CN216145621U - Display panel and display device - Google Patents

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CN216145621U
CN216145621U CN202121456048.5U CN202121456048U CN216145621U CN 216145621 U CN216145621 U CN 216145621U CN 202121456048 U CN202121456048 U CN 202121456048U CN 216145621 U CN216145621 U CN 216145621U
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The embodiment of the utility model discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array, at least one of the plurality of pixel units comprising: a first sub-pixel for emitting light of a first color, a second sub-pixel for emitting light of a second color, and a third sub-pixel for emitting light of a third color, the wavelength of the light of the first color being smaller than the wavelength of the light of the second color and larger than the wavelength of the light of the third color, each sub-pixel comprising: the pixel structure comprises a first electrode, a functional layer and a second electrode which are sequentially stacked, wherein the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the first sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode is larger than the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the second sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode, and the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the third sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode.

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Display panel and display device
Technical Field
The present invention relates to, but not limited to, the field of display technologies, and in particular, to a display panel and a display device.
Background
Organic Light-Emitting diodes (OLEDs) have the advantages of self-luminescence, fast response, wide viewing angle, high brightness, bright color, lightness and thinness, and the like, compared with Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs), and have gradually become a next generation Display technology with great development prospects.
In order to embody the characteristics of higher material utilization rate and low manufacturing cost of the OLED, different sub-pixels can be manufactured in a solution manufacturing process mode. The solution process has been a research focus because of its advantages of good component adjustability and low production cost.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The following is a summary of the subject matter described in detail herein. This summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a display panel, including: a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array, at least one of the plurality of pixel units comprising: a first sub-pixel for emitting light of a first color, a second sub-pixel for emitting light of a second color, and a third sub-pixel for emitting light of a third color, the wavelength of the light of the first color being smaller than the wavelength of the light of the second color and larger than the wavelength of the light of the third color, each sub-pixel comprising: the pixel structure comprises a first electrode, a functional layer and a second electrode which are sequentially stacked, wherein the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the first sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode is larger than the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the second sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode, and the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the third sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a display device, including: the display panel is provided.
The display panel and the display device provided by the embodiment of the utility model comprise: a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array, at least one of the plurality of pixel units comprising: a first sub-pixel for emitting light of a first color, a second sub-pixel for emitting light of a second color, and a third sub-pixel for emitting light of a third color, the wavelength of the light of the first color being smaller than the wavelength of the light of the second color and larger than the wavelength of the light of the third color, each sub-pixel comprising: the pixel structure comprises a first electrode, a functional layer and a second electrode which are sequentially stacked, wherein the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the first sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode is larger than the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the second sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode, and the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the third sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode. Therefore, the distance between the first electrode and the second electrode of the first sub-pixel is relatively maximum, so that when the light-emitting element of the sub-pixel is formed by adopting a solution process, the adverse phenomena such as color mixing and the like caused by the excessively thick distance between the first electrode and the second electrode of the second sub-pixel for emitting the second color light can be avoided, the preparation process yield can be improved, the device yield can be improved, and the display performance can be improved.
Additional features and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model. Other advantages of the utility model may be realized and attained by the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the specification and the drawings.
Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the attached drawings and detailed description.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an OLED display device;
fig. 2 is a schematic plan view illustrating a display panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a display panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the transmittance and the wavelength of ITO thin films with different thicknesses.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the embodiments may be implemented in a plurality of different forms. Those skilled in the art can easily understand the fact that the modes and contents can be changed into various forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the description of the following embodiments. The embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present invention may be arbitrarily combined with each other without conflict.
In the drawings of the present invention, the size of each component, the thickness of layers, or regions may be exaggerated for clarity. Therefore, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the dimensions, and the shapes and sizes of the respective members in the drawings do not reflect actual proportions. In addition, the drawings schematically show desirable examples, and one embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the shapes, numerical values, and the like shown in the drawings.
In the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, ordinal numbers such as "first", "second", "third", etc., are provided to avoid confusion of constituent elements, and are not limited in number.
