Light emitting device and display device including 1HE same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11744096-B2
Application number	US-202217671970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2022
Priority date	Apr 19, 2019
Publication date	Aug 29, 2023
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023

Abstract

A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including quantum dots, a first charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the first electrode, and a second charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer comprises a first emission layer contacting the first charge auxiliary layer, a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, and a third emission layer disposed on the second emission layer. The hole mobility of the first emission layer decreases sequentially from the first emission layer to the third emission layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light emitting device, comprising
a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and comprising quantum dots,
a first charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the first electrode, and a second charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode,
wherein the emission layer comprises a plurality of layers comprising quantum dots, and
the quantum dots comprise an organic ligand on a surface, and a content of the organic ligand of the quantum dots increases sequentially from a first layer in contact with the first charge auxiliary layer to a second layer in contact with the second charge auxiliary layer.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer comprises a first layer, a third layer, and a second layer which are continuously disposed, and a content of the organic ligand of the quantum dots of the first layer is less than a content of the organic ligand of the quantum dots of the second layer.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a content of the organic ligand of the quantum dots of the first layer is less than or equal to about 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the organic ligand of the quantum dots of the second layer.

4. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a content of the organic ligand of the quantum dots of the first layer is less than or equal to about 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the organic ligand of the quantum dots of the second layer.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the quantum dots of the first layer comprise an organic ligand in an amount of less than or equal to about 10 weight percent based on a total weight, 100 weight percent of the quantum dots of the first layer.

6. The light emitting device of claim 2 , wherein 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.

7. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the quantum dots of the emission layer further comprise a halogen as a ligand and a content of the halogen of the quantum dots of the first layer is greater than a content of the halogen of the quantum dots of the second layer.

8. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the quantum dots of the emission layer further comprise a halogen as a ligand and a content of the halogen content of the quantum dots of the emission layer decreases sequentially from the first layer to the second layer.

9. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the quantum dots of the first layer further comprises a halogen as a ligand and quantum dots of at least one upper layer disposed on the first layer do not comprise a halogen.

10. The light emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the halogen comprises fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, or a combination thereof.

11. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first layer further comprises a halogen as a ligand and comprises a halogen ligand in an amount of less than or equal to about 50 weight percent based on a total amount, 100 wt % of the organic ligand and the halogen ligand of the first layer.

12. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of layers of the emission layer are configured to emit light of the same color or a different color.

13. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the second charge auxiliary layer comprises a metal oxide.

14. The light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the metal oxide comprises a zinc metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1:
Zn 1−x M x O  Chemical Formula 1

wherein, in Chemical Formula 1,
M is Mg, Ca, Zr, W, Li, Ti, Y, Al, or a combination thereof, and
0≤x≤0.5.

15. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the respective thickness of the plurality of layers of the emission layer are the same or different, and are about 1 nanometer to about 100 nanometers.

16. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a HOMO energy level of the first charge auxiliary layer in contact with the first layer is equal to or less than a HOMO energy level of the first layer though within about 1.0 eV or less.

17. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a HOMO energy level of the upper layer in contact with the first layer is the same as or less than a HOMO energy level of the first emission layer though within about 1.0 eV or less.

18. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the HOMO energy levels of the plurality of layers of the emission layer are in similar ranges, and a difference between HOMO energy levels of two respective adjacent layers of the plurality of layers is in the range of about 0 eV to about 1.0 eV.

19. A method of producing the light emitting device of claim 1 , comprising
forming a first charge auxiliary layer on the first electrode,
forming an emission layer comprising a plurality of layers on the first charge auxiliary layer;
forming a second charge auxiliary layer on the emission layer; and
forming a second electrode on the second charge auxiliary layer,
wherein the forming of the emission layer comprises:
forming a quantum dot coating film comprising a plurality of quantum dots having organic ligand present on the surface and removing at least a portion of the organic ligand from the surface of the quantum dots of the quantum dot coating film, and
repeatedly performing the process to form a plurality of layers,
wherein a content of the organic ligand of the quantum dots increases sequentially from a first layer in contact with the first charge auxiliary layer to a second layer in contact with the second charge auxiliary layer.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first layer is produced by a method comprising
preparing an alcohol solution of a metal halide;
contacting each of the quantum dot coating films with the alcohol solution; and
removing the alcohol solution from the quantum dot coating films, and drying the quantum dot coating films.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the metal halide comprises zinc.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the metal halide comprises a fluoride, a chloride, a bromide, an iodide, or a combination thereof.

23. The method of claim 19 , wherein a content of the organic ligand of the first layer is less than or equal to about 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the organic ligands of the second layer.

24. A display device comprising the light emitting device of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chung Dae Young
• Kim Kwanghee
• Jang Eun Joo
• Kim Tae Hyung
• Seo Hongkyu
• Lee Heejae
• Chang Jaejun

Classifications

• H10K50/115 Primary

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

• H10K50/13 Primary

  comprising stacked EL layers within one EL unit · CPC title

• H10K2101/40

  Interrelation of parameters between multiple constituent active layers or sublayers, e.g. HOMO values in adjacent layers · CPC title

• H10K71/00

  Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass · CPC title

• H10K71/15

  characterised by the solvent used · CPC title