Quantum dot light emitting structure, method for manufacturing the same, array substrate, and display device
View Patent ↗A quantum dot light emitting structure and a method for manufacturing the quantum dot light emitting structure, and an array substrate are disclosed. The quantum dot light emitting structure includes: a quantum dot light emitting layer; an electrode; and an electron transport layer located between the quantum dot light emitting layer and the electrode, the quantum dot light emitting structure further comprises an electron blocking layer located in the electron transport layer, a root-mean-square (RMS) roughness of a surface, close to the quantum dot light emitting layer, of the electron transport layer is different from a root-mean-square (RMS) roughness of a surface, away from the quantum dot light emitting layer, of the electron transport layer.
1 . A quantum dot light emitting structure, comprising:
a quantum dot light emitting layer;
an electrode; and
an electron transport layer located between the quantum dot light emitting layer and the electrode,
wherein the quantum dot light emitting structure further comprises an electron blocking layer located in the electron transport layer,
a root-mean-square (RMS) roughness of a surface, close to the quantum dot light emitting layer, of the electron transport layer is larger than a root-mean-square (RMS) roughness of a surface, away from the quantum dot light emitting layer, of the electron transport layer.
2 . The quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 1 , wherein a range of the root-mean-square roughness of the surface, close to the quantum dot light emitting layer, of the electron transport layer, is about 5 to 10 nm.
3 . The quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the electron transport layer comprises N+1 electron transport sub-layers, and an LUMO energy level of at least one of the electron transport sub-layers is in a range from −4.8 eV to −4.6 eV, and Nis a positive integer equal to or greater than 2.
4 . The quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 3 , wherein the electron blocking layer comprises N electron blocking sub-layers, the N electron blocking sub-layers are respectively sandwiched among the N+1 electron transport sub-layers, a sum of thicknesses of the N electron blocking sub-layers is in a range from 0.5 nm to 5 nm.
5 . The quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 3 , wherein LUMO energy levels of the N+1 electron transport sub-layers gradually increases in a direction from the electrode to the quantum dot light emitting layer.
6 . The quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 3 , wherein the N+1 electron transport sub-layers comprises a first electron transport sub-layer that is closest to the electrode and N second electron transport sub-layers located at a side of the first electron transport sub-layer close to the quantum dot light emitting layer,
the first electron transport sub-layer is a ZnO thin film, and the N second electron transport sub-layers are doped ZnO thin films.
7 . The quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 6 , wherein doping concentrations of the N second electron transport sub-layers gradually increases in a direction from the electrode to the quantum dot light emitting layer.
8 . The quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 1 , wherein an energy level of conduction band minimum of the electron blocking layer is greater than an energy level of conduction band minimum of the quantum dot light emitting layer.
9 . The quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the electronic blocking layer comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, tantalum oxide, and hafnium oxide.
10 . The quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 1 , wherein a luminance of the quantum dot light emitting structure under a voltage of 7V is greater than 500 cd/m 2 .
11 . An array substrate, comprising:
a base substrate; and
a plurality of light emitting elements located on the base substrate,
wherein at least one of the plurality light emitting elements comprises:
an electrode, located on the base substrate;
an electron transport layer located at a side of the electrode away from the base substrate;
a quantum dot light emitting layer, located at a side of the electron transport layer away from the electrode layer,
wherein the quantum dot light emitting structure further comprises an electron blocking layer located in the electron transport layer,
the electron transport layer comprises N+1 electron transport sub-layers, the electron blocking layer comprises N electron blocking sub-layers, the N electron blocking sub-layers are respectively sandwiched among the N+1 electron transport sub-layers, a sum of thicknesses of the N electron blocking sub-layers is in a range from 0.5 nm to 5 nm,
a root-mean-square (RMS) roughness of a surface, close to the quantum dot light emitting layer, of the electron transport layer is larger than a root-mean-square (RMS) roughness of a surface, away from the quantum dot light emitting layer, of the electron transport layer.
12 . An array substrate, comprising a plurality of light emitting elements, each of the plurality of light emitting elements comprises the quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of light emitting elements comprise a red light emitting element, a green light emitting element, and a blue light emitting element.
13 . The array substrate according to claim 12 , wherein, in each of the plurality of light emitting elements, the electron transport layer comprises N+1 electron transport sub-layers, and the N+1 electron transport sub-layers comprises a first electron transport sub-layer that is closest to the electrode and N second electron transport sub-layers located at a side of the first electron transport sub-layer close to the quantum dot light emitting layer, the first electron transport sub-layer is a ZnO thin film, and the N second electron transport sub-layers are doped ZnO thin films,
a doping concentration of the doped ZnO thin films in the red light emitting element is smaller than a doping concentration of the doped ZnO thin films in the green light emitting element, and the doping concentration of the doped ZnO thin films in the green light emitting element is smaller than a doping concentration of the doped ZnO thin films in the blue light emitting element.
14 . The array substrate according to claim 13 , wherein, a dopant of the doped ZnO thin films is Mg, a doping concentration of Mg, in the doped ZnO thin films, of the red light emitting element is 1% to 5%, a doping concentration of Mg, in the doped ZnO thin films, of the green light emitting element is 5% to 10%, and a doping concentration of Mg, in the doped ZnO thin films, of the blue light emitting element is 10% to 20%.
15 . A method for manufacturing a quantum dot light emitting structure, comprising:
forming a first electrode;
forming an electron transport layer on the first electrode; and
forming a quantum dot light emitting layer, on a side, away from the first electrode, of the electron transport layer,
wherein the method further comprises forming an electron blocking layer in the electron transport layer,
a root-mean-square (RMS) roughness of a surface, close to the quantum dot light emitting layer, of the electron transport layer is larger than a root-mean-square (RMS) roughness of a surface, away from the quantum dot light emitting layer, of the electron transport layer.
16 . The method for manufacturing the quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 15 , wherein forming the electron transport layer on the first electrode comprises:
forming the electron transport layer on the first electrode by a sputtering process.
17 . The method for manufacturing the quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 16 ,
wherein forming the electron transport layer on the electrode by the spluttering process comprises:
forming a ZnO thin film on the electrode by using a ZnO target with an argon flow about 30 sccm to 50 sccm and a sputtering power about 90 W to 110 W.
18 . The method for manufacturing the quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 15 , wherein forming the electron blocking layer in the electron transport layer comprises:
forming the electron blocking layer in the electron transport layer by a sputtering process.
19 . The method for manufacturing the quantum dot light emitting structure according to claim 15 , wherein forming the quantum dot light emitting layer on a side, away from the first electrode, of the electron transport layer comprises:
forming the quantum dot light emitting layer on a side, away from the electrode, of the electron transport layer by an ink-jet printing process.