In the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the terms "middle", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., indicating the orientation or positional relationship, are used for convenience to explain the positional relationship of the constituent elements with reference to the drawings, only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. The positional relationship of the components is changed as appropriate in accordance with the direction in which each component is described. Therefore, the words described in the specification are not limited to the words described in the specification, and may be replaced as appropriate.
In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited. For example, it may be a fixed connection, or a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; either directly or indirectly through intervening components, or both may be interconnected. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, when it is described that the third device is located between the first device and the second device, there may be an intermediate device between the third device and the first device or the second device, or there may be no intermediate device.
"about" in the exemplary embodiments of the present invention refers to a numerical value within the margin of permissible process and measurement error without strict limitations.
The organic light emitting diode display panel has been widely used in various display devices because of its advantages of self-luminescence, fast response, wide viewing angle, high brightness, bright color, lightness and thinness, etc. For example, the manufacturing method of the organic light emitting device includes vacuum evaporation Process, Solution Process (Solution Process) Process, etc., wherein the Solution Process has been a research focus due to the advantages of good component adjustability and low production cost. For example, to realize the characteristics of high material utilization rate and low manufacturing cost of an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), different sub-pixels can be manufactured by a solution process. For example, the solution process may include a spin coating method, an inkjet printing process, or a dropping method. The equipment cost required by the film preparation in the solution process is usually lower, so that the production cost can be effectively reduced, and the production of large-scale and large-size products is favorably realized. For example, Ink Jet Printing (IJP) is a non-contact, pressure-free and plate-free Printing technique, which uses an external force to extrude a solution such as Ink droplets from nozzles and spray the solution onto corresponding positions to form a desired pattern, so that an Ink Jet Printing process has a precise positioning function, and can spray the solution such as Ink droplets onto specific positions as required to form a desired pattern.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an OLED display device. As shown in fig. 1, the OLED display device may include: the liquid crystal display device includes a timing controller, a data signal driver, a scan signal driver, and a pixel array, which may include a plurality of scan signal lines (S1 to Sm), a plurality of data signal lines (D1 to Dn), and a plurality of subpixels Pxij. In one exemplary embodiment, the timing controller may supply a gray value and a control signal suitable for the specification of the data signal driver to the data signal driver, and may supply a clock signal, a scan start signal, and the like suitable for the specification of the scan signal driver to the scan signal driver. The data signal driver may generate data voltages to be supplied to the data signal lines D1, D2, D3, … …, and Dn using a gray value and a control signal received from the timing controller. For example, the data signal driver may sample a gray value with a clock signal and apply a data voltage corresponding to the gray value to the data signal lines D1 to Dn in units of sub-pixel rows, n may be a natural number. The scan signal driver may generate scan signals to be supplied to the scan signal lines S1, S2, S3, … …, and Sm by receiving a clock signal, a scan start signal, and the like from the timing controller. For example, the scan signal driver may sequentially supply scan signals having on-level pulses to the scan signal lines S1 to Sm. For example, the scan signal driver may be constructed in the form of a shift register, and may generate the scan signals in such a manner that scan start signals provided in the form of on-level pulses are sequentially transmitted to the next stage circuit under the control of a clock signal, and m may be a natural number. The subpixel array may include a plurality of subpixels PXij. Each subpixel PXij may be connected to a corresponding data signal line and a corresponding scan signal line, and i and j may be natural numbers. The subpixel PXij may refer to a subpixel in which a transistor is connected to an ith scan signal line and to a jth data signal line.
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a display panel. The display panel may include: a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array, at least one of the plurality of pixel units comprising: the first sub-pixel of emergent first colour light, the second sub-pixel of emergent second colour light and the third sub-pixel of emergent third colour light, wherein, the wavelength of first colour light is less than the wavelength of second colour light, and is greater than the wavelength of third colour light, and every sub-pixel includes: the pixel structure comprises a first electrode, a functional layer and a second electrode which are sequentially stacked, wherein the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the first sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode is larger than the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the second sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode, and the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the third sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode. Thus, in the display panel provided by the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, since the distance between the first electrode and the second electrode of the first sub-pixel is set to be relatively largest, when the light emitting element of the sub-pixel is formed by using the solution process, the poor phenomena such as color mixing and the like caused by the excessively large distance between the first electrode and the second electrode of the second sub-pixel emitting the second color light can be avoided, and the yield of the manufacturing process can be improved, thereby improving the yield of the device and the display performance.
