Double-sided display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9362334-B2
Application number	US-201314241199-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2013
Priority date	Jun 26, 2013
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

A double-sided display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The double-sided display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other; a first transparent electrode and a second reflective electrode arranged on the first substrate; a first reflective electrode opposed to the first transparent electrode on the first substrate and a second transparent electrode opposed to the second reflective electrode on the first substrate arranged on the second substrate; and a quantum light-emitting layer arranged between the respectively corresponded transparent electrodes and reflective electrodes, the quantum light-emitting layer including charge transport particles and QD light-emitting material mixed therein. The provided double-sided display apparatus is lighter, thinner, more portable, and of low cost.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A double-sided display apparatus comprising:
a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other;
a first transparent electrode and a second reflective electrode arranged on a surface of the first substrate, one of the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode being an anode, and the other of the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode being a cathode;
a first reflective electrode opposed to the first transparent electrode on the first substrate and a second transparent electrode opposed to the second reflective electrode on the first substrate arranged on a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, wherein the first transparent electrode and the first reflective electrode have opposite electric polarities and the second transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode have opposite electric polarities; and
a quantum light-emitting layer arranged between the first transparent electrode and the first reflective electrode opposed to each other and between the second transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode opposed to each other, wherein the quantum light-emitting layer includes charge transport particles and quantum dot (QD) light-emitting material.

2. The double-sided display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the charge transport particles include semiconductor nano-particles.

3. The double-sided display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the charge transport particles are p type semiconductor nano-particles and n type semiconductor nano-particles.

4. The double-sided display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the charge transport particles are p type semiconductor nano-particles; and an electron transport layer is arranged between the quantum light-emitting layer and a cathode.

5. The double-sided display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the charge transport particles are n type semiconductor nano-particles; and a hole transport layer is arranged between the quantum light-emitting layer and an anode.

6. The double-sided display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of the first substrate, and the first reflective electrode and the second transparent electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of second substrate facing the first substrate.

7. A method of manufacturing a double-sided display apparatus comprising:
providing a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other;
forming a first transparent electrode and a second reflective electrode with opposite polarities on a surface of the first substrate, one of the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode being an anode, and the other of the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode being a cathode;
forming a quantum light-emitting layer having charge transport particles and quantum dot light-emitting material mixed therein on the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode; and
forming a first reflective electrode opposed to the first transparent electrode on the first substrate and a second transparent electrode opposed to the second reflective electrode on the first substrate over the quantum light-emitting layer on a surface of the second substrate facing the surface of the first substrate, wherein the first transparent electrode and the first reflective electrode have opposite electric polarities and the second transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode have opposite electric polarities.

8. The method of manufacturing the double-sided display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of the first substrate.

9. The method of manufacturing the double-sided display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first reflective electrode and the second transparent electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate.

10. The method of manufacturing the double-sided display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the forming a quantum light-emitting layer comprises forming the quantum light-emitting layer on the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode by applying a quantum light-emitting solution dispersed with charge transport particles and quantum dot light-emitting material by a solution coating process.

11. The method of manufacturing the double-sided display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the quantum light-emitting solution includes solvent and semiconductor nano-particles dispersed in the solvent.

12. The method of manufacturing the double-sided display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the semiconductor nano-particles are p type and n type semiconductor nano-particles.

13. The method of manufacturing the double-sided display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the semiconductor nano-particles are p type semiconductor nano-particles; and the method further comprises forming an electron transport layer between the quantum light-emitting layer and a cathode.

14. The method of manufacturing the double-sided display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the semiconductor nano-particles are n type semiconductor nano-particles; and the method further comprises forming a hole transport layer between the quantum light-emitting layer and an anode.

15. The method of manufacturing the double-sided display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the solvent includes one or more of water, toluene and chloroform.

16. The double-sided display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of the first substrate, and the first reflective electrode and the second transparent electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of second substrate facing the first substrate.

17. The double-sided display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of the first substrate, and the first reflective electrode and the second transparent electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of second substrate facing the first substrate.

18. The double-sided display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of the first substrate, and the first reflective electrode and the second transparent electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of second substrate facing the first substrate.

19. The double-sided display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of the first substrate, and the first reflective electrode and the second transparent electrode are spaced apart from each other on the surface of second substrate facing the first substrate.

20. The method of manufacturing the double-sided display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the forming a quantum light-emitting layer comprises forming the quantum light-emitting layer on the first transparent electrode and the second reflective electrode by applying a quantum

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Feng
• Yao Qi
• Gu Jingxia

Classifications

• H10H20/032

  of electrodes · CPC title

• H10H20/835

  Reflective materials · CPC title

• H10H20/833

  Transparent materials · CPC title

• H10H20/812

  within the light-emitting regions, e.g. having quantum confinement structures · CPC title

• H10H20/811

  having quantum effect structures or superlattices, e.g. tunnel junctions · CPC title