Substrate for organic electronic device
Provided are a substrate for an OED and a use thereof. The substrate may be applied to manufacture a flexible device exhibiting a suitable haze to have an excellent physical property such as transmittance, and also have excellent physical properties such as surface smoothness and refractive index when needed.
1. A substrate for an organic electronic device (OED), comprising:
a base film comprising an imidization product of a first polyamic acid having a condensation unit of a first tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a first diamine compound and a second polyamic acid having a condensation unit of a second tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a second diamine compound,
wherein the first tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and the second tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride are selected from 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and 2,2′-bis-(3,4-dicarboxylphenyl) hexafluoropropane dianhydride,
wherein the first diamine compound and the second diamine compound are selected from p-phenylene diamine and 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine,
wherein the weight ratio of the first polyamic acid to the second polyamic acid is from 5:95 to 10:90 based on a total solid content of the first and second polyamic acid present in a solution, and
wherein an absolute value of the difference in the refractive index between the first polyamic acid and the second polyamic acid is between 0.019 to 0.065,
with the proviso that the first tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride is the same as the second tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride or the first diamine compound is the same as the second diamine compound.
2. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the base film has a refractive index for light having a wavelength of 550 nm of 1.7 or more.
3. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the base film has a root mean square (RMS) roughness of 5 nm or less.
4. The substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of scattering particles in the base film is 10 wt % or less.
5. The substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a high refractive layer formed on a surface of the base film and having a refractive index for light having a wavelength of 550 nm of 1.7 or more.
6. The substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the high refractive layer is an inorganic material layer.
7. The substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the inorganic material layer includes a stack structure of a first sub layer and a second sub layer.
8. The substrate according to claim 7 , wherein each of the first sub layer and the second sub layer has a thickness of 7 nm or less.
9. The substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the first sub layer has a refractive index of 1.4 to 1.9, and the second sub layer has a refractive index of 2.0 to 2.6.
10. An organic electronic device (OED), comprising:
the substrate for an OED of claim 1 ; and
a device region having a first electrode layer, an organic material layer, and a second electrode layer, which are present on an inorganic material layer of the substrate.
11. A light source for a display, comprising:
the OED of claim 10 .
12. A lighting device, comprising:
the OED of claim 10 .
13. An apparatus comprising:
a flexible non-glass substrate configured to accommodate organic light emitting elements; and
a base film, on the substrate, which comprises an imidization product of a first polyamic acid having a condensation unit of a first tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a first diamine compound and a second polyamic acid having a condensation unit of a second tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a second diamine compound,
wherein the base film does not include scattering particles, and
wherein the first tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and the second tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride are selected from 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and 2,2′-bis-(3,4-dicarboxylphenyl) hexafluoropropane dianhydride,
wherein the first diamine compound and the second diamine compound are selected from p-phenylene diamine and 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine, and
wherein the weight ratio of the first polyamic acid to the second polyamic acid is from 5:95 to 10:90 based on a total solid content of the first and second polyamic acid present in a solution,
with the proviso that at least the first tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride is the same as the second tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride or the first diamine compound is the same as the second diamine compound.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the base film has a glass transition temperature of 200° C. or more, a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of 5 to 70 ppm/° C.