Color conversion composition, color conversion sheet and light source unit including the same, display, lighting apparatus, backlight unit, LED chip, and LED package
A color conversion composition includes the following Component (A) and Component (B): Component (A): an organic light-emitting material; and Component (B): at least one of a polyester resin having a partial structure represented by General Formula (1) in its molecular structure of the polyester resin and a resin containing a bisphenol structure represented by General Formula (2): where Y is a divalent saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having at least one of a tertiary carbon and a quaternary carbon, where R 1 and R 2 each represent hydrogen or a C 1-20 organic group; R 1 and R 2 may be the same as or different from each other.
1. A color conversion composition that converts incident light into light with a wavelength longer than that of the incident light, the color conversion composition comprising the following Component (A) and Component (B):
Component (A): an organic light-emitting material; and
Component (B): at least one of a polyester resin having a partial structure represented by General Formula (1) in a molecular structure of the polyester resin and a resin containing a bisphenol structure represented by General Formula (2):
where Y is a divalent saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having at least one of a tertiary carbon and a quaternary carbon, and
where R 1 and R 2 each represents hydrogen or a C 1-20 organic group; R 1 and R 2 are the same as or different from each other,
wherein when a weight ratio of the partial structure represented by the General Formula (1) to a total amount of the polyester resin contained as the Component (B) is represented as m 1 % by weight, m 1 satisfies 10≤m 1 ≤60.
2. The color conversion composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyester resin has at least one of a partial structure represented by General Formula (3) and a partial structure represented by General Formula (4) in the molecular structure of the polyester resin:
3. The color conversion composition according to claim 2 , wherein
the polyester resin has at least the partial structure represented by the General Formula (3) in the molecular structure of the polyester resin, and
when a weight ratio of the partial structure represented by the General Formula (3) to a total amount of the polyester resin contained as the Component (B) is represented as m 2 % by weight, m 2 satisfies 20≤m 2 ≤70.
4. The color conversion composition according to claim 2 , wherein when a weight ratio of the partial structure represented by the General Formula (3) to a total amount of the polyester resin contained as the Component (B) is represented as m 2 % by weight, and a weight ratio of the partial structure represented by the General Formula (4) to a total amount of the polyester resin contained as the Component (B) is represented as m 3 % by weight, m 2 and m 3 satisfy 20≤m 2 +m 3 ≤70.
5. The color conversion composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyester resin has at least one of a partial structure represented by General Formula (5) and a partial structure represented by General Formula (6) in a molecular structure of the polyester resin:
where n 1 and n 2 are natural numbers, in which 2≤n 1 ≤10 and 2≤n 2 ≤14.
6. The color conversion composition according to claim 1 , wherein the resin containing the bisphenol structure has at least a structure represented by General Formula (7) in a molecular structure of the resin:
7. The color conversion composition according to claim 1 , wherein the Component (A) contains a compound represented by General Formula (8):
where X is C—R 9 or N; R 3 to R 11 are the same as or different from each other and are selected from hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl ether group, an aryl thioether group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, halogen, a cyano group, an aldehyde group, a carbonyl group, a carboxy group, an oxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a silyl group, a siloxanyl group, a boryl group, a phosphine oxide group, and a condensed ring and an aliphatic ring formed between adjacent substituents.
8. The color conversion composition according to claim 7 , wherein X in the General Formula (8) is C—R 9 in which R 9 is a group represented by General Formula (9):
where r is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl ether group, an aryl thioether group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, halogen, a cyano group, an aldehyde group, a carbonyl group, a carboxy group, an oxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a silyl group, a siloxanyl group, a boryl group, and a phosphine oxide group; k is an integer of 1 to 3; when k is 2 or more, rs are the same as or different from each other.
9. The color conversion composition according to claim 7 , wherein R 3 , R 5 , R 6 , and R 8 in the General Formula (8) are the same as or different from each other, and
R 3 , R 5 , R 6 , and R 8 in the General Formula (8) are substituted or unsubstituted phenyl groups or are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups.
10. The color conversion composition according to claim 1 , wherein the Component (A) contains a light-emitting material that exhibits light emission with a peak wavelength observed in a region of 500 nm or more and 580 nm or less by using excitation light in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 500 nm or less.
11. The color conversion composition according to claim 1 , wherein the Component (A) contains the following Light-Emitting Material (a) and Light-Emitting Material (b):
Light-Emitting Material (a): a light-emitting material that exhibits light emission with a peak wavelength observed in a region of 500 nm or more and 580 nm or less by using excitation light in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and
Light-Emitting Material (b): a light-emitting material that exhibits light emission with a peak wavelength observed in a region of 580 nm or more and 750 nm or less by being excited by at least either excitation light in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 500 nm or less or light emission from the Light-Emitting Material (a).
12. The color conversion composition according to claim 11 , wherein a content w a of the Light-Emitting Material (a) and a content w b of the Light-Emitting Material (b) have a relation of w a ≥w b .
13. The color conversion composition according to claim 10 , wherein
the Component (A) contains a compound represented by General Formula (8):
where X is C—R 9 or N; R 3 to R 11 are the same as or different from each other and are selected from hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl ether group, an aryl thioether group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, halogen, a cyano group, an aldehyde group, a carbonyl group, a carboxy group, an oxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a silyl group, a siloxanyl group, a boryl group, a phosphine oxide group, and a condensed ring and an aliphatic ring formed between adjacent substituents, and
the light-emitting material that exhibits light emission with a peak wavelength of 500 nm or more and 580 nm or less by using the excitation light in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 500 nm or less is the compound represented by the General Formula (8).
14. The color conversion composition according to claim 11 , wherein
the Component (A) contains a compound represented by General Formula (8):
where X is C—R 9 or N; R 3 to R 11 are the same as or different from each other and are selected from hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl ether group, an aryl thioether group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, halogen, a cyano group, an aldehyde group, a carbonyl group, a carboxy group, an oxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a silyl group, a siloxanyl group, a boryl group, a phosphine oxide group, and a condensed ring and an aliphatic ring formed between adjacent substituents, and
the Light-Emitting Material (b) is the compound represented by the General Formula (8).
15. A color conversion sheet comprising a layer of the color conversion composition according to claim 1 or a layer of a cured object of the color conversion composition according to claim 1 .
16. The color conversion sheet according to claim 15 , further comprising a barrier layer.
17. A light source unit comprising:
a light source; and
the color conversion sheet according to claim 2 .
18. The light source unit according to claim 17 , wherein the light source is a light-emitting diode having maximum emission in a range of 400 nm or more and 500 nm or less.
19. A display or a lighting apparatus comprising the light source unit according to claim 17 .
20. An LED chip comprising a light-emitting face provided with the color conversion sheet according to claim 15 .
21. An LED package comprising a cured object of the color conversion composition according to claim 1 .
22. A backlight unit or a display or a lighting apparatus comprising the LED package according to claim 21 .
23. The color conversion composition according to claim 11 , wherein
the Component (A) contains a compound represented by General Formula (8):
where X is C—R 9 or N; R 3 to R 11 are the same as or different from each other and are selected from hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl ether group, an aryl thioether group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, halogen, a cyano group, an aldehyde group, a carbonyl group, a carboxy group, an oxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a silyl group, a siloxanyl group, a boryl group, a phosphine oxide group, and a condensed ring and an aliphatic ring formed between adjacent substituents, and
the light-emitting material that exhibits light emission with a peak wavelength of 500 nm or more and 580 nm or less by using the excitation light in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 500 nm or less is the compound represented by the General Formula (8).
24. An LED package comprising the color conversion sheet according to claim 15 .