METHOD OF PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20110018433A1
• Filed: 03/11/2009
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
• Inventors: Rokuhara, Kouichi
• Application Number:
  US12/935,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20110018433A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/504
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/122 Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/13 using printing techniques, e.g. ink-jet printing or screen printing
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/135 using ink-jet printing

Abstract

A method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to the present invention is a method of producing an organic electroluminescent element by stacking on a substrate at least a cathode, an anode, and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the cathode and the anode. The method of the present invention is characterized by comprising: an organic light-emitting layer forming step of forming the organic light-emitting layer by applying an ink comprising an organic light-emitting material to an inside of a partition wall built to surround a pixel region for forming a pixel; and a surface treating step of treating a surface before the organic light-emitting layer forming step with an organic solvent from the side where the partition wall is built with respect to the substrate. According to the method of the present invention, the organic light-emitting layer can be formed without film defects, and a high-quality organic electroluminescent element and a high-quality display device having the organic electroluminescent element are provided.

Claims

1. A method of producing an organic electroluminescent element in which at least a cathode, an anode, and an organic light-emitting layer located between the cathode and the anode are stacked on a substrate, the method comprising:

an organic light-emitting layer forming step of forming the organic light-emitting layer by applying an ink comprising an organic light-emitting material to the inside of a partition wall built to surround a pixel region for forming a pixel; and

a surface treating step of treating a surface before the organic light-emitting layer forming step with an organic solvent from the side where the partition wall is built with respect to the substrate.

2. The method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, wherein the step of treating the surface is a step of bringing the organic solvent into contact with the surface from the side where the partition wall is built with respect to the substrate.

3. The method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to claim 2, wherein the organic solvent is brought into contact with the surface from the side where the partition wall is built with respect to the substrate, by using a spin coating method, in the step of treating the surface.

4. The method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to claim 2, wherein the step of treating the surface comprises drying the organic solvent after the organic solvent is brought into contact with the surface.

5. The method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent comprises one or two or more of solvents for an ink.

6. The method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent comprises one or two or more of solvents for the organic light-emitting material.

7. The method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent is anisole.

8. The method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, wherein the ink comprising the organic light-emitting material is applied to the inside of the partition wall by a printing method, in the step of forming the organic light-emitting layer.

9. The method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to claim 8, wherein the printing method is a flexographic printing method.

10. The method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, further comprising an interlayer forming step of forming an organic material layer in the pixel region before the surface treating step.

11. An organic electroluminescent element obtained by the method of producing an organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1.

12. A display device comprising the organic electroluminescent element according to claim 11.