Metal oxide nanoparticles and preparation method thereof, quantum dot light-emitting diode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12305099-B2
Application number	US-202217733050-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 29, 2022
Priority date	Oct 30, 2019
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

The present application discloses a method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles, including the following steps: providing an organic reagent with a molecular formula of X—(SO 2 )—Y and a metal oxide nanoparticle sample, in which the metal oxide nanoparticle sample is an aqueous metal oxide nanoparticle; in X—(SO 2 )—Y, X contains polar functional groups; mixing the organic reagent and the metal oxide nanoparticle sample in a liquid medium and adding an alkaline reagent to a mixed solution of the organic reagent and the metal oxide nanoparticle sample to prepare the metal oxide nanoparticles. The method provided in the present application can reduce the surface defect state of metal oxide nanoparticles, thereby improving the stability of metal oxide nanoparticles.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles, comprising the following steps:
providing an organic reagent having a molecular formula of X—(SO 2 )—Y and a metal oxide nanoparticle sample, wherein the metal oxide nanoparticle sample is an aqueous metal oxide nanoparticle; in X—(SO 2 )—Y, X contains a polar functional group, and Y represents a substituent containing between 1 and 8 carbon atoms; and
mixing the organic reagent and the metal oxide nanoparticle sample in a liquid medium to obtain a resulting mixed solution and adding an alkaline reagent to the resulting mixed solution to prepare the metal oxide nanoparticles.

2. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 , wherein the polar functional group is at least one selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino.

3. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 , wherein in the organic reagent with the molecular formula of X—(SO 2 )—Y, X is one selected from the group consisting of —(CH 2 ) n —NH 2 ; (CH 2 ) n —OH and —(CH 2 ) n —COOH, wherein n is an integer ranging between 1 and 18.

4. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 , wherein the organic reagent having the molecular formula of X—(SO 2 )—Y is at least one selected from the group consisting of OH—(CH 2 ) n —(SO 2 )—(CH 2 ) m —NH 2 , OH—(CH 2 ) n —(SO 2 )—(CH 2 ) m —COOH, OH—(CH 2 ) n —(SO 2 )—(CH 2 ) m —OH, NH 2 —(CH 2 ) n —(SO 2 )—(CH 2 ) m —NH 2 and COOH—(CH 2 ) n —(SO 2 )—(CH 2 ) m —COOH, wherein m is an integer ranging between 1 and 18, and n is an integer ranging between 1 and 18.

5. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according claim 1 , wherein the liquid medium is at least one selected from the group consisting of ethanol, methanol, isopropanol, acetonitrile, and tetrahydrofuran.

6. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 , wherein the step of mixing the organic reagent and the metal oxide nanoparticle sample in a liquid medium comprises: dissolving the organic reagent in the liquid medium to form an organic solution;
mixing the organic solution with the metal oxide nanoparticle sample.

7. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles as claimed in claim 6 , wherein in the organic solution, a concentration of the organic reagent is 0.1-10 mmol/L.

8. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of mixing the organic reagent and the metal oxide nanoparticle sample in a liquid medium, a molar/mass ratio of the organic reagent to the metal oxide nanoparticles is (1-50 mmol): 100 mg.

9. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 , wherein the alkaline reagent is at least one selected from the group consisting of tetramethylammonium hydroxide and ammonia water.

10. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according claim 1 , after the step of mixing the organic reagent and the metal oxide nanoparticle sample in a liquid medium to obtain a resulting mixed solution and adding an alkaline reagent to the resulting mixed solution to prepare the metal oxide nanoparticles, further comprising: adding a precipitant to a resulting mixed system.

11. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 10 , wherein in the step of adding the precipitant to the resulting mixed system, the precipitant is added to the resulting mixed system according to a volume ratio of the precipitant to the mixing system of (1-5): 1.

12. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of mixing the organic reagent and the metal oxide nanoparticle sample in a liquid medium and adding alkaline reagent, a method for adding the alkaline reagent is as follows: in an inert atmosphere, adding the alkaline reagent to the mixed solution under a stirring condition.

13. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 12 , wherein in the step of adding alkaline reagent to the resulting mixed solution, the alkaline reagent is added to the mixed solution according to a molar dosage ratio of the alkaline reagent to the organic reagent of (1-3): 1.

14. The method for preparing metal oxide nanoparticles according to claim 13 , wherein the stirring condition comprises a stirring time of 10-120 min.

15. Metal oxide nanoparticles, wherein the metal oxide nanoparticles are prepared by the following steps:
providing an organic reagent having a molecular formula of X—(SO 2 )—Y and a metal oxide nanoparticle sample, wherein the metal oxide nanoparticle sample is an aqueous metal oxide nanoparticle; in X—(SO 2 )—Y, X contains a polar functional group, and Y represents a substituent containing between 1 and 8 carbon atoms; and
mixing the organic reagent and the metal oxide nanoparticle sample in a liquid medium to obtain a resulting mixed solution and adding an alkaline reagent to the resulting mixed solution to prepare the metal oxide nanoparticles,
wherein the metal oxide nanoparticles contain X—(SO 2 )—O − binding to metal atoms on surfaces of the metal oxide nanoparticles, in which, X is one selected from the group consisting of —(CH 2 ) n —NH 2 , —(CH 2 ) n —OH and —(CH 2 ) n —COOH, wherein n is an integer ranging,
between 1 and 18.

16. A quantum dot light-emitting diode, comprising a quantum dot light-emitting layer, wherein a material of the quantum dot light-emitting layer is metal oxide nanoparticles prepared by a method, comprising the following steps:
providing an organic reagent having a molecular formula of X—(SO 2 )—Y and a metal oxide nanoparticle sample, wherein the metal oxide nanoparticle sample is an aqueous metal oxide nanoparticle; in X—(SO 2 )—Y, X contains a polar functional group, and Y represents a substituent containing between 1 and 8 carbon atoms; and
mixing the organic reagent and the metal oxide nanoparticle sample in a liquid medium to obtain a resulting mixed solution and adding an alkaline reagent to the resulting mixed solution to prepare the metal oxide nanoparticles,
wherein the metal oxide nanoparticles contain X—(SO 2 )—O − binding to metal atoms on surfaces of the metal oxide nanoparticles, in which, X is one selected from the group consisting of —(CH 2 ) n —NH 2 , —(CH 2 ) n —OH and —(CH 2 ) n —COOH, wherein n is an integer ranging between 1 and 18.

Assignees

• Tcl Tech Group Corp

Inventors

• Cheng Luling

Classifications

• H10K50/115

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

• C09K11/602

  Chalcogenides · CPC title

• C01P2004/64

  Nanometer sized, i.e. from 1-100 nanometer · CPC title

• C01G53/04

  Oxides · CPC title

• C01G9/02

  Oxides; Hydroxides · CPC title