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US 12,520,637 · App. 18/027,904 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Light-emitting element producing method and light-emitting element

Inventors: Akira Ohshima (Sakai, JP); Jun Sakuma (Sakai, JP); Sentaro Kida (Sakai, JP); Makoto Kitagawa (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H10H20/8512H10H20/816H10H20/83H10H20/034
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Patent No.
US 12,520,637
App. No.
18/027,904
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element producing method includes: a step of forming a first-charge transport layer on a first electrode; a step of applying a first photosensitive resin composition, containing first quantum dots, to the first-charge transport layer, and forming a first-quantum-dot containing layer; a step of applying a second photosensitive resin composition, containing second quantum dots, to the first-quantum-dot containing layer, and forming a second-quantum-dot containing layer; a step of forming a second-charge transport layer on the second-quantum-dot containing layer; and a step of forming a second electrode on the second-charge transport layer.

Claims (55)

1 . A light-emitting element producing method, comprising:

forming a first-charge transport layer on a first electrode;

applying a first photosensitive resin composition, containing first quantum dots, to the first-charge transport layer, and forming a first-quantum-dot containing layer;

applying a second photosensitive resin composition, containing second quantum dots, to the first-quantum-dot containing layer, and forming a second-quantum-dot containing layer;

forming a second-charge transport layer on the second-quantum-dot containing layer; and

forming a second electrode on the second-charge transport layer,

wherein, in the first-quantum-dot containing layer, the first quantum dots are unevenly distributed toward the first-charge transport layer and the second-quantum-dot containing layer.

2 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first photosensitive resin composition contains at least a polyimide resin or an acrylic resin.

3 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second photosensitive resin composition contains at least a polyimide resin or an acrylic resin.

4 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first-quantum-dot containing layer blocks second charges to be injected from the second electrode.

5 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second-quantum-dot containing layer blocks first charges to be injected from the first electrode.

6 . A light-emitting element producing method, comprising:

forming a first-charge transport layer on a first electrode;

applying a first photosensitive resin composition, containing first quantum dots, to the first-charge transport layer, and forming a first-quantum-dot containing layer;

applying a second photosensitive resin composition, containing second quantum dots, to the first-quantum-dot containing layer, and forming a second-quantum-dot containing layer;

forming a second-charge transport layer on the second-quantum-dot containing layer; and

forming a second electrode on the second-charge transport layer,

wherein, in the second-quantum-dot containing layer, the second quantum dots are unevenly distributed toward the first-quantum-dot containing layer and the second-charge transport layer.

7 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first photosensitive resin composition contains at least a polyimide resin or an acrylic resin.

8 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second photosensitive resin composition contains at least a polyimide resin or an acrylic resin.

9 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first-quantum-dot containing layer blocks second charges to be injected from the second electrode.

10 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second-quantum-dot containing layer blocks first charges to be injected from the first electrode.

11 . A light-emitting element, comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

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

a first-charge transport layer provided between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer; and

a second-charge transport layer provided between the second electrode and the light-emitting layer,

wherein the light-emitting layer includes:

a first-quantum-dot containing layer positioned toward the first-charge transport layer and containing first quantum dots; and

a second-quantum-dot containing layer positioned toward the second-charge transport layer and containing second quantum dots, and

in the first-quantum-dot containing layer, the first quantum dots are unevenly distributed toward the first-charge transport layer and the second-quantum-dot containing layer.

12 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 11 ,

wherein, in the second-quantum-dot containing layer, the second quantum dots are unevenly distributed toward the first-quantum-dot containing layer and the second-charge transport layer.

13 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the first-quantum-dot containing layer blocks second charges to be injected from the second electrode.

14 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the second-quantum-dot containing layer blocks first charges to be injected from the first electrode.

15 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the first-quantum-dot containing layer includes a hardened material of a first photosensitive resin composition.

16 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 15 ,

wherein the second-quantum-dot containing layer includes a hardened material of a second photosensitive resin composition that is different from the first photosensitive resin composition.

17 . The light-emitting element producing method according to claim 16 ,

wherein the first electrode is a cathode,

the second electrode is an anode,

the hardened material of the second photosensitive resin composition is lower in electron affinity than the hardened material of the first photosensitive resin composition, and

the hardened material of the first photosensitive resin composition is higher in ionization potential than the hardened material of the second photosensitive resin composition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2023
From: OHSHIMA, AKIRA; SAKUMA, JUN; KIDA, SENTARO; KITAGAWA, MAKOTO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063067/0209 →
Continuity (1)
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