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US 10,381,413 · App. 15/914,725 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Organic photoelectric device and image sensor and electronic device

Inventors: Sung Young Yun (Suwon-si, KR); Gae Hwang Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Kwang Hee Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Dong-Seok Leem (Hwaseong-si, KR); Yong Wan Jin (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L27/307H01L31/14H01L51/44H01L51/441
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Patent No.
US 10,381,413
App. No.
15/914,725
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are an organic photoelectric device including a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and selectively absorbing light in a green wavelength region, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes at least one first photoelectric conversion material having a peak absorption wavelength (λ max1 ) of less than about 540 nm and a at least one second photoelectric conversion material having a peak absorption wavelength (λ max2 ) of greater than or equal to about 540 nm, and an image sensor, and an electronic device.

Claims (42)

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 and selectively absorbing light in a green wavelength region,

wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes at least one first photoelectric conversion material having a peak absorption wavelength (λ max1 ) of less than about 540 nm and at least one second photoelectric conversion material having a peak absorption wavelength (λ max2 ) of greater than or equal to about 540 nm,

the first photoelectric conversion material has a peak absorption wavelength (λ max1 ) of greater than or equal to about 510 nm and less than about 540 nm, and

the second photoelectric conversion material has a peak absorption wavelength (λ max2 ) of about 540 nm to about 560 nm.

2. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein an absorption spectrum of the first photoelectric conversion material and an absorption spectrum of the second photoelectric conversion material overlap at least one part.

3. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein an average of the peak absorption wavelength (λ max1 ) of the first photoelectric conversion material and the peak absorption wavelength (λ max2 ) of the second photoelectric conversion material belongs to a range of about 530 nm to about 550 nm.

4. The organic photoelectric device of claim 3 , wherein an average of the peak absorption wavelength (λ max1 ) of the first photoelectric conversion material and the peak absorption wavelength (λ max2 ) of the second photoelectric conversion material belongs to a range of about 535 nm to about 545 nm.

5. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first photoelectric conversion material and the second photoelectric conversion material has a light absorption full width at half maximum (FWHM) of less than or equal to about 100 nm.

6. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first photoelectric conversion material and the second photoelectric conversion material has a HOMO energy level of about 5.30 eV to about 5.80 eV.

7. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein each of an extinction coefficient at a peak absorption wavelength (λ max1 ) of the first photoelectric conversion material and a peak absorption wavelength (λ max2 ) of the second photoelectric conversion material is greater than or equal to about 6.5×10 4 cm −1 .

8. The organic photoelectric device of claim 7 , wherein each of an extinction coefficient at a peak absorption wavelength (λ max1 ) of the first photoelectric conversion material and a peak absorption wavelength (λ max2 ) of the second photoelectric conversion material is about 6.5×10 4 cm −1 to about 1.5×10 5 cm −1 .

9. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein a peak absorption wavelength (λ max ) of the photoelectric conversion layer belongs to a range of about 530 nm to about 560 nm.

10. The organic photoelectric device of claim 9 , wherein a peak absorption wavelength (λ max ) of the photoelectric conversion layer may belong to a range of about 533 nm to about 550 nm.

11. The organic photoelectric device of claim 1 , wherein a light absorption lull width at half maximum (FWHM) of the photoelectric conversion layer is less than or equal to about 140 nm.

12. An image sensor comprising:

the organic photoelectric device of claim 1 ; and

a semiconductor substrate disposed under the organic photoelectric device, and

the semiconductor substrate includes

a first photo-sensing device configured to sense light in a red wavelength region, and

a second photo-sensing device configured to sense light in a blue wavelength region.

13. The image sensor of claim 12 , wherein the organic photoelectric device is configured to sense light in a green wavelength region, the image sensor further comprising:

a second organic photoelectric device configured to sense light in a red wavelength region, and

third organic photoelectric device configured to sense light in a blue wavelength region.

14. 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 and selectively absorbing light in a green wavelength region,

wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes at least one first photoelectric conversion material having a peak absorption wavelength (λmax1) of less than about 540 nm and at least one second photoelectric conversion material having a peak absorption wavelength (λmax2) of greater than or equal to about 540 nm,

the photoelectric conversion layer includes at least one p-type semiconductor and at least one n-type semiconductor to form a pn junction, and

each of the first photoelectric conversion material and the second photoelectric conversion material is the at least one p-type semiconductor.

15. The organic photoelectric device of claim 14 , wherein the n-type semiconductor includes fullerene or a fullerene derivative.

16. 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 and selectively absorbing light in a green wavelength region,

wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes at least one first photoelectric conversion material having a peak absorption wavelength (λmax1) of less than about 540 nm and at least one second photoelectric conversion material having a peak absorption wavelength (λmax2) of greater than or equal to about 540 nm, and

the first photoelectric conversion material and the second photoelectric conversion material independently include a light absorption material represented by Chemical Formula 1:

EDG—HA—EAG  [Chemical Formula 1]

wherein, in Chemical Formula 1,

HA is a C2 to C30 heterocyclic group having at least one of Se, Te, S, and Si,

EDG is an electron donating group, and

EAG is an electron accepting group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2018
From: YUN, SUNG YOUNG; LEE, GAE HWANG; LEE, KWANG HEE; LEEM, DONG-SEOK; JIN, YONG WAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0113384 · Sep 5, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190074327A1 · Mar 7, 2019
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