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US 12,604,603 · App. 17/918,889 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Light-emitting element and display device

Inventor: Ryo Kitamura (Sakai City, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H10K50/166H10K50/115H10K50/156H10K2101/30
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Patent No.
US 12,604,603
App. No.
17/918,889
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element according to an aspect of the disclosure, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a charge transport layer disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer. The charge transport layer includes a first layer and a second layer closer to the first electrode relative to the first laver. The first layer and the second layer include nanoparticles containing an identical semiconductor A particle size of the nanoparticle of the second layer is larger than a particle size of the nanoparticle of the first layer.

Claims (18)

1 . A display device, comprising:

a first light-emitting element configured to emit red light;

a second light-emitting element configured to emit green light; and

a third light-emitting element configured to emit blue light,

wherein each of the first, second, and third light-emitting elements includes:

an anode,

a cathode,

a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and

an electron transport layer disposed between the cathode and the light-emitting layer, and including a first layer and a second layer closer to the cathode relative to the first layer,

in each of the first, second, and third light-emitting elements, the first layer and the second layer include nanoparticles containing an identical semiconductor, and a particle size of each nanoparticle of the second layer is larger than a particle size of each nanoparticle of the first layer, and

the particle size of each nanoparticle included in the first layer of the first light-emitting element is larger than the particle size of each nanoparticle included in the first layer of the second light-emitting element, and the particle size of each nanoparticle included in the first layer of the second light-emitting element is larger than the particle size of each nanoparticle included in the first layer of the third light-emitting element.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second layer of the first light-emitting element, the second layer of the second light-emitting element, and the second layer of the third light-emitting element form a common layer.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in each of the first, second, and third light-emitting elements, the first layer and the light-emitting layer are in contact with each other, and the second layer and the cathode are in contact with each other, and

the particle size of each nanoparticle included in the second layer of the first light-emitting element, the particle size of each nanoparticle included in the second layer of the second light-emitting element, and the particle size of each nanoparticle included in the second layer of the third light-emitting element are equivalent to one another.

4 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the electron transport layer of the first light-emitting element is less than a thickness of the electron transport layer of the second light-emitting element, and the thickness of the electron transport layer of the second light-emitting element is less than a thickness of the electron transport layer of the third light-emitting element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2022
From: KITAMURA, RYO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 061419/0011 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230292538A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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