Electroluminescent device capable of improving luminous efficiency by preventing a leakage current and improving electron transport properties and a display device including the same

1. An electroluminescent device, comprising

a first electrode;

a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode;

an emission layer disposed on the hole transport layer and comprising at least two light emitting particles;

a first electron transport layer disposed on the emission layer and comprising at least two inorganic-organic composite particles;

a second electron transport layer disposed on the first electron transport layer and comprising at least two inorganic oxide particles; and

a second electrode disposed on the second electron transport layer,

wherein the first electron transport layer has a lower work function than the second electron transport layer.

2. The electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein each of the inorganic-organic composite particles comprises an inorganic material core and at least two organic polymers bound to a surface of the inorganic material core.

3. The electroluminescent device of claim 2 , wherein the organic polymers is present in an amount in a range of about 3 weight percent to about 20 weight percent, based on a total amount of the first electron transport layer.

4. The electroluminescent device of claim 2 , wherein the organic polymers comprises at least one of an imine compound, an imine compound, an alcohol compound, an acrylic compound, a glycol compound, or a derivative thereof.

5. The electroluminescent device of claim 2 , wherein the inorganic material core comprises at least one of ZnO, TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , SnO 2 , WO 3 , Ta 2 O 3 , or a combination thereof.

6. The electroluminescent device of claim 2 , wherein an average particle diameter of the inorganic material cores is less than or equal to about 100 nanometers.

7. The electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein a difference between lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy levels of the first electron transport layer and the second electron transport layer is greater than about 0 electronvolts and less than or equal to about 0.5 electronvolts.

8. The electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the second electron transport layer is directly on the first electron transport layer.

9. The electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the first electron transport layer has a thickness in a range of about 5 nanometers to about 25 nanometers.

10. The electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the second electron transport layer has a thickness in a range of about 15 nanometers to about 35 nanometers.

11. The electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the second electron transport layer consists of the at least two inorganic oxide particles.

12. The electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic oxide particles comprise at least one of ZnO, TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , SnO 2 , WO 3 , Ta 2 O 3 , or a combination thereof.

13. The electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the light emitting particles has a core-shell structure.

14. The electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the light emitting particles comprises a Group II-VI compound that does not comprise Cd, a Group III-V compound, a Group IV-VI compound, a Group IV element or compound, a Group compound, a Group I-II-IV-VI compound that does not comprise Cd, or a combination thereof.

15. The electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the first electron transport layer has a higher lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level than the second electron transport layer, and

the emission layer has a same lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level as the first electron transport layer or a higher lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level than the first electron transport layer.

16. A display device comprising the electroluminescent device of claim 1 .