ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DEVICE AND A METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME

• US 20150228697A1
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Liu, Yawei, Wang, Yifan
• Application Number:
  US14/124,715
• Publication Number:
  US 20150228697A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/331 Nanoparticles used in non-emissive layers, e.g. in packaging layer
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/125 specially adapted for multicolour light emission, e.g. for emitting white light
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/15 Hole transporting layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/16 Electron transporting layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/17 Carrier injection layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/81 Anodes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/82 Cathodes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/828 Transparent cathodes, e.g. comprising thin metal layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/841 Self-supporting sealing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/844 Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/85 Arrangements for extracting light from the devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/1201 Manufacture or treatment
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/38 comprising colour filters or colour changing media [CCM]
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/871 Self-supporting sealing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/873 Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/00 Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/111 comprising aromatic, heteroaromatic, or aryl chains, e.g. polyaniline, polyphenylene or polyphenylene vinylene
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/1135 Polyethylene dioxythiophene [PEDOT]; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/115 : Polyfluorene; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/141 : comprising aliphatic or olefinic chains, e.g. poly N-vinylcarbazol, PVC or PTFE
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/324 : comprising aluminium, e.g. Alq3
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/342 : comprising iridium
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/381 : Metal complexes comprising a group IIB metal element, e.g. comprising cadmium, mercury or zinc
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/60 : Organic compounds having low molecular weight H10K85/10 - H10K85/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/636 : comprising heteroaromatic hydrocarbons as substituents on the nitrogen atom
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/654 : comprising only nitrogen as heteroatom H10K85/652 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6572 : comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. phenanthroline or carbazole

Abstract

The present invention provides a color OLED device and method of fabricating the same. The color OLED device includes an OLED substrate, an OLED cover adhered to the OLED substrate and a color conversion layer formed on the OLED cover. The OLED substrate includes an OLED element formed thereon, and the OLED element includes a light emitting layer. The color conversion layer includes a plurality of quantum dots, light emitting from the light emitting layer is converted to colored light with the plurality of quantum dots in the color conversion layer. According to present invention, a color OLED device can be colorized with the plurality of quantum dots in the color conversion layer; moreover, with the characteristics of the plurality of quantum dots, a thickness of the color OLED device including the light emitting layer can be shrunken, lifetime, and color purity thereof can be enhanced.

Claims

1. A color organic light emitting diode (OLED) device, comprising an OLED substrate, an OLED cover adhered to the OLED substrate and a color conversion layer formed on the OLED cover, wherein the OLED substrate has an OLED element formed thereon, the OLED element comprises a light emitting layer, the color conversion layer comprises a plurality of quantum dots, and light emitting from the light emitting layer is converted to colorized light with the plurality of quantum dots.

2. The color OLED device according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting layer is a blue light emitting layer, the color conversion layer comprises green quantum dots, red quantum dots and blank units disposed in intervals, wherein blue light emitting from the light emitting layer is respectively converted to green light with the green quantum dots, red light with the red quantum dots and still the blue light with the blank units in the color conversion layer.

3. The color OLED device according to claim 2, wherein the light emitting layer comprises a blue light emitting material formed by thermal evaporation of polyfluorene, 4,4′

-bis(2,2-diphenyl vinyl)biphenyl or bis(2,4-difluorophenyl pyridyl)-tetra(1-pyrazolyl)borate iridium.

4. The color OLED device according to claim 3, wherein the light emitting layer further comprises a host organic blue light material layer formed by thermal evaporation of 4,4′

,4″

-tris(carbazol-9-yl)triphenylamine or 2,4,6-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-1,3,5-triazine.

5. The color OLED device according to claim 2, wherein the green quantum dots are formed with cadmium selenide, zinc sulfide or zinc selenide doped with copper ions;

and the red quantum dots are formed with cadmium selenide, cadmium sulfide or zinc sulfide.

6. The color OLED device according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting layer is a white light emitting layer, the color conversion layer comprises green quantum dots, red quantum dots and blue quantum dots disposed in intervals, wherein white light emitting from the light emitting layer is respectively converted to green light with the green quantum dots, red light with the red quantum dots and blue light with the blue quantum dots in the color conversion layer.

7. The color OLED device according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting layer is a white light emitting layer, the color conversion layer comprises green quantum dots, red quantum dots, blue quantum dots and white light transmission units disposed in intervals, wherein white light emitting from the light emitting layer is respectively converted to green light with the green quantum dots, red light with the red quantum dots, blue light with the blue quantum dots and still the white light with the white light transmission units in the color conversion layer.

