Substrate for changing color of light emitting diode and method for producing same
The present invention relates to a substrate for changing the color of a light emitting diode and a method for producing same and, more particularly, to a substrate for changing the color of a light emitting diode and a method for producing same, wherein the substrate may be hermetically sealed so that quantum dots (QD) contained inside may be completely protected from the outside and emission efficiency of the light emitting diode may be enhanced.
1. A color conversion substrate for a light-emitting diode comprising:
a first glass substrate disposed over the light-emitting diode;
a second glass substrate facing the first glass substrate;
a structural body disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, the structural body having an opening, and comprising a material, a coefficient of thermal expansion of which ranges from to 30*10 −7 /° C. to 80*10 −7 /° C.;
a quantum dot accommodated in the opening of the structural body; and
an sealant disposed between the first glass substrate and a bottom surface of the structural body and between the second glass substrate and a top surface of the structural body.
2. The color conversion substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the structural body is white.
3. The color conversion substrate according to claim 2 , wherein the structural body comprises one selected from the group consisting of cordierite, alumina, and willemite.
4. The color conversion substrate according to claim 2 , wherein the structural body comprises a glass material containing a white pigment.
5. The color conversion substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the sealant comprises a glass frit, a softening point of which is lower than a softening point of the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate.
6. The color conversion substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the sealant contains a black pigment.
7. A method of fabricating a color conversion substrate for a light-emitting diode, comprising:
forming a structural body having an opening, a coefficient of thermal expansion of the structural body ranging from to 30*10 −7 /° C. to 80*10 −7 /° C.;
forming an sealant on a top surface and a bottom surface of the structural body;
disposing the structural body having the sealant on a first glass substrate and subsequently inputting a quantum dot into the opening of the structural body; and
laser-sealing the first glass substrate and the structural body to each other and a second glass substrate and the structural body to each other by disposing the second glass substrate on the structural body in which the quantum dot is accommodated such that the second glass substrate faces the first glass substrate, and subsequently irradiating a laser beam onto the sealant.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein forming the structural body comprises shaping and sintering a powder material comprising a ceramic material or a glass material.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the powder material comprises one selected from the group consisting of cordierite, alumina, and willemite.
10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the powder material comprises a glass powder material containing a white pigment.
11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein, at the step of forming the sealant, a glass frit, a softening point of which is lower than a softening point of the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, is used as the sealant.
12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein forming the sealant comprises adding a black pigment to the sealant.
13. The method according to claim 7 ,
wherein forming the structural body comprises forming a plurality of the structural bodies, and
wherein the method further comprises,
after the plurality of the structural bodies is disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate that face each other by carrying out the step of forming the sealant, the step of inputting the quantum dot, and the step of laser-sealing, for each of the plurality of the structural bodies,
dicing the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate into cells, each of which is defined by a corresponding one of the plurality of the structural bodies.
14. A method of fabricating a color conversion substrate for a light-emitting diode, comprising:
forming a structural body having an opening, a coefficient of thermal expansion of the structural body ranging from 30*10 −7 /° C. to 80*10 −7 /° C.;
forming an sealant on a top surface of a first glass substrate and a bottom surface of a second glass substrate in a shape corresponding to a shape of contact surfaces of the structural body with which the sealant will come into contact;
disposing the structural body on the top surface of the glass substrate on which the sealant is formed such that the structural body comes into contact with the sealant and subsequently inputting a quantum dot into the opening of the structural body; and
laser-sealing the first glass substrate and the structural body to each other and the first glass substrate and the structural body to each other by disposing the second glass substrate on the structural body in which the quantum dot is accommodated such that the second glass substrate faces the first glass substrate and the sealant on the bottom surface of the second glass substrate comes into contact with the structural body and subsequently irradiating a laser beam onto the sealant.
15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein forming the structural body comprises shaping and sintering a powder material comprising a ceramic material or a glass material.
16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein, at the step of forming the sealant, a glass frit, a softening point of which is lower than a softening point of the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, is used as the sealant.
17. The method according to claim 14 ,
wherein forming the structural body comprises forming a plurality of the structural bodies, and
wherein the method further comprises,
after the plurality of the structural bodies is disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate that face each other by carrying out the step of forming the sealant, the step of inputting the quantum dot, and the step of laser-sealing, for each of the plurality of the structural bodies,
dicing the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate into cells, each of which is defined by a corresponding one of the plurality of the structural bodies.