Organic electroluminescence device with an absorbent for moisture and oxygen, and method for manufacturing the same

• US 7,436,117 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2004
• Issued: 10/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Hae-Seung, Park, Jin-Woo, Lee, Jong-Hyuk, Kim, Won-Jong, Cho, Yoon-Hyeung
• Primary Examiner(s): MACCHIAROLO, PETER J
• Application Number:
  US10/924,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20050046348A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,511 Days
• Field of Search: 313/481, 313545-549, 313550-562, 252/181.1, 252/181.5, 252/194
• US Class Current: 313/555
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/3026 Top emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/846 comprising getter material or desiccants
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/874 including getter material or desiccant

Abstract

Provided are an organic electroluminescent device and a method of manufacturing the same. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising a rear substrate, an organic electroluminescent unit formed on one surface of the rear substrate and having a first electrode, an organic film, and a second electrode, and a front substrate joined to the rear substrate and having a porous oxide layer based on alumina on an inner surface of the front substrate. The alumina is hydrated amorphous alumina. The porous oxide layer is composed of hydrated amorphous alumina; hydrated amorphous alumina and silica; hydrated amorphous alumina, and one or more selected from alkaline metal oxide, alkaline earth metal oxide, metal halide, metal sulfate, and metal perchlorate, which are captured in a network of the alumina; or hydrated amorphous alumina, silica, and one or more selected from alkaline metal oxide, alkaline earth metal oxide, metal halide, metal sulfate, and metal perchlorate, which are captured in a network of the alumina and a network of the silica. The organic electroluminescent device may be used as a front emission type, a rear emission type, or a both-direction emission type display.

Claims

1. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:

a rear substrate;

an organic electroluminescent unit arranged on one surface of the rear substrate, wherein the organic electroluminescent unit includes a first electrode, an organic film, and a second electrode; and

a front substrate coupled with the rear substrate, wherein the front substrate includes an uncovered non-resin porous oxide layer arranged directly on an inner surface of the front substrate, the uncovered non-resin porous oxide layer adhering itself directly to the inner surface of the front substrate,

wherein the porous oxide layer is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of;

hydrated amorphous alumina, and one or more compound selected from the group consisting of metal halide, metal sulfate, and metal perchlorate; and

hydrated amorphous alumina, silica, and one or more compound selected from the group consisting of metal halide, metal sulfate, and metal perchlorate, and

wherein the alumina is boehmite or bayerite.

2. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1, wherein the one or more compound, which is selected from the group consisting of metal halide, metal sulfate, and metal perchlorate, is captured in a network of the hydrated amorphous alumina or a network of the hydrated amorphous alumina and the silica.

3. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1, wherein

the metal sulfate is selected from the group consisting of lithium sulfate (Li2SO₄), sodium sulfate (Nai₂SO₄), calcium sulfate (CaSO₄), magnesium sulfate (MgSO₄), cobalt sulfate (CoSO₄), gallium sulfate (Ga₂(SO₄)₃), titanium sulfate (Ti(SO₄₂), and nickel sulfate (NiSO₄);

the metal halide is selected from the group consisting of calcium chloride (CaCl₂), magnesium chloride (MgCI₂), strontium chloride (SrCl₂), yttrium chloride (YCl₂), copper chloride (CuCl₂), cesium fluoride (CsF), tantalum fluoride (TaF₅), niobium fluoride (NbF₅), lithium bromide (LiBr), calcium bromide (CaBr₃), cerium bromide (CeBr₄), selenium bromide (SeBr₂), vanadium bromide (VBr₂), magnesium bromide (MgBr₂), barium iodide (Bal₂), and magnesium iodide (Mgl₂); and

the metal perchlorate is selected from the group consisting of barium perchlorate (Ba(ClO₄)₂) and magnesium perchlorate (Mg(ClO₄)₂).

4. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1, wherein the first electrode is a transparent electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode, or the first electrode is a reflective type electrode and the second electrode is a transparent electrode.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the non-resin porous oxide layer has a thickness in the range of 0.1 to 12 μ

m.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the front substrate is coupled to the rear substrate by a sealant, wherein the sealant does not contact the porous oxide layer.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein a shape of the porous oxide layer corresponds to a shape of the organic electroluminescent unit.

8. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:

a rear substrate;

an organic electroluminescent unit arranged on one surface of the rear substrate, wherein the organic electroluminescent unit includes a first electrode, an organic film, and a second electrode; and

a front substrate coupled with the rear substrate, wherein the front substrate includes an uncovered non-resin porous oxide layer arranged directly on an inner surface of the front substrate, the uncovered non-resin porous oxide layer adhering itself directly to the inner surface of the front substrate,

wherein the uncovered non-resin porous oxide layer is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of;

hydrated amorphous alumina;

hydrated amorphous alumina and silica;

hydrated amorphous alumina, and one or more compound selected from the group consisting of alkaline metal oxide and alkaline earth metal oxide; and

hydrated amorphous alumina, silica, and one or more compound selected from the group consisting of alkaline metal oxide, and alkaline earth metal oxide, and

wherein the alumina is boehmite or baverite.