P-type oxide, p-type oxide-producing composition, method for producing p-type oxide, semiconductor device, display device, image display apparatus, and system
A p-type oxide which is amorphous and is represented by the following compositional formula: xAO.yCu 2 O where x denotes a proportion by mole of AO and y denotes a proportion by mole of Cu 2 O and x and y satisfy the following expressions: 0≤x<100 and x+y=100, and A is any one of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, or a mixture containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba.
1. A composition comprising:
a solvent;
a compound containing at least one selected from group consisting of organic copper carboxylates, organic copper complexes, copper alkoxides, and inorganic copper salts; and
a compound containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba,
where a proportion by mole of the at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba in the composition is denoted as x, and a proportion by mole of Cu in the composition is denoted as y,
wherein in a case that the composition contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca and Ba, x and y satisfy each of the following expressions (i) and (ii):
0≤ x< 100; and (i)
x+y/ 2=100, (ii)
in a case that the composition does not contain any one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca and Ba, x and y satisfy each of the following expressions (iii) and (iv):
either 0≤ x< 50 or 50< x< 100; and (iii)
x+y/ 2=100. (iv)
2. A method for producing a p-type oxide comprising:
applying a composition according to claim 1 onto a support; and
heat treating the composition after the applying.
3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the organic copper carboxylates contain copper(II) neodecanoate.
4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the organic copper complexes contain at least one selected from group consisting of copper(II) phthalocyanine, and copper(I) phenylacetylide.
5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the copper alkoxides contain copper(II) diethoxide.
6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic copper salts contain at least one selected from group consisting of copper(II) sulfate, and copper(I) acetate.
7. A display device comprising:
a light control device configured to control output of light based on a driving signal; and
a driving circuit containing a semiconductor device and configured to drive the light control device,
wherein the semiconductor device comprises:
an active layer,
wherein the active layer comprises a p-type oxide, and
wherein the p-type oxide contained in the active layer is amorphous and is represented by the following compositional formula:
x AO. y Cu 2 O
where x denotes a proportion by mole of AO and y denotes a proportion by mole of Cu 2 O, and A is any one of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, or a mixture containing at least two selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, and wherein
in a case that A is any one of Mg, Ca and Ba or a mixture containing at least two selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, x and y satisfy each of the following expressions (i) and (ii):
0≤ x< 100; and (i)
x+y= 100, (ii)
and in a case that A is Sr only, x and y satisfy each of the following expressions (iii) and (iv):
either 0≤ x< 50 or 50< x< 100; and (iii)
x+y= 100. (iv)
8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the light control device comprises an organic electroluminescence device or an electrochromic device.
9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the light control device comprises a liquid crystal device, an electrophoretic device or an electrowetting device.
10. An image display apparatus comprising:
a plurality of the display devices according to claim 7 which are arranged in a matrix form and each contain a field effect transistor;
a plurality of wirings configured to individually apply gate voltage and signal voltage to the field effect transistors of the display devices; and
a display control apparatus configured to individually control the gate voltage and the signal voltage in the field effect transistors via the wirings based on image data,
wherein the image display apparatus is configured to display an image based on the image data.
11. A system comprising:
the image display apparatus according to claim 10 ; and
an image data generation apparatus configured to generate image data based on image information to be displayed, and output the image data to the image display apparatus.
12. A composition comprising:
a solvent;
a Cu-containing compound; and
a compound containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba,
where a proportion by mole of the at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba is denoted as x, and a proportion by mole of Cu in the composition is denoted as y,
wherein in a case that the composition contains any one of Mg, Ca and Ba, or a mixture containing at least two selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca and Ba, x and y satisfy each of the following expressions (i) and (ii):
0≤ x< 100; and (i)
x+y/ 2=100, (ii)
and in a case that the composition contains Sr only, x and y satisfy each of the following expressions (iii) and (iv):
either 0≤ x< 50 or 50< x< 100; and (iii)
x+y/ 2=100. (iv)
13. A method for producing a p-type oxide comprising:
applying a composition according to claim 12 onto a support; and
heat treating the composition after the applying.