IP Library Granted Patent US 8,389,985
Granted Patent B2
US 8,389,985 · App. 12/992,529 · Granted Mar 5, 2013

Color conversion film containing a conjugated high molecular weight copolymer and multicolor light-emitting organic EL device including the same

Inventor: Masaru Nagai (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,389,985
App. No.
12/992,529
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a color conversion film that maintains sufficient converted light intensity over a long period of time without increasing its thickness and a multicolor light-emitting organic EL device that includes the color conversion film. The color conversion film contains a conjugated high molecular weight copolymer having a structure of formula (1) that has alternating fluorene group-containing repeating units and arylenevinylene repeating units, and has phenylene groups inserted as spacers on both ends of the fluorene groups

Claims (13)

1. A color conversion film, comprising:

a conjugated high molecular weight copolymer that has a structure represented by formula (1):

wherein, Ar represents an arylene group or divalent heterocyclic group, R 1 and R 2 respectively and independently represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkoxy group, alkylthio group, alkylsilyl group, alkylamino group, aryl group, aryloxy group, arylalkyl group, arylalkoxy group, arylalkenyl group, arylalkynyl group, monovalent heterocyclic group, amino group, nitro group, halogen group or cyano group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 10000, and

wherein the conjugated high molecular weight copolymer has a green emission peak wavelength of 490 to 580 nm when in the form of a thin film, having high fluorescent quantum yield of 80 to 90%.

2. The color conversion film according to claim 1 , wherein the conjugated high molecular weight copolymer has a structure represented by formula (2):

wherein, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 respectively and independently represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkoxy group, alkylthio group, alkylsilyl group, alkylamino group, aryl group, aryloxy group, arylalkyl group, arylalkoxy group, arylalkenyl group, arylalkynyl group, monovalent heterocyclic group, amino group, nitro group, halogen group or cyano group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 10000.

3. The color conversion film according to claim 1 , wherein the conjugated high molecular weight copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 500,000.

4. The color conversion film according to claim 1 , wherein the color conversion film is formed by a coating process.

5. A multicolor light-emitting organic EL device, comprising:

a pair of electrodes, at least one of which is a transparent electrode;

an organic EL layer interposed between the pair of electrodes; and

the color conversion film according to claim 1 that, has a film thickness of 2 μm or less.

6. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL device according to claim 5 , wherein the color conversion film and the transparent electrode are arranged in mutual contact.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2012
From: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 028486/0959 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2011
From: NAGAI, MASARU
To: FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026965/0462 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2011
From: FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026891/0655 →
Continuity (1)
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