Quantum dot film, color filter layer and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11653513-B2
Application number	US-202016887531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2020
Priority date	Nov 28, 2019
Publication date	May 16, 2023
Grant date	May 16, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a quantum dot film including a plurality of quantum dot material layers arranged in stack, the plurality of quantum dot material layers having refractive indices gradually ascending along a thickness direction of the quantum dot film. The present disclosure further provides a color filter layer and a display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A color filter layer, comprising: a plurality of light filtering portions, wherein each of the light filtering portions comprises quantum dot film having a plurality of quantum dot material layers arranged in stack, the plurality of quantum dot material layers have refractive indices gradually ascending along a thickness direction of the quantum dot film, and the thickness direction of the quantum dot film is a light-outgoing direction of the color filter layer.

2. The color filter layer of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of quantum dot material layers comprises: a base layer and a plurality of quantum dots dispersed in the base layer, and
wherein among the plurality of quantum dot material layers, a quantum dot material layer having a highest refractive index has a higher quantum dot concentration than other quantum dot material layers.

3. The color filter layer of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of quantum dot material layers have refractive indices gradually ascending along the thickness direction of the quantum dot film.

4. The color filter layer of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of quantum dot material layers have two quantum dot material layers, a refractive index of a first quantum dot material layer of the two quantum dot material layers is lower than that of a second quantum dot material layer of the two quantum dot material layers, the base layer of the first quantum dot material layer comprises polymethyl methacrylate, and the base layer of the second quantum dot material layer comprises one of phenyl silicone resin and polythiol.

5. The color filter layer of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of first light blocking portions, wherein each of the plurality of first light blocking portions and each of the plurality of light filtering portions are alternately arranged.

6. A display device, comprising: a display panel and the color filter layer of claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of light emitting elements, and each of the plurality of light emitting elements emits excitation light in the thickness direction for exciting the color filter layer; and
the color filter layer is arranged on the display panel along the thickness direction.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of quantum dot material layers comprises: a base layer and a plurality of quantum dots dispersed in the base layer, and
wherein among the plurality of quantum dot material layers, a quantum dot material layer having a highest refractive index has a higher quantum dot concentration than other quantum dot material layers.

8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein a refractive index inside any one of the plurality of quantum dot material layers gradually increases along the thickness direction of the quantum dot film.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of quantum dot material layers have two quantum dot material layers, a refractive index of a first quantum dot material layer of the two quantum dot material layers is lower than that of a second quantum dot material layer of the two quantum dot material layers, the base layer of the first quantum dot material layer comprises polymethyl methacrylate, and the base layer of the second quantum dot material layer comprises one of phenyl silicone resin and polythiol.

10. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the color filter layer further comprises a plurality of first light blocking portions, and each of the plurality of first light blocking portions and each of the plurality of light filtering portions are alternately arranged.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display panel further comprises a plurality of second light blocking portions, each of the plurality of second light blocking portions and each of the plurality of light emitting elements are alternately arranged, and an orthographic projection of each of the first light blocking portions on a plane perpendicular to the first direction overlaps with an orthographic projection of a corresponding one of the plurality of second light blocking portions on a plane perpendicular to the first direction.

12. The display device of claim 6 , further comprising a transparent protective layer between the color filter layer and the display panel, wherein a refractive index of the transparent protective layer is lower than that of a quantum dot material layer closest to the transparent protective layer among the plurality of quantum dot material layers.

13. The display device of claim 6 , the display panel is one of an OLED display panel, a micro-LED display panel, and a liquid crystal display panel.

14. The color filter layer of claim 1 , wherein the refractive indices of the plurality of quantum dot material layers increase layer by layer along the thickness direction of the quantum dot film.

15. The color filter layer of claim 1 , wherein a refractive index inside any one of the plurality of quantum dot material layers gradually increases along the thickness direction of the quantum dot film.

16. The color filter layer of claim 1 , wherein a light transmittance of the base layer is not less than 60%.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• You Juanjuan
• Sun Li
• Yan Guang

Classifications

• H10K59/8792

  comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. black layers · CPC title

• H10K59/879

  comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses · CPC title

• H10K50/115

  comprising active inorganic nanostructures, e.g. luminescent quantum dots · CPC title

• G02F1/133617 Primary

  Illumination with ultraviolet light; Luminescent elements or materials associated to the cell · CPC title

• G02F2202/36

  Micro- or nanomaterials · CPC title