Light-emitting device having a planarized color filter
View Patent ↗A light-emitting device and the fabrication method thereof. A substrate is provided. A plurality of active elements are formed on the substrate, defining a plurality of pixel areas. A color filter is formed on the pixel areas. The surface of the color filter is planarized to reduce roughness. An electrode is formed on the color filter. An light-emitting layer is formed on the electrode. A second electrode is formed on the light-emitting layer.
1. An organic light-emitting device, comprising:
a substrate;
a color filter disposed on the substrate, wherein the color filter has a surface roughness (Ra) less than 10 nm;
a first electrode contacting the color filter, wherein the first electrode has a surface roughness (Ra) less than 10 nm;
an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; and
a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer.
2. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrode, the organic light-emitting layer and the second electrode comprise a monochromatic organic light-emitting device.
3. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the monochromatic organic light-emitting device is a white-light organic light-emitting device.
4. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first electrode comprises an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode, indium zinc oxide (IZO) electrode or a metal oxide.
5. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the color filter is formed by an excimer UV treatment, a corona treatment, O2 plasma treatment, or polishing.
6. An electronic device including the organic light emitting device of claim 1 .
7. A light-emitting device, comprising:
a substrate;
a color filter on the substrate, the color filter having a planarized surface; and
a first electrode contacting the planarized surface of the color filter.
8. The light emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the planarized surface of the color filter has a surface roughness (Ra) less than 10 nm.
9. The light emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the planarized surface of the color filter is planarized by UV treatment, O2 plasma treatment, or polishing.
10. The light emitting layer of claim 9 , wherein the O2 plasma treatment includes exposing the color filter to Ar, O2 or H2O before the first electrode is f formed on the color filter.
11. The light emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the first electrode comprises a planarized surface.
12. The light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the planarized surface of the first electrode is planarized by UV treatment, O2 plasma treatment, or polishing.
13. The light emitting device of claim 7 , further comprising:
an organic light-emitting layer on the first electrode; and
a second electrode on the organic light-emitting layer.
14. The light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the first electrode, the organic light-emitting layer and the second electrode comprise a monochromatic organic light-emitting diode.
15. The light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the organic light-emitting layer is a stacked layer comprising an electron-injecting layer, an electron-transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole-transport layer, and a hole-injecting layer.
16. The light emitting layer of claim 13 , wherein the second electrode comprises a conductive material including one of Ca, Al, Mg, MgAg, AlLi or a combination thereof.
17. The light emitting layer of claim 13 , further comprising active elements on the substrate, wherein the active elements comprise at least one of an amorphous-Si thin-film transistor and a poly-Si thin-film transistor.
18. The light emitting layer of claim 7 , wherein the first electrode comprises a transparent conductive material including indium tin oxide (ITO) or indium zinc oxide (IZO).
19. The light emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the light emitting device is an organic light emitting device.
20. An electronic device including the light emitting device of claim 7 .