In one exemplary embodiment, the refractive index of the first electrode may be about 1.7 to 1.8. For example, the refractive index of the first electrode may be about 1.8. Here, the refractive index of the first electrode is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the thickness of the first electrode may be about 60nm to 80nm, or may be about 120nm to 150 nm. For example, the thickness of the first electrode may be about 70nm, or, alternatively, 135 nm. Here, the thickness of the first electrode is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the first electrode may serve as an anode and the second electrode may serve as a cathode. Here, the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the type of the electrode.
In an exemplary embodiment, taking the example that the first electrode may serve as an anode and the second electrode may serve as a cathode, for a bottom emission type display panel, the transmittance of the first electrode may be higher than that of the second electrode, and the reflectance of the first electrode may be lower than that of the second electrode, for example, the first electrode may be a transparent electrode and the second electrode may be a reflective electrode, in which case the first electrode is an electrode on the light outgoing direction side of the sub-pixel; alternatively, for a top emission type display panel, the transmittance of the first electrode may be lower than that of the second electrode, and the reflectance of the first electrode may be higher than that of the second electrode, for example, the first electrode may be a reflective electrode and the second electrode may be a transparent electrode, and in this case, the second electrode is an electrode on the light outgoing direction side of the sub-pixel. In this way, a microcavity structure may be formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Here, the transparent electrode is not strictly limited to an electrode that must be completely transparent, and incomplete transparency within the process range is allowed.
In one exemplary embodiment, the first electrode may have a single-layer structure, or may have a multi-layer composite structure.
In an exemplary embodiment, for example, the first electrode may serve as an anode, and for a bottom emission type display panel, a transparent oxide material, for example, Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) or Indium Zinc Oxide (IZO), may be used for the first electrode. For a top emission type display panel, the first electrode may have a composite structure of a metal material and a transparent oxide material, for example, Ag/ITO, Ag/IZO, ITO/Ag/ITO, or the like, and may have an average reflectance of about 85% to 95% in a visible light region. Here, the material of the first electrode is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the second electrode may have a single-layer structure, or may have a multi-layer composite structure.
In an exemplary embodiment, taking the second electrode as an example of the cathode, for a top emission type display panel, the second electrode may use a metal material, for example, magnesium (Mg), silver (Ag) or aluminum (Al), or an alloy material, such as an alloy of Mg/Ag, and the thickness of the second electrode may be about 10nm to 20nm, such that the average transmittance of the cathode at a wavelength of 530nm is about 50% to 60%. For a bottom emission type display panel, the second electrode may employ magnesium (Mg), silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), or an alloy of Mg/Ag, and the thickness of the second electrode may be greater than about 80nm, resulting in good reflectance of the second electrode. Here, the material and thickness of the second electrode are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the functional layer in the light emitting element of the sub-pixel may include: an emission Layer (EML), and one or more film layers including a Hole Injection Layer (HIL), a Hole Transport Layer (HTL), a Hole Blocking Layer (HBL), an Electron Blocking Layer (EBL), an Electron Injection Layer (EIL), and an Electron Transport Layer (ETL). For example, light is emitted according to a desired gray scale by using light emitting characteristics of an organic material under voltage driving of the first electrode and the second electrode. For example, the hole injection layer is configured to lower a barrier for injection of holes from the first electrode (e.g., as an anode), enabling holes to be efficiently injected from the anode into the light-emitting layer. The hole transport layer is configured to enable controlled transport of the injected hole in a directional order. The electron blocking layer is configured to form a migration barrier for electrons, preventing the electrons from migrating out of the light emitting layer. The light-emitting layer is configured to recombine electrons and holes to emit light. The hole blocking layer is configured to form a migration barrier for holes, preventing the holes from migrating out of the light emitting layer. The electron transport layer is configured to enable controlled migration of the injected electrons in an ordered orientation. The electron injection layer is configured to lower a barrier for injection of electrons from the second electrode (e.g., as a cathode), enabling efficient injection of electrons from the cathode into the light-emitting layer.
