Light-emitting device comprising multi-layered electrode and electronic apparatus including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12369483-B2
Application number	US-202117508480-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2021
Priority date	Oct 23, 2020
Publication date	Jul 22, 2025
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025

Abstract

A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; an interlayer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer; a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer; and an electron transport region between the second electrode and the emission layer, wherein the first electrode is a multi-layered electrode including: a first layer including a first material, a second layer disposed on the first layer and including a second material, and a third layer between the second layer and the hole transport region and including a third material, wherein a first surface of the third layer contacts the second layer, and a second surface of the third layer facing the first surface directly contacts the hole transport region, and the third material has a work function of greater than about 4.8 eV and less than or equal to about 6.8 eV.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light-emitting device comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode;
an interlayer between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising an emission layer;
a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer and comprising a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer; and
an electron transport region between the second electrode and the emission layer,
wherein the first electrode is a multi-layered electrode comprising:
a first layer comprising a first material,
a second layer on the first layer and comprising a second material, and
a third layer between the second layer and the hole transport region and comprising a third material different in composition from the second material, and

wherein,
a first surface of the third layer contacts the second layer, and a second surface of the third layer opposite the first surface directly contacts the hole transport region,
the third material has a work function of greater than about 4.8 eV and less than or equal to about 6.8 eV,
the light-emitting device satisfies Equation 1:
Y=−AX+B , and  Equation 1

in Equation 1, Y is a combined thickness of the hole injection layer and the hole transport layer, X is a thickness of the third layer, A is a natural number from about 1 to about 1.3, and B is a correction value according to an emission wavelength and is greater than about 150 nm.

2. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the hole transport region comprises an organic compound, an inorganic compound, or a combination thereof,
the electron transport region comprises an inorganic compound, and
the emission layer comprises quantum dots.

3. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the hole transport region further comprises an emission auxiliary layer, an electron blocking layer, or any combination thereof,
the electron transport region comprises a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, or any combination thereof, and
the second surface of the third layer directly contacts any one selected from among the hole injection layer and the hole transport layer.

4. The light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein the second surface of the third layer and the hole injection layer directly contact each other to form a continuous interface between the third layer and the hole injection layer.

5. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the hole transport region does not comprise a crystalline carbon layer.

6. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first material comprises a transparent conductive material.

7. The light-emitting device of claim 6 , wherein the transparent conductive material comprises an indium tin oxide, an indium zinc oxide, a tin oxide, a zinc oxide, or any combination thereof.

8. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the second material comprises a reflective conductive material.

9. The light-emitting device of claim 8 , wherein the second material comprises silver, aluminum, an aluminum alloy, or any combination thereof.

10. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the third material comprises a semi-transparent conductive material.

11. The light-emitting device of claim 10 , wherein the semi-transparent conductive material comprises one or more oxides of at least one metal of W, Ni, V, Cr, Mo, Cu, Ta, or Co.

12. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first material comprises an indium tin oxide,
the second material comprises Ag, Al, an Al alloy, or a combination thereof, and
the third material comprises WO 3 , NiO, V 2 O 5 , CrO 3-x wherein x defined by 0≤x≤1, MoO 3 , MoO 2 , CuO, Ta 2 O 5 , Co 3 O 4 , or a combination thereof.

13. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer comprises a quantum dot having a core-shell structure including a core and a shell, the core including a first semiconductor material, and the shell including a second semiconductor material.

14. The light-emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material each, independently from one another, comprise a Group 12-Group 16-based compound, a Group 13-Group 15-based compound, a Group 14-Group 16-based compound, a Group 11-Group 13-Group 16-based compound, a Group 11-Group 12-Group 13-Group 16-based compound, or any combination thereof.

15. The light-emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material each, independently from one another, comprise InP, InN, InSb, InAs, InAsP, InGaAs, InGaP, ZnS, ZnSe, ZnSeS, ZnTe, ZnTeSe, GaP, GaN, GaSb, GaAs, CulnS, CulnZnS, AglnS 2 , CdSe, CdS, CdTe, HgSe, HgTe, CdZnSe, CdSeTe, ZnCdSe, In 2 S 3 , Ga 2 S 3 , PbS, PbSe, PbTe, or any combination thereof.

16. The light-emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the first semiconductor material comprises InP, InN, InSb, InAs, InAsP, InGaAs, InGaP, ZnS, ZnSe, ZnSeS, ZnTe, ZnTeSe, GaP, GaN, GaSb, GaAs, CulnS, CulnZnS, AglnS 2 , CdSe, CdS, CdTe, HgSe, HgTe, CdZnSe, CdSeTe, ZnCdSe, or any combination thereof, and the second semiconductor material comprises ZnSe, ZnS, In 2 S 3 , GazS 3 , or any combination thereof.

17. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the electron transport region comprises an electron transport layer, and the electron transport layer comprises ZnO, TiO 2 , WO 3 , SnO 2 , Mg-doped ZnO, Al-doped ZnO, Ga-doped ZnO, In-doped ZnO, ZnSiO x wherein x defined by 0<x<5, Al-doped TiO 2 , Ga-doped TiO 2 , In-doped TiO 2 , Al-doped WO 3 , Ga-doped WO 3 , In-doped WO 3 , Al-doped SnO 2 , Ga-doped SnO 2 , In-doped SnO 2 , or any combination thereof.

18. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device comprises a top-emission light-emitting device to pass outgoing light through the second electrode, wherein the outgoing light comprises a first reflected light emitted from the emission layer and reflected by the third layer, a second reflected light passed through the third layer and reflected by the second layer, and an amplified light formed by constructive interference between the first reflected light and the second reflected light.

19. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device of claim 1 .

20. A flat panel display apparatus comprising: a thin-film transistor including a source electrode, a drain electrode, and an activation layer; and the light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode of the light-emitting device is electrically connected with one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor.

21. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein, in Equation 1, B is less than about 300 nm.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Myoungjin
• Lee Changhee
• Park Jaehong
• Kang Jingoo
• Yoon Seokgyu
• Lee Jaeyong

Classifications

• H10K50/818

  Reflective anodes, e.g. ITO combined with thick metallic layers · CPC title

• H10K50/18

  Carrier blocking layers · CPC title

• H10K50/852

  comprising a resonant cavity structure, e.g. Bragg reflector pair · CPC title

• H10K50/17

  Carrier injection layers · CPC title

• H10K59/12

  Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays · CPC title