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US 12,317,669 · App. 17/619,150 · Granted May 27, 2025

Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and manufacturing method of light-emitting element for improving electron transport efficiency

Inventors: Tadashi Kobashi (Sakai, JP); Masaki Yamamoto (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H10K50/11H10K50/115H10K50/16H10K50/826H10K71/00H10K50/81H10K59/12H10K59/1201H10K85/111H10K85/1135H10K85/326H10K85/615H10K85/633
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Patent No.
US 12,317,669
App. No.
17/619,150
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element includes, in sequence, an anode, a hole transport layer, a luminous layer containing a plurality of quantum dots, an electron transport layer, and a cathode. The electron transport layer includes a plurality of inorganic nanoparticles having electron transportability, and an organic layer having electron transportability. The organic layer partly contains the plurality of inorganic nanoparticles, and includes a plurality of first hollows in an interface adjacent to the luminous layer. The plurality of first hollows are filled with the plurality of quantum dots.

Claims (24)

1. A light-emitting element comprising in sequence:

an anode;

a hole transport layer;

a luminous layer comprising a plurality of quantum dots;

an electron transport layer; and

a cathode,

wherein the electron transport layer includes

a plurality of inorganic nanoparticles having electron transportability, and

an organic layer having electron transportability,

the organic layer partly includes the plurality of inorganic nanoparticles,

the organic layer further includes a plurality of first hollows in an interface adjacent to the luminous layer, the plurality of first hollows being filled with the plurality of quantum dots, and

a difference between an energy level at a conduction-band lower end of an electron transport material included in the organic layer and an energy level at a conduction-band lower end of a core of each of the plurality of quantum dots is equal to or smaller than 1 eV.

2. A light-emitting element comprising in sequence:

an anode;

a hole transport layer;

a luminous layer comprising a plurality of quantum dots;

an electron transport layer; and

a cathode,

wherein the electron transport layer includes

a plurality of inorganic nanoparticles having electron transportability, and

an organic layer having electron transportability,

the organic layer partly includes the plurality of inorganic nanoparticles,

the organic layer further includes a plurality of first hollows in an interface adjacent to the luminous layer, the plurality of first hollows being filled with the plurality of quantum dots, and

the organic layer is made of an electron transport material comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1,3,5-tris (1-phenyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl) benzene, 3-(biphenyl-4-yl)-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole, bathophenanthroline, and tris (2,4,6-trimethyl-3-(pyridin-3-yl) phenyl) borane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2021
From: KOBASHI, TADASHI; YAMAMOTO, MASAKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058388/0326 →
Continuity (1)
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