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Granted Patent B2
US 11,374,189 · App. 16/808,207 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Quantum dot, photoelectric conversion element including the same, light receiving element, photoelectric conversion apparatus, moving object, method for producing quantum dot, and method for producing photoelectric conversion element

Inventors: Takahiro Yajima (Odawara, JP); Youichi Fukaya (Tokyo, JP); Akira Shimazu (Hiratsuka, JP); Takayuki Sumida (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H01L51/447C09K11/661H01L27/307H01L51/0007H01L51/0028H01L51/426H01L51/442H04N5/341H04N5/378
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Patent No.
US 11,374,189
App. No.
16/808,207
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A quantum dot includes an inorganic particle, and an organic ligand and an inorganic ligand on a surface of the inorganic particle, and the molar percentage of the inorganic ligand relative to the total amount of the inorganic ligand and the organic ligand is 25% or more and 99.8% or less.

Claims (42)

1. A quantum dot comprising:

an inorganic particle; and

an organic ligand and an inorganic ligand on a surface of the inorganic particle,

wherein a molar percentage of the inorganic ligand relative to a total amount of the inorganic ligand and the organic ligand is 25% or more and 99.8% or less.

2. The quantum dot according to claim 1 , wherein the molar percentage of the inorganic ligand relative to the total amount of the inorganic ligand and the organic ligand is 25% or more and 98% or less.

3. The quantum dot according to claim 1 , wherein the molar percentage of the inorganic ligand relative to the total amount of the inorganic ligand and the organic ligand is 75% or more.

4. The quantum dot according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic ligand has a halogen atom.

5. The quantum dot according to claim 1 , wherein the organic ligand has at least two cross-linking structures.

6. The quantum dot according to claim 5 , wherein the cross-linking structures are selected from a thiol group and a hydroxyl group.

7. The quantum dot according to claim 1 , wherein the organic ligand is selected from the group consisting of 1,3-benzenedithiol, 1,4-benzenedithiol, 3-mercaptobenzoic acid, and 4-mercaptobenzoic acid.

8. The quantum dot according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic particle is a particle containing Pb.

9. A photoelectric conversion element comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode; and

a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes the quantum dot according to claim 1 .

10. The photoelectric conversion element according to claim 9 , wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes at least a first quantum dot and a second quantum dot, and the first quantum dot and the second quantum dot are cross-linked through the organic ligand.

11. The photoelectric conversion element according to claim 9 , wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes a plurality of layers stacked on top of each other, and at least one of the plurality of layers includes the quantum dot.

12. A light receiving element comprising:

the photoelectric conversion element according to claim 9 ;

a reading circuit that reads an electric charge from the photoelectric conversion element; and

a signal processing circuit that receives the electric charge from the reading circuit and performs signal processing on the electric charge.

13. A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising:

an optical system including a plurality of lenses; and

a light receiving element that receives light that has passed through the optical system,

wherein the light receiving element is the light receiving element according to claim 12 .

14. A moving object comprising:

a body provided with the photoelectric conversion apparatus according to claim 13 ; and

a moving unit configured to move the body.

15. A quantum dot comprising:

an inorganic particle; and

an organic ligand and an inorganic ligand on a surface of the inorganic particle,

wherein when a peak intensity of the inorganic particle is used as a reference, a height of a maximum peak attributed to the inorganic ligand as determined by Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) is at least three times a height of a maximum peak attributed to the organic ligand as determined by TOF-SIMS.

16. A method for producing a quantum dot including an inorganic particle and including an organic ligand and an inorganic ligand on a surface of the inorganic particle, the method comprising:

applying the inorganic ligand and the organic ligand such that a molar percentage of the inorganic ligand is higher than a molar percentage of the organic ligand.

17. The method for producing a quantum dot according to claim 16 , wherein an amount of the inorganic ligand added relative to a total amount of the inorganic ligand added and the organic ligand added is 25% or more and 99.8% or less.

18. The method for producing a quantum dot according to claim 16 , wherein the inorganic ligand is applied in a liquid phase, and the organic ligand is applied in a solid phase.

19. A method for producing a photoelectric conversion element, comprising:

a step of providing a first electrode;

a step of forming a photoelectric conversion layer on the first electrode by application of a quantum dot produced by the method for producing a quantum dot according to claim 16 ; and

a step of forming a second electrode on the photoelectric conversion layer.

20. The method for producing a photoelectric conversion element according to claim 19 , further comprising a step of oxidizing a surface of the quantum dot.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2020
From: YAJIMA, TAKAHIRO; FUKAYA, YOUICHI; SHIMAZU, AKIRA; SUMIDA, TAKAYUKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053094/0723 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2019-044266 · Mar 11, 2019 · national
JP JP2019-210867 · Nov 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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