Near-infrared absorbing composition, near-infrared absorbing film, and image sensor for solid-state imaging element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11971563-B2
Application number	US-201916981195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2019
Priority date	Mar 23, 2018
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed is a near-infrared absorbing composition, including: a near-infrared absorbing agent; and a solvent, wherein the near-infrared absorbing agent includes at least one of the following Component (A) and Component (B):
Component (A): a component composed of a compound having a structure of the following general formula (I) and a metal ion; Component (B): a component composed of a metal complex that is obtainable by a reaction of the compound having the structure of the following general formula (I) and a metal compound.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A near-infrared absorbing composition, comprising: a near-infrared absorbing agent; and a solvent,
wherein the near-infrared absorbing agent comprises at least one of the following Component (A) and Component (B):
Component (A): a component composed of a compound having a structure of the following general formula (I) and a metal ion; and
Component (B): a component composed of a metal complex that is a reaction product of the compound having the structure of the following general formula (I) and a metal compound,

in the general formula (I), R is an alkyl group of 1 to 20 carbons or an aryl group of 6 to 20 carbons, in which R may have a substituent, and z is a structural unit selected from the following formulae (Z-1) to (Z-3),

the asterisk in the formulae (Z-1) to (Z-3) represents a bonding site that is bonded to O of the general formula (I),
R 21 to R 24 each is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbons,
the compound having the structure of the general formula (I) concurrently has at least one moiety satisfying the following Condition (i) and at least one moiety satisfying the following Condition (ii):
Condition (i): R 21 to R 24 are all hydrogen atoms;
Condition (ii): at least one of R 21 to R 24 is an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbons,
in the general formula (I), l is a number of the moiety satisfying the Condition (i) and is from 1 to 10, and m is a number of the moiety satisfying the Condition (ii) and is from 1 to 10, and
the composition further comprises a phosphonic acid compound having the following structure:

wherein R 1 is a branched, linear or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or aryl group of 1 to 30 carbons, and at least one hydrogen atom of R 1 is optionally substituted with a halogen atom, an oxyalkyl, polyoxyalkyl, oxyaryl, oxyaryl, polyoxyaryl, acyl, aldehyde, carboxyl or hydroxyl group, or a group having an aromatic ring.

2. The near-infrared absorbing composition according to claim 1 , wherein metal of the metal ion or the metal complex is copper.

3. The near-infrared absorbing composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having the structure of the general formula (I) is a compound having a structure of the following general formula (II),

in the general formula (II), R, R 21 to R 24 , and m are as defined in the general formula (I), and n is one or two, and when n is two, structures in parentheses may be same or different.

4. The near-infrared absorbing composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having the structure of the general formula (I) has a monoester and a diester, and a molar ratio of the mono ester is within the range of 20% to 95%.

5. The near-infrared absorbing composition according to claim 1 , wherein the general formula (I) concurrently has at least one moiety satisfying the following Condition (i) and at least one moiety satisfying the following Condition (iii):
Condition (i): R 21 to R 24 are all hydrogen atoms; and
Condition (iii): one of R 21 to R 24 is an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbons, and the other three are hydrogen atoms.

6. The near-infrared absorbing composition according to claim 1 , wherein 1 and m in the general formula (I) are each within a range of 1 to 3.

7. The near-infrared absorbing composition according to claim 1 , wherein an average particle size of the metal complex is equal to or less than 50 nm.

8. The near-infrared absorbing composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a near-infrared absorption adjuster having an maximum absorption wavelength within a wavelength range of 650 nm to 800 nm.

9. The near-infrared absorbing composition according to claim 1 , comprising an acetic acid within a range of 1 mol % to 100 mol % with respect to metal of the metal ion or the metal compound, in addition to the near-infrared absorbing agent and the solvent.

10. A near-infrared absorbing film using the near-infrared absorbing composition according to claim 1 .

11. An image sensor for a solid imaging element, comprising the near-infrared absorbing film according to claim 10 .

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Daifuku Koji
• Mizutani Yosuke
• Itamoto Natsumi
• Tamaki Keigo
• Horie Yutaro
• Hayashi Kenji
• Nakahara Issei
• Nojima Takahiko
• Fukusaka Kiyoshi

Classifications

• H10F39/805

  Coatings · CPC title

• H10F39/806

  Optical elements or arrangements associated with the image sensors · CPC title

• H10F39/804

  Containers or encapsulations · CPC title

• G02B5/208 Primary

  for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation · CPC title

• C07C305/10

  being further substituted by singly-bound oxygen atoms · CPC title