Display device
View Patent ↗A display device including a pixel electrode, a counter electrode, and an organic layer arranged between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, wherein the organic layer includes a hole injection layer in contact with the pixel electrode, a hole transport layer above the hole injection layer, a light emitting layer and an electron transport layer, the hole injection layer includes an inorganic material, and the inorganic material has a work function of 4.4 eV or less and includes one element or a plurality of elements selected from Na, Mg, K, Rb, Sr, Cs, Ba, Fr, Ca, Yb, Li, Al, Sm, Er and Ho, or a fluoride or an oxide of the elements.
1. A display device comprising:
a pixel electrode, a counter electrode, and an organic layer arranged between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode,
wherein
the organic layer includes a hole injection layer in contact with the pixel electrode, a hole transport layer above the hole injection layer, a light emitting layer and an electron transport layer;
the hole injection layer includes an inorganic material;
the inorganic material has a work function of 4.4 eV or less,
a surface roughness of the pixel electrode is 20 nm or more, and a gap length between a projection and a depression of the surface of the pixel electrode is 40 nm or more, and
a thickness of the hole injection layer is smaller than the surface roughness of the pixel electrode.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the surface of the pixel electrode is indium tin oxide or indium zinc oxide.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the hole injection layer includes the inorganic material and an organic material.
4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the organic material is an amine-based organic material.
5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the inorganic material is magnesium fluoride.
6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising an electron blocking layer arranged between the hole transport layer and the light emitting layer, and a hole blocking layer arranged between the light emitting layer and the electron transport layer.
7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrode is arranged above a first substrate and the first substrate has flexibility.
8. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising a second substrate facing the first substrate and covering the counter electrode;
wherein the second substrate has flexibility.
9. The display device according to claim 8 , further comprising a sealing member is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate.
10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material includes one element or a plurality of elements selected from Na, Mg, K, Sr, Cs, Ba, Fr, Ca, Rb, Yb, Li, Al, Sm, Er and Ho, or a fluoride or an oxide of these elements.
11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the hole injection layer is 5 nm or less.