IP Library Granted Patent US 12,213,331
Granted Patent B2
US 12,213,331 · App. 17/585,384 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Hybrid organic-inorganic light emitting device

Inventors: Byungjun Lee (Ann Arbor, MI); Jongchan Kim (Ann Arbor, MI); Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
H10K50/11H10K50/13H10K50/85H10K71/00H10K50/15H10K50/17H10K2101/40H10K2102/00H10K2102/351
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Patent No.
US 12,213,331
App. No.
17/585,384
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electronic optoelectronic device comprises a substrate, a first electrode positioned over the substrate, a first organic buffer layer positioned over the first electrode, and a first inorganic emissive layer positioned over the first organic buffer layer. A method of fabricating an organic optoelectronic device is also disclosed.

Claims (14)

1. An organic optoelectronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode positioned over the substrate;

a first organic buffer layer positioned over the first electrode; and

a first inorganic emissive layer positioned over the first organic buffer layer.

2. The organic optoelectronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a first organic host layer positioned over the first organic buffer layer, wherein the first inorganic emissive layer is positioned within the first organic host layer.

3. The organic optoelectronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first inorganic emissive layer is positioned at a distance from an interface between the first organic buffer layer and the organic host layer of between 2.5 nm and 20 nm.

4. The organic optoelectronic device of claim 3 , wherein the distance is between 10 nm and 15 nm.

5. The organic optoelectronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first inorganic emissive layer comprises a multi quantum well structure.

6. The organic optoelectronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first inorganic emissive layer is a blue emissive layer.

7. The organic optoelectronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first inorganic emissive layer is a monolayer.

8. The organic optoelectronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first inorganic emissive layer has a thickness of between 1 nm and 100 nm.

9. The organic optoelectronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a second inorganic emissive layer positioned over the first inorganic emissive layer, the second inorganic emissive layer having a different chemical structure than the first inorganic emissive layer.

10. A product comprising the organic optoelectronic device of claim 1 , the product selected from the group consisting of a flat panel display, a curved display, a computer monitor, a medical monitor, a television, a billboard, a light for interior or exterior illumination and/or signaling, a heads-up display, a fully or partially transparent display, a flexible display, a rollable display, a foldable display, a stretchable display, a laser printer, a telephone, a mobile phone, a tablet, a phablet, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wearable device, a laptop computer, a digital camera, a camcorder, a viewfinder, a micro-display, a 3-D display, a virtual reality or augmented reality display, a vehicle, a video wall comprising multiple displays tiled together, a theater or stadium screen, a light therapy device, and a sign.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2022
From: LEE, BYUNGJUN; KIM, JONGCHAN; FORREST, STEPHEN R.
To: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Reel/Frame 060227/0194 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63143237 · Jan 29, 2021
Related Publication 20220271250A1 · Aug 25, 2022
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