For example, the functional layers may include: the light emitting device may include a first functional layer, a light emitting layer, and a second functional layer sequentially stacked, and the first functional layer may include: a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer, and the second functional layer may include: the electron transport layer and the electron injection layer are taken as examples, and then the light emitting element of each sub-pixel may include: the light-emitting diode comprises a first electrode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer and a second electrode which are sequentially stacked. As such, the distance between the surface of the first electrode close to the second electrode and the surface of the second electrode close to the first electrode of each sub-pixel may refer to the sum of the thickness of the hole injection layer, the thickness of the hole transport layer, the thickness of the light emitting layer, the thickness of the electron transport layer, and the thickness of the electron injection layer in the direction perpendicular to the display panel. For example, the electron injection layer and the electron transport layer on one side of the light emitting layer may be a common layer, so that the process difficulty may be reduced and the yield may be improved.
For another example, the functional layers may include: the light emitting device may include a first functional layer, a light emitting layer, and a second functional layer sequentially stacked, and the first functional layer may include: a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer, and the second functional layer may include: for example, the hole blocking layer, the light emitting element of each sub-pixel may include: the light-emitting diode comprises a first electrode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole blocking layer and a second electrode which are sequentially stacked. As such, the distance between the surface of the first electrode close to the second electrode and the surface of the second electrode close to the first electrode of each sub-pixel may refer to the sum of the thickness of the hole injection layer, the thickness of the hole transport layer, the thickness of the light emitting layer, and the thickness of the hole blocking layer in the direction perpendicular to the display panel.
Of course, the light emitting element of the sub-pixel includes two ways not limited to those listed above, and here, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention does not limit the kind and number of film layers in the light emitting element of the sub-pixel.
In one exemplary embodiment, the hole injection layer may include, but is not limited to: any one or more of arylamine compounds, quinone derivatives, ketone derivatives, fluorenone derivatives, dioxaborole cyclohexadiene and derivatives thereof. Here, the material type and the number of the material types of the hole injection layer are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention, and may be set arbitrarily.
In one exemplary embodiment, the hole injection layer may have a refractive index of about 1.2 to 1.4. For example, the refractive indices of the different sub-pixels may all be the same. For example, the hole injection layer may have a refractive index of about 1.3. Here, the refractive index of the hole injection layer is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the thicknesses of the hole injection layers of the different sub-pixels may be the same, or, may be different.
In one exemplary embodiment, the hole injection layer of the first sub-pixel may have a thickness of about 20nm to 120 nm. For example, the thickness of the hole injection layer of the first sub-pixel may be about 20nm, 38.6nm, 90nm, 100nm, or 110 nm. Here, the thickness of the hole injection layer of the first sub-pixel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the hole injection layer of the second sub-pixel may have a thickness of about 10nm to 110 nm. For example, the hole injection layer of the second sub-pixel may have a thickness of about 10nm, 20nm, 38.6nm, 90nm, 100nm, or 110 nm. Here, the thickness of the hole injection layer of the second sub-pixel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the hole injection layer of the third sub-pixel may have a thickness of about 20nm to 110 nm. For example, the thickness of the hole injection layer of the third sub-pixel may be about 20nm, 28.5nm, 76nm, 100nm, or 110 nm. Here, the thickness of the hole injection layer of the third sub-pixel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the hole transport layer may include, but is not limited to: any one or more of aromatic diamine compounds, triphenylamine compounds, aromatic triamine compounds, biphenyl diamine derivatives, triarylamine polymers and carbazole polymers. Here, the material type and the number of the material types of the hole transport layer are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention, and may be set arbitrarily.
In one exemplary embodiment, the material of the hole transport layer may include: a hole transport group and a crosslinking group attached to the hole transport group. For example, the hole transport group may include, but is not limited to, groups selected from: substituted or unsubstituted carbazoles, and substituted or unsubstituted triphenylamines. For example, the crosslinking group may include, but is not limited to, a group selected from: any one of substituted or unsubstituted alkene, substituted or unsubstituted alkyne, substituted or unsubstituted ester group, substituted or unsubstituted aldehyde group, substituted or unsubstituted carbonyl group, substituted or unsubstituted azide group, substituted or unsubstituted cyano group, substituted or unsubstituted ethylene oxide, substituted or unsubstituted propylene oxide, substituted or unsubstituted butylene oxide, and substituted or unsubstituted pentylene oxide.
