IP Library Granted Patent US 12,471,435
Granted Patent B2
US 12,471,435 · App. 18/028,560 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Light emitting device, manufacturing method thereof, display substrate and display apparatus

Inventor: Xiaoyuan Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
H10K50/16H10K50/115H10K71/12H10K59/35H10K85/113H10K85/1135H10K85/636H10K85/654H10K85/655H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,471,435
App. No.
18/028,560
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device, including a first electrode, a first carrier transport layer, a light emitting layer, a second carrier transport layer, and a second electrode, in this order, where a rate of injecting first carriers into the light emitting layer by the first carrier transport layer is greater than a rate of injecting second carriers into the light emitting layer by the second carrier transport layer; the light emitting device further includes an interface layer on a side of the light emitting layer close to the second carrier transport layer; the interface layer includes a first material, which is capable of reacting with the first carriers under a preset condition, such that an energy level of the first material is changeable; and a transport rate of the first carriers in the interface layer is less than a transport rate of the first carriers in the first carrier transport layer.

Claims (28)

1 . A light emitting device, comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, a light emitting layer, a first carrier transport layer and a second carrier transport layer, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are opposite to each other, the light emitting layer is between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first carrier transport layer is between the first electrode and the light emitting layer, and the second carrier transport layer is between the second electrode and the light emitting layer; one of the first carrier transport layer and the second carrier transport layer is an electron transport layer, and the other of the first carrier transport layer and the second carrier transport layer is a hole transport layer; a rate of injecting first carriers into the light emitting layer by the first carrier transport layer is greater than a rate of injecting second carriers into the light emitting layer by the second carrier transport layer; and

the light emitting device further comprises an interface layer on a side of the light emitting layer close to the second carrier transport layer and in contact with the light emitting layer; a material of the interface layer comprises a first material, which is capable of reacting with the first carriers under a preset condition, such that an energy level of the first material is changeable; and a transport rate of the first carriers in the interface layer is less than a transport rate of the first carriers in the first carrier transport layer.

2 . The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the preset condition comprises being applied with a voltage or being excited by irradiation of a light in a wavelength band.

3 . The light emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the preset condition comprises being applied with the voltage; and

the first material is capable of undergoing a reverse change of energy level upon being applied with a reverse voltage.

4 . The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the interface layer has a thickness in a range of 3 nm to 25 nm.

5 . The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first carriers are electrons, the second carriers are holes, and a material of the interface layer comprises at least one of viologen, polythiophene, tungsten trioxide, molybdenum trioxide, vanadium pentoxide, niobium oxide, titanium dioxide, and bismuth oxide.

6 . The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first carriers are holes, the second carriers are electrons, and a material of the interface layer comprises at least one of oxides and hydrated oxides of a group VIII metal element, and/or at least one of organic materials of triphenylamines and fulvalene.

7 . The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the interface layer is between the second carrier transport layer and the light emitting layer; or

the interface layer and the second carrier transport layer are formed into a doped layer, the doped layer comprises a matrix and a second carrier transport material doped in the matrix, and a material of the matrix comprises the first material.

8 . The light emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the first material comprises poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), and the second carrier transport material comprises NiO nanoparticles.

9 . The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting layer is an organic electroluminescent layer or a quantum dot light emitting layer.

10 . A display substrate, comprising a plurality of light emitting devices, at least one of which is the light emitting device according to claim 1 .

11 . A display substrate, comprising a plurality of light emitting devices, each of which is the light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light emitting devices comprises a red light emitting device, a green light emitting device, and a blue light emitting device, wherein

thicknesses of the interface layers in the red light emitting device, the green light emitting device and the blue light emitting device are different from each other; and/or

materials of the interface layers in the red light emitting device, the green light emitting device and the blue light emitting device are different from each other.

12 . A method of manufacturing a light emitting device, comprising:

forming a first electrode, a second electrode, a light emitting layer, a first carrier transport layer and a second carrier transport layer, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are opposite to each other, the light emitting layer is between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first carrier transport layer is between the first electrode and the light emitting layer, and the second carrier transport layer is between the second electrode and the light emitting layer; one of the first carrier transport layer and the second carrier transport layer is an electron transport layer, and the other of the first carrier transport layer and the second carrier transport layer is a hole transport layer; a rate of injecting first carriers into the light emitting layer by the first carrier transport layer is greater than a rate of injecting second carriers into the light emitting layer by the second carrier transport layer; and

the method further comprises: forming an interface layer on a side of the light emitting layer close to the second carrier transport layer and in contact with the light emitting layer, wherein a material of the interface layer comprises a first material, which is capable of reacting with the first carriers under a preset condition, such that an energy level of the first material is changeable; and a transport rate of the first carriers in the interface layer is less than a transport rate of the first carriers in the first carrier transport layer.

13 . A display apparatus, comprising the display substrate according to claim 10 .

14 . A display apparatus, comprising the display substrate according to claim 11 .

15 . The display substrate according to claim 10 , wherein the preset condition comprises being applied with a voltage or being excited by irradiation of a light in a wavelength band.

16 . The display substrate according to claim 15 , wherein the preset condition comprises being applied with the voltage; and

the first material is capable of undergoing a reverse change of energy level upon being applied with a reverse voltage.

17 . The display substrate according to claim 10 , wherein the interface layer has a thickness in a range of 3 nm to 25 nm.

18 . The display substrate according to claim 10 , wherein the first carriers are electrons, the second carriers are holes, and a material of the interface layer comprises at least one of viologen, polythiophene, tungsten trioxide, molybdenum trioxide, vanadium pentoxide, niobium oxide, titanium dioxide, and bismuth oxide.

19 . The display substrate according to claim 10 , wherein the first carriers are holes, the second carriers are electrons, and a material of the interface layer comprises at least one of oxides and hydrated oxides of a group VIII metal element, and/or at least one of organic materials of triphenylamines and fulvalene.

20 . The display substrate according to claim 10 , wherein the light emitting layer is an organic electroluminescent layer or a quantum dot light emitting layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072978/0731 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2023
From: ZHANG, XIAOYUAN
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063335/0817 →
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