IP Library Granted Patent US 8,816,363
Granted Patent B2
US 8,816,363 · App. 13/361,280 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting element, organic light-emitting element, display panel, and display device

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Patent No.
US 8,816,363
App. No.
13/361,280
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting element. A first layer is formed above a substrate, and exhibits hole injection properties. A bank material layer is formed above the first layer using a bank material. Banks are formed by patterning the bank material layer, and forming a resin film on a surface of the first layer by attaching a portion of the bank material layer to the first layer, the banks defining apertures corresponding to light-emitters, the resin material being the same as the bank material. A functional layer is formed by applying ink to the apertures that contacts the resin film. The ink contains an organic material. The functional layer includes an organic light-emitting layer. A second layer is formed above the functional layer and exhibits electron injection properties. The hole injection properties of the first layer are then degraded by applying electrical power to an element structure.

Claims (11)

1. An element structure of an organic light-emitting element, comprising:

a first layer configured to eject holes, a surface of the first layer including a plurality of protrusions;

a second layer facing the first layer and configured to eject electrons;

a functional layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, containing an organic material, and including a light-emitting layer;

banks facing the first layer, partitioning the light-emitting layer, and formed by patterning a bank material layer containing a resin material; and

a resin film disposed between the first layer and the light-emitting layer, and formed from the resin material contained in the bank material layer, the resin material accumulating between the plurality of protrusions in the surface of the first layer for forming the resin film,

wherein the first layer includes an anode and a hole injection layer disposed above the anode,

the hole injection layer contains a structure of a crystalline phase of tungsten trioxide or of a non-crystalline phase of tungsten oxide which lacks an order characteristic of the crystalline phase, and has, in an electronic state thereof, an occupied energy level that is approximately 1.8 eV to approximately 3.6 eV lower than a lowest energy level of a valence band of the hole injection layer, in terms of binding energy, and

an ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) spectrum of the hole injection layer, using a He I line as a light source and a normal line direction of a surface of the substrate as an electron emission angle, exhibits an upward protrusion from a first point approximately 1.8 eV lower than the lowest energy level of the valence band to a second point approximately 3.6 eV lower than the lowest energy level of the valence band, in terms of binding energy.

2. The element structure of an organic light-emitting element of claim 1 , wherein

an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectrum of the hole injection layer, using a Al—K α line as the light source an d the normal line direction of the surface of the substrate as the electron emission angle, exhibits an upward protrusion between the first point and the second point.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC
Reel/Frame 035187/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2012
From: ISOBE, TAKASHI; MISHIMA, KOSUKE; AKAMATSU, KAORI; OHUCHI, SATORU
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028314/0528 →