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US 8,217,401 · App. 12/716,733 · Granted Jul 10, 2012

Light emitting device using nano size needle

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Patent No.
US 8,217,401
App. No.
12/716,733
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device that improves the injection efficiency of electrons or holes by providing electrons or holes to an emitting layer using nano size needles, including a first electrode with a first polarity a second electrode with a second polarity opposite to the first polarity an emitting layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to emit light and a plurality of conductive needles inserted in the first electrode and extending toward the emitting layer.

Claims (12)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first electrode having a first polarity;

a second electrode having a second polarity opposite to the first polarity;

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

a plurality of conductive needles inserted in the first electrode extending toward the light-emitting layer; and

a hole blocking layer composed of a nonconductive material having a larger ionization energy than the light-emitting layer, said hole blocking layer being interposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer and surrounding the ends of the conductive needles to inhibit deterioration of the light-emitting layer and deter holes from transferring to the first electrode.

2. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the conductive needles is less than 100 nm.

3. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is a cathode, the second electrode is an anode, and at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a transparent electrode.

4. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the interface of the light-emitting layer, and the hole blocking layer and the ends of at least some of the conductive needles, is less than 10 nm.

5. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein an electron blocking layer having a smaller electron affinity than the light-emitting layer is interposed between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode in order to deter electrons from transferring from the light-emitting layer to the second electrode.

6. The light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein an electron transporting layer composed of a conductive material having a larger ionization energy than the light-emitting layer is interposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer and surrounds the ends of the conductive needles in order to inhibit deterioration of the light-emitting layer, deter holes from transferring from the light-emitting layer to the first electrode, and improve electron injection efficiency from the first electrode to the light-emitting layer.

7. The light-emitting device of claim 6 , wherein a hole transporting layer having a smaller electron affinity than the light-emitting layer is interposed between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode in order to deter electrons from transferring from the light-emitting layer to the second electrode and improve hole injection efficiency from the second electrode to the light-emitting layer.