IP Library Granted Patent US 8,610,346
Granted Patent B2
US 8,610,346 · App. 12/902,301 · Granted Dec 17, 2013

Organic light-emitting device including an aluminum-based reflective layer

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Patent No.
US 8,610,346
App. No.
12/902,301
Granted
Dec 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting device including a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a second electrode; an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a carbonaceous material-containing layer between the first electrode and the organic layer, wherein the first electrode includes an aluminum (Al)-based reflective layer and a transparent conductive layer sequentially stacked in this order on the substrate, the Al-based reflective layer including a first element and nickel (Ni) and the first element includes at least one of lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), and lutetium (Lu).

Claims (40)

1. An organic light-emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode on the substrate;

a second electrode;

an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a carbonaceous material-containing layer between the first electrode and the organic layer, the carbonaceous material being at least one of C 60 , a fullerene-based compound, carbon nanotubes, carbon fiber, carbon black, graphite, carbine, MgC 60 , CaC 60 , and SrC 60 , and the carbonaceous material-containing layer having a thickness of about 3 Å to about 30 Å,

wherein:

the first electrode includes an aluminum (Al)-based reflective layer including a first element and nickel (Ni), a transparent conductive layer, and a second-element-containing zinc oxide layer sequentially stacked in this order on the substrate such that the second-element-containing zinc oxide layer is closest to the organic layer,

the first element includes at least one of lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), and lutetium (Lu),

the transparent conductive layer includes indium tin oxide (ITO) or tin oxide (SnO 2 ),

the second-element-containing zinc oxide layer includes at least one of aluminum (Al), indium (In), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), gadolinium (Gd), zirconium (Zr), molybdenum (Mo), and nickel (Ni), and

the Al-based reflective layer includes an Al x Ni phase, x being about 2.5 to about 3.5.

2. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the Al x Ni phase contacts the transparent conductive layer.

3. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein x is about 3.

4. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a nickel (Ni)-rich oxide layer on a surface of the Al-based reflective layer that faces the transparent conductive layer.

5. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein nickel (Ni) is included in the Al-based reflective layer in an amount of about 0.6 wt % to about 5 wt %.

6. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first element is lanthanum (La).

7. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first element is included in the Al-based reflective layer in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 3 wt %.

8. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the Al-based reflective layer includes lanthanum (La), nickel (Ni), and aluminum (Al),

the lanthanum (La) is included in the Al-based reflective layer in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 3 wt %, and

the nickel (Ni) is included in the Al-based reflective layer in an amount of about 0.6 wt % to about 5 wt %.

9. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the carbonaceous material is C 60 .

10. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second element includes aluminum (Al).

11. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second element is included in the second element-containing zinc oxide layer in an amount of about 0.5 to about 10 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the second element-containing zinc oxide layer.

12. An organic light-emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode on the substrate;

a second electrode;

an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a carbonaceous material-containing layer between the first electrode and the organic layer,

wherein:

the first electrode includes an aluminum (Al)-based reflective layer, a transparent conductive layer sequentially stacked in this order on the substrate and a nickel (Ni)-rich oxide layer on a surface of the Al-based reflective layer that faces the transparent conductive layer, the Al-based reflective layer including a first element and nickel (Ni) and the first element includes at least one of lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), and lutetium (Lu).

13. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the Al-based reflective layer includes an Al x Ni phase, x being about 2.5 to about 3.5.

14. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the Al x Ni phase contacts the transparent conductive layer.

15. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein nickel (Ni) is included in the Al-based reflective layer in an amount of about 0.6 wt % to about 5 wt %.

16. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first element is lanthanum (La).

17. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the carbonaceous material-containing layer includes a carbonaceous material including at least one of a fullerene-based compound, a metal-containing fullerene-based complex, carbon nanotubes, carbon fiber, carbon black, graphite, carbine, MgC 60 , CaC 60 , and SrC 60 .

18. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first electrode further includes a second element-containing zinc oxide layer, the second element in the second element-containing zinc oxide layer including at least one of aluminum (Al), indium (In), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), gadolinium (Gd), zirconium (Zr), molybdenum (Mo), and nickel (Ni).

19. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the carbonaceous material-containing layer having a thickness of about 3 Å to about 30 Å.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 11, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029096/0174 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2010
From: KIM, TAE-SHICK; KIM, DONG-HEON; LEE, KWAN-HEE; CHUN, BYUNG-HOON
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025141/0922 →