Color changing substrate and display device including the same
A color changing substrate comprises a substrate comprising emission areas and non-emission areas, a color filter layer on the substrate and comprising a light blocking member partitioning the emission areas and the non-emission areas, and a plurality of color filters in areas surrounded by the light blocking member, a bank overlapping the light blocking member, a wavelength control layer comprising wavelength conversion layers and a light transmitting layer in areas surrounded by the bank, a reflective layer overlapping the bank, a first metal oxide layer overlapping the reflective layer, and a self-assembled layer overlapping the first metal oxide layer.
1. A color changing substrate comprising:
a substrate comprising emission areas and non-emission areas;
a color filter layer on the substrate and comprising a light blocking member partitioning the emission areas and the non-emission areas, and color filters in areas surrounded by the light blocking member;
a bank overlapping the light blocking member;
a wavelength control layer comprising wavelength conversion layers and a light transmitting layer in areas surrounded by the bank;
a reflective layer overlapping the bank;
a first metal oxide layer overlapping the reflective layer; and
a self-assembled layer overlapping the first metal oxide layer.
2. The color changing substrate of claim 1 , wherein the first metal oxide layer covers the reflective layer, and the self-assembled layer covers the first metal oxide layer.
3. The color changing substrate of claim 1 , wherein the reflective layer, the first metal oxide layer, and the self-assembled layer overlap the non-emission areas and do not overlap the emission areas.
4. The color changing substrate of claim 3 , wherein the reflective layer, the first metal oxide layer, and the self-assembled layer overlap the light blocking member.
5. The color changing substrate of claim 1 , wherein the first metal oxide layer comprises any one selected from ITO, IZO, ZnO, In 2 O 3 , and ITZO.
6. The color changing substrate of claim 1 , wherein the first metal oxide layer has a thickness in a range of about 10 Å to about 500 Å.
7. The color changing substrate of claim 1 , further comprising a second metal oxide layer between the bank and the reflective layer, and comprising a same material as the first metal oxide layer.
8. The color changing substrate of claim 1 , wherein the self-assembled layer comprises a compound comprising hydrocarbon chains, head portions at first ends of the respective hydrocarbon chains, and terminal portions at second ends of the respective hydrocarbon chains.
9. The color changing substrate of claim 8 , wherein the head portions are in contact with a surface of the first metal oxide layer, and
wherein the terminal portions are spaced apart from the first metal oxide layer in a direction away from the first metal oxide layer.
10. The color changing substrate of claim 8 , wherein the compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1:
A-B-C
wherein A is one or more selected from the group consisting of a thiol group, a disulfide group, a carboxylic acid group, a phosphonic acid group, and a silane group,
wherein B is one or more selected from the group consisting of a fluoroalkylene group, an alkylene group, an acylene group, an amine group, a carboxylic acid group, a thiol group, and an ether group,
wherein C is one or more selected from the group consisting of a fluoroalkyl group, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an amine group, a carboxylic acid group, a thiol group, and an alcohol group,
wherein B comprises one or more fluoro groups, and
wherein C comprises one or more fluoro groups.
11. A display device comprising:
a display substrate comprising a first substrate comprising sub-pixels and a light emitting element layer on the first substrate and configured to emit light; and
a color changing substrate on the display substrate,
wherein the color changing substrate comprises:
a second substrate comprising emission areas and non-emission areas respectively corresponding to the sub-pixels;
a color filter layer on one surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, and comprising a light blocking member partitioning the emission areas and the non-emission areas, and color filters in areas surrounded by the light blocking member;
a bank overlapping the light blocking member;
a wavelength control layer comprising wavelength conversion layers and a light transmitting layer in areas surrounded by the bank;
a reflective layer overlapping the bank;
a metal oxide layer overlapping the reflective layer; and
a self-assembled layer overlapping the metal oxide layer.
12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the light emitting element layer comprises:
pixel electrodes,
a pixel defining layer partitioning the emission areas and the non-emission areas on the pixel electrodes,
light emitting layers on the pixel electrodes, and
a common electrode on the light emitting layers.
13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the bank, the reflective layer, the metal oxide layer, and the self-assembled layer overlap the pixel defining layer, and overlap the non-emission areas.
14. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the sub-pixels comprise a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel,
wherein the wavelength conversion layers comprise a first wavelength conversion layer in the first sub-pixel, and a second wavelength conversion layer in the second sub-pixel, and
wherein the light transmitting layer is in the third sub-pixel.
15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the color filters comprise a first color filter in the first sub-pixel, a second color filter in the second sub-pixel, and a third color filter in the third sub-pixel, and
wherein the light emitted from the light emitting element layer is to be converted into light of a first color in the first wavelength conversion layer and then is to be emitted through the first color filter, is to be converted into light of a second color in the second wavelength conversion layer and then is to be emitted through the second color filter, or is to be transmitted through the light transmitting layer and then is to be emitted through the third color filter.
16. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the metal oxide layer comprises any one selected from ITO, IZO, ZnO, In 2 O 3 , and ITZO.
17. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the self-assembled layer comprises a compound comprising hydrocarbon chains, head portions at first ends of the respective hydrocarbon chains, and terminal portions at second ends of the respective hydrocarbon chains,
wherein the head portions are in contact with a surface of the metal oxide layer, and
wherein the terminal portions are spaced apart from the metal oxide layer in a direction away from the metal oxide layer.
18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1:
A-B-C Chemical Formula 1
wherein A is one or more selected from the group consisting of a thiol group, a disulfide group, a carboxylic acid group, a phosphonic acid group, and a silane group,
wherein B is one or more selected from the group consisting of a fluoroalkylene group, an alkylene group, an acylene group, an amine group, a carboxylic acid group, a thiol group, and an ether group,
wherein C is one or more selected from the group consisting of a fluoroalkyl group, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an amine group, a carboxylic acid group, a thiol group, and an alcohol group,
wherein B comprises one or more fluoro groups, and
wherein C comprises one or more fluoro groups.