IP Library Granted Patent US 10,128,457
Granted Patent B2
US 10,128,457 · App. 15/459,278 · Granted Nov 13, 2018

Light-emitting device and power-generating device

Inventors: Nobuhiro Nakamura (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Naomichi Miyakawa (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Satoru Watanabe (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Toshinari Watanabe (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
H01L51/5203H01L51/5268
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Patent No.
US 10,128,457
App. No.
15/459,278
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device having a light-extraction structure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an inorganic-material-based layer disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer or between the second electrode and the light-emitting layer. The inorganic-material-based layer has thickness of 100 nm or more and has conductivity of 10 −6 Ω −1 cm −1 or more and 100 Ω −1 cm −1 or less.

Claims (26)

1. A light-emitting device having a light-extraction structure,

the light-emitting device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

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

an inorganic-material-based layer disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer or between the second electrode and the light-emitting layer,

wherein the inorganic-material-based layer has thickness of 100 nm or more and has conductivity of 10 −6 Ω −1 cm −1 or more and 100 Ω −1 cm −1 or less,

wherein the inorganic-material-based layer comprises of a zinc-silicon-oxide-based material, and

wherein the zinc-silicon-oxide-based material contains zinc (Zn), silicon (Si), and oxygen (O) at an atomic fraction, according to which Zn/(Zn+Si) is in a range of 0.30 to 0.8.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic-material-based layer contains amorphous oxide.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting layer is an organic light-emitting layer.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is a transparent electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein a transparent substrate is disposed on a side of the first electrode, the side being opposite to a side on which the second electrode is disposed.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the light-extraction structure is constituted by a scattering layer disposed between the first electrode and the transparent substrate, and

wherein the scattering layer includes a base material made of glass and a plurality of scattering substances dispersed inside the base material.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic-material-based layer is disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the inorganic-material-based layer is disposed in contact with the first electrode.

9. A power-generating device, comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

a power-generating layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

an inorganic-material-based layer disposed between the first electrode and the power-generating layer or between the second electrode and the power-generating layer,

wherein the inorganic-material-based layer has thickness of 100 nm or more and has conductivity of 10 −6 Ω −1 cm −1 or more and 100 Ω −1 cm −1 or less,

wherein the inorganic-material-based layer comprises of a zinc-silicon-oxide-based material, and

wherein the zinc-silicon-oxide-based material contains zinc (Zn), silicon (Si), and oxygen (O) at an atomic fraction, according to which Zn/(Zn+Si) is in a range of 0.30 to 0.8.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2017
From: NAKAMURA, NOBUHIRO; MIYAKAWA, NAOMICHI; WATANABE, SATORU; WATANABE, TOSHINARI
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041581/0050 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-190360 · Sep 18, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015075347 · Sep 7, 2015
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