Light emitting device and display device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11271190-B2
Application number	US-202016857727-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2020
Priority date	Apr 26, 2019
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

Provided are a light emitting device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and a display device including the same. The emissive layer comprises: a first emission layer disposed on the first electrode and having a hole transporting property; a second emission layer and a third emission layer disposed on the first emission layer; wherein the second emission layer comprises an organic compound having a bipolar transport property and the third emission layer has a composition different from the first emission layer and the second emission layer; wherein the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer comprises a plurality of quantum dots, and wherein the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer are configured to emit light of a same color.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light emitting device, comprising
a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other;
an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;
wherein the emissive layer comprises:
a first emission layer disposed on the first electrode and having a hole transporting property; a second emission layer and a third emission layer disposed on the first emission layer;
wherein the second emission layer comprises an organic compound having a bipolar transport property,
wherein the third emission layer has a composition different from the first emission layer and the second emission layer;
wherein the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer comprises a plurality of quantum dots, and
wherein the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer are configured to emit light of a same color.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the second emission layer is disposed on the first emission layer and the third emission layer is disposed on the second emission layer.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the third emission layer is disposed on the first emission layer and the second emission layer is disposed on the third emission layer.

4. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the quantum dots comprise an organic ligand, and the organic ligand comprises RCOOH, RNH 2 , R 2 NH, R 3 N, RSH, R 3 PO, R 3 P, ROH, RCOOR, RPO(OH) 2 , RHPOOH, R 2 POOH, or a combination thereof, wherein R is independently a C3 to C40 substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a C6 to C40 substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a combination thereof.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a hole transport ability of the first emission layer is greater than a hole transport ability of the second emission layer and a hole transport ability of the first emission layer is greater than a hole transport ability of the third emission layer.

6. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a hole transport ability of the second emission layer is greater than a hole transport ability of the third emission layer.

7. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein an electron transport ability of the second emission layer is greater than an electron transport ability of the first emission layer.

8. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein an electron transport ability of the third emission layer is greater than an electron transport ability of the first emission layer.

9. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein an amount of an organic ligand in the first emission layer is less than an amount of an organic ligand in the second emission layer or the third emission layer.

10. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein an amount of an organic ligand in the first emission layer is less than or equal to about 10 wt % with respect to a total weight of the first emission layer.

11. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the organic compound having the bipolar transport ability comprises a carbazole group.

12. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the organic compound having the bipolar transport ability is not included in the first emission layer and the third emission layer.

13. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first emission layer and optionally the third emission layer each comprise a halogen.

14. The light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the halogen comprises chlorine.

15. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the organic compound having the bipolar transport property comprises a carbazole unit comprising at least one functional group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted C4 to C15 alkyl group, a cyano group, a heteroaryl group containing a O— moiety, a S— moiety, a Se— moiety, a Te— moiety, a N— moiety, and a combination thereof.

16. The light emitting device of claim 15 , wherein the functional group comprises a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylamine group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl phosphine group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl phosphine oxide group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenothiazinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenoxazinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dihydrophenazinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted azulenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted thiophenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted furanyl group, or a combination thereof.

17. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the organic group having the bipolar transport property comprises a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1:

In Chemical Formula 1,
Ar is a C6 or higher aromatic group;
BT is a bipolar transport group comprising a substituted or unsubstituted hetero aromatic group containing a O—, S—, Se—, Te—, or N— moiety,
R 1 to R 3 are selected each independently from hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C4 to C15 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylamine group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylamine group, a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl group, and a combination thereof, provided that at least one of R 1 to R 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted C4 to C15 alkyl group, and
a is an integer of 1 to 4, c is an integer of 1 to 4, and b is 1 or 2,
X 1 is N or C(R a ), wherein R a is independently selected from hydrogen, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 heteroaryl group, and a combination thereof,
L 1 is a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted methylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C4 alkenylene group, and
m is 0 or 1, and when m is 1, X 3 is S, N—R b , or C(—R c )(—R d ), wherein, R b , R c and R d are each independently hydrogen, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 heteroaryl group, or a combination thereof.

18. The light emitting device of claim 17 , wherein:
when a is an integer of 2 to 4, R 1 moieties are present independently from one another or any two R 1 adjacent to each other are optionally linked to one another to form a C5 to C15 fused ring,
when c is an integer of 2 to 4, R 3 moieties are present independently from one another or any two R 3 adjacent to each other are optionally linked to one another to form a C5 to C15 fused ring, and
when the b is 2, R 2 moieties are present independently from one another or any two R 2 adjacent to each other are optionally linked to one another to form a C5 to C15 fused ring.

19. The light emitting device of claim 17 , wherein the bipolar transport group comprises a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl group.

20. The light emitting device of claim

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Han Moon Gyu
• Kim Kwanghee
• Lee Heejae
• Jang Eun Joo
• Chung Dae Young

Classifications

• C09K11/883

  with zinc or cadmium · CPC title

• H05B33/14

  characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material {, or by the simultaneous addition of the electroluminescent material in or onto the light source} · CPC title

• C09K11/02

  Use of particular materials as binders, particle coatings or suspension media therefor · CPC title

• C09K11/025 Primary

  non-luminescent particle coatings or suspension media · CPC title

• Y10S977/774

  Exhibiting three-dimensional carrier confinement, e.g. quantum dots · CPC title