Method of manufacturing substrate for organic electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9691995-B2
Application number	US-201414910230-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	Dec 4, 2013
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

Provided are a method of manufacturing a substrate, a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device (OED), a substrate, an OED, and a use thereof. The method of manufacturing a substrate which may provide an OED having an element with improved efficiency may be provided. In addition, a substrate having excellent surface roughness, and a refractive index or a light scattering property, which is suitably controlled according to a desired effect may be manufactured, and therefore the substrate capable of forming an OED having excellent reliability and efficiency and the method of manufacturing an OED may be provided. Moreover, a substrate and an OED, which are manufactured by the above methods, and their uses may be provided. The manufacturing method may be effectively applied to manufacture, for example, a flexible element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a substrate for an organic electronic device, comprising:
forming a concavo-convex pattern on at least one surface of a first polymer base layer or a layer of a precursor of the first polymer base layer, and
forming a second base layer on the surface of the first polymer base layer or the layer of the precursor thereof having the concavo-convex pattern so as to form a space due to the concavo-convex pattern between the first polymer base layer or the layer of the precursor thereof and the second base layer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the forming of a concavo-convex pattern includes forming the first polymer base layer or the layer of the precursor thereof on a mold having a concavo-convex pattern on its surface to be in contact with the concavo-convex pattern of the mold.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a concavo-convex pattern is formed on a surface of the second base layer facing the concavo-convex pattern of the first polymer base layer or layer of precursor of the first polymer base layer.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer base layer or the precursor thereof has a refractive index with respect to light with a wavelength of 550 nm of 1.4 or more.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a haze of the first polymer base layer or precursor thereof is in a range of 3 to 90%.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
charging a material having a different refractive index from that of the first polymer base layer or layer of precursor thereof into a dent of the concavo-convex pattern.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the material having a different refractive index from that of the first polymer base layer or layer of precursor thereof is SiON, TiO 2 , SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , Ta 2 O 3 , Ti 3 O 3 , TiO 2 , TiO, ZrO 2 , Nb 2 O 3 , CeO 2 , ZnS, or an epoxy resin.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer base layer or the layer of the precursor thereof includes a condensation unit of tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a diamine compound or an imidization unit thereof.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer base layer or the layer of the precursor thereof includes a copolymer including a condensation unit of a first tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a first diamine compound or an imidization unit thereof as a first unit and a condensation unit of a second tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a second diamine compound or an imidization unit thereof as a second unit.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer base layer or the layer of the precursor thereof includes a first polymer including a condensation unit of a first tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a first diamine compound or an imidization unit thereof as a first unit and a second polymer including a condensation unit of a second tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a second diamine compound or an imidization unit thereof as a second unit.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the absolute value of the difference in refractive index between the first unit and the second unit is 0.01 or more.

12. The method according to any one of claims claim 9 , wherein the absolute value of the difference between the number of moles of polar functional groups included in the first unit and the number of moles of polar functional groups included in the second unit is 2 or more.

13. A substrate for an organic electronic device, comprising:
a first polymer base layer having a concavo-convex pattern on at least one surface thereof, and
a second polymer base layer formed on a surface of the first polymer base layer having the concavo-convex pattern,
wherein a space is formed due to the concavo-convex pattern between the first polymer base layer and the second polymer base layer.

14. A method of manufacturing an organic electronic device, comprising:
forming a concavo-convex pattern on at least one surface of a first polymer base layer,
forming a second polymer base layer on the surface of the first polymer base layer having the concavo-convex pattern so as to form a space due to the concavo-convex pattern between the first polymer base layer and the second polymer base layer; and
forming an organic electronic element on the first polymer base layer using the first polymer and the second polymer base layers having the space therebetween as a substrate.

15. An organic electronic device, comprising:
a substrate comprising a first polymer base layer having a concavo-convex pattern on at least one surface thereof;
a second polymer base layer formed on the surface of the first polymer base layer having the concavo-convex pattern; and
an element region formed on a surface not having the concavo-convex pattern of the first polymer base layer,
wherein a space is formed due to the concavo-convex pattern between the first polymer base layer and the second polymer base layer.

16. A light source for a display, comprising:
the organic electronic device of claim 15 .

17. A lighting device, comprising:
the organic electronic device of claim 15 .

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Jun Rye
• Lee Jung Hyoung
• Kim Ji Hee

Classifications

• Y02E10/549

  Organic PV cells · CPC title

• H01L2251/5361

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L2251/301

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/56

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/0097 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic