IP Library Granted Patent US 9,666,810
Granted Patent B2
US 9,666,810 · App. 14/682,534 · Granted May 30, 2017

Organic photoelectric device, and image sensor and electronic device including the same

Inventors: Sung Young Yun (Suwon-si, KR); Gae Hwang Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Kwang Hee Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Dong-Seok Leem (Hwaseong-si, KR); Yong Wan Jin (Seoul, KR); Tadao Yagi (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L51/0061H01L27/307H01L51/4253H01L51/4293H01L51/006H01L51/008H01L51/0046H01L51/0053H01L51/0058H01L51/0068H01L2251/308Y02E10/549
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Patent No.
US 9,666,810
App. No.
14/682,534
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic photoelectric device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes a p-type semiconductor compound and an n-type semiconductor compound, and the organic photoelectric device satisfies Equation 1, and has external quantum efficiency (EQE) of greater than or equal to about 40% at −3 V.

Claims (105)

1. An organic photoelectric device, comprising:

a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and a photoelectric conversion layer, between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes a p-type semiconductor compound and an n-type semiconductor compound,

the organic photoelectric device satisfies the following Equation 1 and has an external quantum efficiency (EQE) that is greater than or equal to about 40% at −3 V,

the p-type semiconductor compound includes an indandione-based compound and the n-type semiconductor compound includes fullerene or a fullerene derivative, and

when the volumes of the p-type semiconductor compound and the n-type semiconductor compound are referred to as p and n, respectively, n/p is in a range of about 0.5<n/p≦about2:

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2. An organic photoelectric device, comprising:

a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and a photoelectric conversion layer, between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes a p-type semiconductor compound and an n-type semiconductor compound,

the organic photoelectric device satisfies the following Equation 1 and has an external quantum efficiency (EQE) that is greater than or equal to about 40% at −3 V, the indandione-based compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:

wherein, in Chemical Formula 1,

Ar 1 and Ar 2 are independently a phenyl group or a naphthyl group, provided that at least one of Ar 1 and Ar 2 is a naphthyl group,

R 1 to R 4 are independently hydrogen, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, a C1 to C6 haloalkyl group, a halogen, or CN,

n is 0 or 1,

m is an integer ranging from 1 to 3.

3. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein the p-type semiconductor compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1-1:

wherein, in Chemical Formula 1-1,

R 1 to R 4 are independently hydrogen, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, a C1 to C6 haloalkyl group, a halogen, or CN,

R a to R c are independently hydrogen, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, a C1 to C6 haloalkyl group, a halogen, or CN,

p, q, and r are integers ranging from 1 to 3, and

m is an integer ranging from 1 to 3.

4. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein the p-type semiconductor compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1-2:

wherein, in Chemical Formula 1-2,

R 1 to R 4 are independently hydrogen, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, a C1 to C6 haloalkyl group, a halogen, or CN,

R a to R d are independently hydrogen, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, a C1 to C6 haloalkyl group, a halogen, or CN,

p, q, r, and s are integers ranging from 1 to 3, and

m is an integer ranging from 1 to 3.

5. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein the p-type semiconductor compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1-3:

wherein, in Chemical Formula 1-3,

R 1 to R 4 are independently hydrogen, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, a C1 to C6 haloalkyl group, a halogen, or CN,

R a to R c are independently hydrogen, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, a C1 to C6 haloalkyl group, a halogen, or CN,

p, q, and r are integers ranging from 1 to 3, and

m is an integer ranging from 1 to 3.

6. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein a light absorption curve of the p-type semiconductor compound has a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of about 50 nm to about 110 nm in a thin film state.

7. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein the p-type semiconductor compound has a maximum absorption wavelength (λ max ) between about 500 nm and about 600 nm.

8. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein the fullerene or the fullerene derivative is one of C60, a C60 derivative, C70, a C70 derivative, and a combination thereof.

9. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein when the volumes of the p-type semiconductor compound and the n-type semiconductor compound are referred to as p and n, respectively, n/p is in a range of about 0.7≦n/p≦5 about 1.8.

10. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein the p-type semiconductor compound comprises a metal-free phthalocyanine, and the n-type semiconductor compound comprises fullerene or a fullerene derivative.

11. The organic photoelectric device of claim 10 , wherein the metal-free phthalocyanine is represented by the following Chemical Formula 2:

wherein, in Chemical Formula 2,

R 11 to R 13 are independently hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 aliphatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C30 aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 aryloxy group, a thio group, an arylthio group, an arylthio group, a cyano group, a cyano-containing group, a halogen, a halogen-containing group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aminosulfonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylsulfonyl group, or a combination thereof,

a, b, and c are integers ranging from 1 to 3,

X is —F, —OR 22 , —N(R 23 )(R 24 ), or —OSi(R 25 )(R 26 )(R 27 ),

R 22 is a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C30 heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, or a combination thereof,

R 23 and R 24 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C30 heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, or a combination thereof, and

R 25 , R 26 , and R 27 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C30 heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 arylamine group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, or a combination thereof.

12. The organic photoelectric device of claim 10 , wherein the fullerene or the fullerene derivative is one of C60, a C60 derivative, C70, a C70 derivative, and a combination thereof.

13. The organic photoelectric device of claim 10 , wherein when the volumes of the p-type semiconductor compound and the n-type semiconductor compound are referred to as p and n, respectively, n/p is in a range of about 1<n/p≦about 3.

14. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprises an intrinsic layer including the p-type semiconductor compound and the n-type semiconductor compound.

15. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein the photoelectric conversion layer further comprises at least one of a p-type layer on one side of the intrinsic layer and an n-type layer positioned on the other side of the intrinsic layer.

16. An image sensor comprising the organic photoelectric device of claim 1 .

17. The image sensor of claim 16 , further comprising:

a semiconductor substrate integrated with one or more first photo-sensing devices configured to sense light in a blue wavelength region and one or more second photo-sensing devices configured to sense light in a red wavelength region,

a color filter layer on the semiconductor substrate and including a blue filter configured to selectively absorb light in a blue wavelength region and a red filter configured to selectively absorb light in a red wavelength region, and

the organic photoelectric device on the color filter layer and configured to selectively absorb light in a green wavelength region.

18. An electronic device comprising the image sensor of claim 16 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2015
From: YUN, SUNG YOUNG; LEE, GAE HWANG; LEE, KWANG HEE; LEEM, DONG-SEOK; JIN, YONG WAN; YAGI, TADAO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0142652 · Oct 21, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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