Light emitting device having light-emitting layer including a manganese complex and quantum dots

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11456433-B2
Application number	US-202016812123-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2020
Priority date	Apr 12, 2019
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

A light emitting device may include a first electrode, a second electrode opposite to the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The emission layer may include a manganese complex compound and a quantum dot. It is possible to improve life span and light emitting efficiency characteristics of the light emitting device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light emitting device, comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode opposite to the first electrode; and
a plurality of functional layers between the first electrode and the second electrode, the plurality of functional layers comprising an emission layer,
wherein the emission layer comprises a manganese complex compound as a host and a quantum dot as a dopant, and
the quantum dot is at least one half in weight of the emission layer.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the manganese complex compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:
X p MnY q ,  Chemical Formula 1

wherein in Chemical Formula 1, X is a univalent or divalent cationic organic compound group Y is a halogen atom, p is 1 or 2, and q is 4 or 6.

3. The light emitting device of claim 2 , wherein X is BrMTPP((Bromomethyl)triphenylphosphonium), BrPTPP((3-Bromopropyl)tripheylphosphonium), TPP(tetraphenylphosphonium), TMA(tetramethylammonium), or TEA(tetraethylammonium).

4. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio between the manganese complex compound and the quantum dot is from 1:1 to 1:2.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer is to emit a green light or a red light.

6. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of functional layers comprises:
a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer; and
an electron transport region between the emission layer and the second electrode.

7. The light emitting device of claim 6 , wherein the hole transport region comprises a plurality of sub-functional layers, and
a difference in LUMO energy level between one of the sub-functional layers adjacent to the emission layer and the quantum dot is greater than or equal to 1.5 eV.

8. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer comprises a plurality of the quantum dots, and
the manganese complex compound fills a space between the plurality of the quantum dots.

9. A display device including a plurality of light emitting devices, each of the plurality of light emitting devices comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode opposite to the first electrode; and
an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the emission layer comprising a manganese complex compound as a host and a quantum dot as a dopant,
wherein the quantum dot is at least one half in weight of the emission layer.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the manganese complex compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:
X p MnY q ,  Chemical Formula 1

wherein in Chemical Formula 1, X is a univalent or divalent cationic organic compound group, Y is a halogen atom, p is 1 or 2, and q is 4 or 6.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of light emitting devices comprises:
a first light emitting device comprising a first quantum dot to emit a first color light;
a second light emitting device comprising a second quantum dot to emit a second color light, the second color light is longer in wavelength than the first color light; and
a third light emitting device comprising a third quantum dot to emit a third color light, the third color light is longer in wavelength than each of the first color light and the second color light.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first to third quantum dots satisfy the following Formula 1:
mean diameter of first quantum dot<mean diameter of second quantum dot<mean diameter of third quantum dot.  Formula 1

13. The display device of claim 11 , wherein a first emission layer of the first light emitting device, a second emission layer of the second light emitting device, and a third emission layer of the third light emitting device satisfy the following Formula 2:
T 1≤ T 2≤ T 3,  Formula 2

wherein in Formula 2, T 1 is a thickness of the first emission layer, T 2 is a thickness of the second emission layer, and T 3 is a thickness of the third emission layer.

14. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising a light control layer on the plurality of light emitting devices.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the light control layer is a polarization layer.

16. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the light control layer comprises a color filter layer, and
the color filter layer comprises:
a first filter to provide the first color light;
a second filter to provide the second color light; and
a third filter to provide the third color light.

17. A display device, comprising:
a display panel including a plurality of light emitting devices; and
a light control layer on the display panel,
wherein the light emitting devices comprise:
a first light emitting device comprising a first emission layer, in which a first quantum dot and a first host are included;
a second light emitting device comprising a second emission layer, in which a second quantum dot and a second host are included; and
a third light emitting device comprising a third emission layer, in which a third quantum dot and a third host are included,
wherein at least one of the first to third hosts is a manganese complex compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:
X p MnY q ,  Chemical Formula 1

wherein in Chemical Formula 1, X is a univalent or divalent cationic organic compound group, Y is a halogen atom, p is 1 or 2, and q is 4 or 6, and
wherein the first quantum dot is at least one half in weight of the first emission layer, the second quantum dot is at least one half in weight of the second emission layer, and the third quantum dot is at least one half in weight of the third emission layer.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein X is BrMTPP((Bromomethyl)triphenylphosphonium), BrPTPP((3-Bromopropyl)tripheylphosphonium), TPP(tetraphenylphosphonium), TMA(tetramethylammonium), or TEA(tetraethylammonium).

19. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the first emission layer is to emit a blue light, the second emission layer is to emit a green light, and the third emission layer is to emit a red light.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Kyoungwon
• Nam Minki
• Doh Hyunmi
• Kim Sungwoon
• Park Jae Hong
• Jung Yunku

Classifications

• Y10S977/774

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

• H01L51/5004

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/502 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/0084

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/322

  Electricity · mapped topic