8. The color OLED device according to claim 1, further comprising a protection layer formed on the color conversion layer, wherein the protection layer is formed with stearic acid, zinc oxide phosphine, or polymethylmethacrylate.

9. The color OLED device according to claim 1, wherein the OLED element comprises an anode formed on the OLED substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) array formed on the anode, a hole injection layer formed on the TFT array, a hole transport layer formed on the hole injection layer, an electron transport layer formed above the hole transport layer, and a cathode formed on the electron transport layer, wherein the light emitting layer is formed between the hole transport layer and electron transport layer, the hole injection layer is formed with polyethylene dioxythiophene, the hole transport layer is formed with polytriphenylamine, and the electron transport layer is formed with aluminum 8-hydroxyquinoline.

10. A color OLED device, comprising an OLED substrate, an OLED cover adhered to the OLED substrate and a color conversion layer formed on the OLED cover, wherein the OLED substrate has an OLED element formed thereon, the OLED element comprises a light emitting layer, the color conversion layer comprises a plurality of quantum dots, and light emitting from the light emitting layer is converted to colorized light with the plurality of quantum dots;

the light emitting layer is a blue light emitting layer, the color conversion layer comprises green quantum dots, red quantum dots and blank units disposed in intervals, blue light emitting from the light emitting layer is respectively converted to green light with the green quantum dots, red light with the red quantum dots and still the blue light with the blank units in the color conversion layer;

the light emitting layer comprises a blue light emitting material formed by thermal evaporation of polyfluorene, 4,4′

-bis(2,2-diphenyl vinyl)biphenyl or bis(2,4-difluorophenyl pyridyl)-tetra(1-pyrazolyl)borate iridium; and

the light emitting layer further comprises a host organic blue light material layer formed by thermal evaporation of 4,4′

,4″

-tris(carbazol-9-yl)triphenylamine or 2,4,6-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-1,3,5-triazine.

11. The color OLED device according to claim 10, further comprising a protection layer formed on the color conversion layer, wherein the protection layer is formed with stearic acid, zinc oxide phosphine, or polymethylmethacrylate.

12. The color OLED device according to claim 10, wherein the OLED element comprises an anode formed on the OLED substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) array formed on the anode, a hole injection layer formed on the TFT array, a hole transport layer formed on the hole injection layer, an electron transport layer formed above the hole transport layer, and a cathode formed on the electron transport layer, wherein the light emitting layer is formed between the hole transport layer and electron transport layer, the hole injection layer is formed with polyethylene dioxythiophene, the hole transport layer is formed with polytriphenylamine, and the electron transport layer is formed with aluminum 8-hydroxyquinoline.

13. The color OLED device according to claim 10, wherein the green quantum dots are formed with cadmium selenide, zinc sulfide or zinc selenide doped with copper ions;

and the red quantum dots are formed with cadmium selenide, cadmium sulfide or zinc sulfide.

14. A method of fabricating a color OLED device, comprising steps as follows:

step 1, providing an OLED substrate;

step 2, forming an anode on the OLED substrate;

step 3, forming a thin film transistor (TFT) array on the anode;

step 4, sequentially forming a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer on the TFT array;

step 5, forming a light emitting layer on the hole transport layer, wherein the light emitting layer is a blue light emitting layer or a white light emitting layer;

step 6, sequentially forming an electron transport layer and a cathode on the light emitting layer;

step 7, providing an OLED cover, and adhering the OLED cover to the OLED substrate with a sealant;

step 8, forming a color conversion layer on the OLED cover, and forming a protection layer on the color conversion layer so that the color OLED device is formed, wherein the color conversion layer comprises a plurality of quantum dots, and light emitting from the light emitting layer is converted to colorized light with the plurality of quantum dots;

in case of the light emitting layer being the blue light emitting layer, the color conversion layer comprises green light quantum dots, red light quantum dots and blank units disposed in intervals, wherein blue light emitting from the light emitting layer is respectively converted to green light with the green light quantum dots, red light with the red light quantum dots and still the blue light with the blank units in transmitting the color conversion layer; and

in case of the light emitting layer being the white light emitting layer, the color conversion layer comprises green light quantum dots, red light quantum dots and blue light quantum dots disposed in intervals, wherein white light emitting from the light emitting layer is respectively converted to green light with the green light quantum dots, red light with the red light quantum dots and blue light with the blue light quantum dots in transmitting the color conversion layer.