a first electrode over the solgel film;
a light emitting layer over the first electrode; and
a second electrode over the light emitting layer.
32. An optical substrate comprising:
a transparent substrate;
a low refractive index layer, whose refractive index is lower than that of the transparent substrate, disposed over the transparent substrate; and
a solgel film disposed over the low refractive index layer, said solgel film has in its infrared absorption spectrum an absorption A of 1107±2 cm−1 in wave number attributable to Si—O—C and an absorption B of 1070±2 cm−1 in wave number attributable to Si—O—Si, and the intensity ratio A/B between the absorption A and the absorption B ranges from 0.5 to 1.0.