Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Element, Semiconductor Element, Electronic Device, and Electronic Equipment

• US 20090032807A1
• Filed: 04/18/2006
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Shinohara, Yuji, Terao, Koichi, Shinohara, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 7,683,368 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/40
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/50 Forming devices by joining two substrates together, e.g. lamination techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/111 comprising aromatic, heteroaromatic, or aryl chains, e.g. polyaniline, polyphenylene or polyphenylene vinylene
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/615 Polycyclic condensed aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g. anthracene
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/631 Amine compounds having at least two aryl rest on at least one amine-nitrogen atom, e.g. triphenylamine
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/649 Aromatic compounds comprising a hetero atom
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6565 Oxadiazole compounds
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/549 Organic PV cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor element which can produce a semiconductor element provided with a semiconductor layer having a high carrier transport ability, a semiconductor element manufactured by the semiconductor element manufacturing method, an electronic device provided with the semiconductor element, and electronic equipment having a high reliability. In order to achieve the object, the present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor element having an anode, a cathode, and a hole transport layer provided between the anode and the cathode, the method comprising steps of: a first step for forming layers mainly comprised of a hole transport material having polymerizable groups X on the side of one surface of the anode and on the side of one surface of the cathode, respectively, and a second step for obtaining the hole transport layer by integrating the two layers together by polymerizing the hole transport materials via a polymerization reaction through their polymerizable groups in a state that the layer on the side of the anode and the layer on the side of the cathode are made contact with each other.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a semiconductor layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, the method comprising the steps of:

a first step for forming layers mainly comprised of a semiconductor material having polymerizable groups on the side of one surface of the first electrode and on the side of one surface of the second electrode, respectively, and

a second step for obtaining the semiconductor layer by integrating the two layers together by polymerizing the semiconductor materials via a polymerization reaction through their polymerizable groups in a state that the layer on the side of the first electrode and the layer on the side of the second electrode are made contact with each other.

2. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the layer on the side of the first electrode is formed by means of a liquid phase process in the first step.

3. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the layer on the side of the second electrode is formed by means of a liquid phase process in the first step.

4. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising between the first step and the second step a step for polymerizing the semiconductor material contained in the layer on the side of the first electrode to such an extent that the degree of polymerization thereof is lower than the degree of polymerization of the polymer obtained in the second step.

5. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising between the first step and the second step a step for polymerizing the semiconductor material contained in the layer on the side of the second electrode to such an extent that the degree of polymerization thereof is lower than the degree of polymerization of the polymer obtained in the second step.

6. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymerizable groups have photopolymerization properties.

7. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymerizable groups have heat polymerization properties.

8. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a step for forming at least one organic material layer which is different from the semiconductor layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a heating temperature for polymerizing the polymerizable groups is set to a temperature which is lower than a glass transition temperature of a main material constituting the organic material layer.

9. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the semiconductor material is comprised of a compound which is represented by the following general formula (A1) or (A2):

10. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the semiconductor layer includes a hole transport layer.

11. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the semiconductor layer includes a light emitting layer.

12. The semiconductor element manufacturing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the semiconductor layer includes an electron transport layer.

13. A semiconductor element manufactured by the semiconductor element manufacturing method defined in claim 1.

14. An electronic device provided with the semiconductor element defined in claim 13.

15. Electronic equipment provided with the electronic device defined in claim 14.