Display device having color filter with scattering agent
A display device includes: a display panel including an organic electroluminescent element; and a color filter on the display panel and including a plurality of color filter portions spaced from each other on a plane, wherein at least one color filter portion of the color filter portions comprises a scattering agent having an average diameter of 50 nanometers (nm) or more and 500 nm or less.
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel including an organic electroluminescent element; and
a color filter on the display panel,
wherein the color filter comprises:
a first color filter portion configured to transmit red light; and
a second color filter portion configured to transmit green light,
wherein the first color filter portion and the second color filter portion comprise a scattering agent having an average diameter of 50 nanometers (nm) or more and 500 nm or less,
wherein a first content of the scattering agent included in the first color filter portion is greater than a second content of the scattering agent included in the second color filter portion.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the color filter further comprises a third color filter portion,
wherein the third color filter portion comprises the scattering agent.
3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the third color filter portion is formed of a transparent photoresist resin.
4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the third color filter portion transmits blue light.
5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a third content of the scattering agent included in the third color filter portion.
6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first content is greater than the third content.
7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the color filter further comprises an organic layer on the color filter portions, and a fourth content of the scattering agent in the organic layer is greater than each of the first to third contents.
8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a first content of the scattering agent included in the first color filter portion is more than 0 wt % and 10 wt % or less based on a total weight of the first color filter portion.
9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the scattering agent comprises at least one of TiO 2 , ZnO, Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , hollow silica, or polystyrene particles.
10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the color filter further comprises an organic layer on the color filter portions, wherein the organic layer comprises the scattering agent.
11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein a content of the scattering agent in at least one color filter portion is more than 0 wt % and 10 wt % or less based on a total weight of the at least one color filter portion,
wherein a content of the scattering agent in the organic layer is 5 wt % or more and 50 wt % or less based on the total weight of the organic layer.
12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the color filter further comprises a light blocking portion between the color filter portions.
13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a sealing member on the organic electroluminescent element.
14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the color filter is directly on the sealing member.
15. The display device of claim 13 , further comprising an input sensor between the sealing member and the color filter,
wherein the color filter is directly on the input sensor.
16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the color filter further comprises a base substrate on the color filter portions.
17. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a haze value in each of the color filter portions is 30% or less.
18. A display device comprising a red pixel region, a green pixel region, and a blue pixel region, the display device comprising:
a display panel; and
a color filter on the display panel,
wherein the color filter comprises:
a red color filter portion corresponding to the red pixel region;
a green color filter portion corresponding to the green pixel region;
a blue color filter portion corresponding to the blue pixel region; and
an organic layer on the red, green, and blue color filter portions,
wherein the red color filter portion and the green color filter portion comprise a scattering agent having an average diameter of 50 nanometers (nm) or more and 500 nm or less, and a content of the scattering agent included in the organic layer is greater than a content of the scattering agent included in each of the color filter portions.
19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the display panel is an organic light emitting display panel including:
a first light emitting layer corresponding to the red pixel region and emitting red light;
a second light emitting layer corresponding to the green pixel region and emitting green light; and
a third light emitting layer corresponding to the blue pixel region and emitting blue light.
20. A display device comprising:
an organic light emitting display panel; and
a color filter on the organic light emitting display panel and including a red color filter portion, a green color filter portion, and a blue color filter portion,
wherein each of the red color filter portion, the green color filter portion, and the blue color filter portion comprises a scattering agent having an average diameter of 50 nanometers (nm) or more and 500 nm or less,
wherein a content of the scattering agent in the red color filter portion is greater than a content of the scattering agent in each of the green color filter portion and the blue color filter portion.
21. A display device comprising:
a display panel including an organic electroluminescent element; and
a color filter on the display panel,
wherein the color filter comprises a plurality of color filter portions spaced from each other on a plane and an organic layer on the color filter portions,
wherein at least one of the color filter portions and the organic layer comprises a scattering agent having an average diameter of 50 nanometers (nm) or more and 500 nm or less,
wherein a content of the scattering agent in the organic layer is greater than a content of the scattering agent in each of the color filter portions.
22. The display device of claim 21 , wherein the color filter comprises:
a first color filter portion configured to transmit red light;
a second color filter portion configured to transmit green light; and
a third color filter portion that is a transparent filter formed of a transparent photoresist resin or a blue filter that transmits blue light,
wherein the first color filter portion, the second color filter portion, and the organic layer comprise the scattering agent, and the third color filter portion does not comprise the scattering agent.