Display panel, method for manufacturing the same, and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11081535-B2
Application number	US-201916689728-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2019
Priority date	Feb 12, 2019
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display panel, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display panel includes a power supply, and includes a display area and a non-display area. A solar cell is disposed in the non-display area and is configured to convert external light into electric energy when the external light is irradiated on the solar cell, and charge the power supply with the converted electric energy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a display panel,
the display panel comprising a power supply, and comprising a display area and a non-display area;
the method comprising: forming a solar cell in the non-display area of the display panel, wherein the solar cell is configured to convert external light into electric energy when the external light is irradiated on the solar cell, and charge the power supply with the converted electric energy;
wherein forming a solar cell in the non-display area comprises:
forming an initial solar cell on a second substrate;
patterning the initial solar cell to obtain the solar cell;
forming sequentially a plurality of OLED devices and an encapsulation layer on a first substrate; and
making the solar cell on the second substrate and the encapsulation layer on the first substrate opposite to each other, and bonding the solar cell to the encapsulation layer,
wherein the solar cell is formed between any two adjacent OLED devices when viewed from a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the first substrate.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein forming an initial solar cell on a second substrate comprises:
forming a second solar cell electrode layer on the second substrate;
forming a photovoltaic conversion layer on the second solar cell electrode layer; and
forming a first solar cell electrode layer on the photovoltaic conversion layer.

3. A display panel comprising a power supply, and comprising a display area and a non-display area, wherein
a solar cell is disposed in the non-display area, and the solar cell is configured to convert external light into electric energy when the external light is irradiated on the solar cell, and charge the power supply with the converted electric energy;
the display panel comprises: a substrate, and a pixel defining layer, a plurality of OLED devices, and the solar cell disposed on the substrate;
each of the OLED devices comprises a first OLED electrode, a light emitting layer and a second OLED electrode sequentially arranged on the substrate;
the pixel defining layer comprises a plurality of first receiving parts each provided with the light emitting layer of one of the OLED devices therein, and a second receiving part located in the non-display area and provided with at least a photovoltaic conversion layer of the solar cell therein; and
the solar cell comprises a first solar cell electrode, the photovoltaic conversion layer, and a second solar cell electrode sequentially arranged on the substrate, the second solar cell electrode is disposed in the same layer as the second OLED electrode and the second solar cell electrode and the second OLED electrode are formed as an integral structure, the photovoltaic conversion layer is disposed in the same layer as the light emitting layer, and the first solar cell electrode is disposed in the same layer and formed of the same material as the first OLED electrode.

4. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the photovoltaic conversion layer of the solar cell comprises perovskite and/or amorphous silicon.

5. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein each of first and second solar cell electrodes of the solar cell comprises at least one of nano-silver, graphene, carbon nanotubes, aluminium, cadmium, and copper.

6. A display device comprising the display panel according to claim 3 .

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Technology Dev Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Wenbo
• Liu Kairan
• Li Yingyi

Classifications

• H10W90/00 Primary

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10K85/50

  Organic perovskites; Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites [HOIP], e.g. CH3NH3PbI3 · CPC title

• H10K59/80521

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H10K59/60

  OLEDs integrated with inorganic light-sensitive elements, e.g. with inorganic solar cells or inorganic photodiodes · CPC title

• H01L27/3246

  Electricity · mapped topic