In one exemplary embodiment, the crosslinking group may be a thermal crosslinking group. For example, thermally crosslinking groups may include, but are not limited to: styrene, and (C) a styrene. Here, the examples of the present invention do not limit the type and material of the crosslinking group.
In one exemplary embodiment, the hole transport layer may have a refractive index of about 1.6 to 1.8. For example, the hole transport layers of different sub-pixels may all have the same refractive index. For example, the hole transport layer may have a refractive index of about 1.65. Here, the refractive index of the hole transport layer is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the thicknesses of the hole transport layers of the different sub-pixels may be the same, or, may be different.
In one exemplary embodiment, the thickness of the hole transport layer of the first sub-pixel may be about 10nm to 40 nm. For example, the thickness of the hole transport layer of the first sub-pixel may be about 10nm, 19.7nm, 18nm, 24nm, 36nm, or 40 nm. Here, the thickness of the hole transport layer of the first sub-pixel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the hole transport layer of the second sub-pixel may have a thickness of about 10nm to 40 nm. For example, the hole transport layer of the second sub-pixel may have a thickness of about 10nm, 19.7nm, 18nm, 24nm, 36nm, or 40 nm. Here, the thickness of the hole transport layer of the second sub-pixel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the hole transport layer of the third sub-pixel may have a thickness of about 10nm to 40 nm. For example, the thickness of the hole transport layer of the third sub-pixel may be about 10nm, 19.7nm, 18nm, 24nm, 36nm, or 40 nm. Here, the thickness of the hole transport layer of the third sub-pixel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the light emitting layer may include a light emitting host material and a light emitting guest material. The light emitting host material may employ a bipolar single host, or may employ a dual host formed by blending a hole-type host and an electron-type host. The light-emitting guest material may include, but is not limited to, one or more of a phosphorescent material, a fluorescent material, and a delayed fluorescent material, and the doping ratio of the light-emitting guest material is about 5% to 15%. Here, the material of the light emitting layer is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
In one exemplary embodiment, the refractive index of the light emitting layer may be about 1.6 to 1.8. Here, the refractive index of the light emitting layer is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the refractive indices of the light emitting layers of different sub-pixels may not be the same. For example, the refractive index of the light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel may be about 1.67. For example, the refractive index of the light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel may be about 1.66. For example, the refractive index of the light emitting layer of the third sub-pixel may be about 1.78. Here, the refractive index of the light emitting layer of each sub-pixel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the thicknesses of the light emitting layers of different sub-pixels may be the same, or may be different.
In one exemplary embodiment, the thickness of the light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel may be about 100nm to 250 nm. For example, the thickness of the light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel may be about 100nm, 110nm, 168.5nm, 224nm, 240nm, or 250 nm. Here, the thickness of the light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the thickness of the light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel may be about 40nm to 110 nm. For example, the thickness of the light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel may be about 40nm, 55nm, 73nm, 84.9nm, 100nm, or 110 nm. Here, the thickness of the light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the thickness of the light emitting layer of the third sub-pixel may be about 50nm to 200 nm. For example, the thickness of the light emitting layer of the third sub-pixel may be about 50nm, 66nm, 138.5nm, 173nm, 188nm, or 200 nm. Here, the thickness of the light emitting layer of the third sub-pixel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
For example, the thickness of the light-emitting layer in the sub-pixels of different colors can be adjusted according to the properties of the ink of the light-emitting layer of different colors (such as ink solubility, solvent type, etc.), the light-emitting efficiency and lifetime of the light-emitting layer of different colors, and the brightness requirement of the light-emitting element for the light-emitting layer of different colors, which is not limited herein.
In one exemplary embodiment, the thickness of the electron transport layer may be about 3nm to 7 nm. For example, the thickness of the electron transport layer may be about 6 nm.
In an exemplary embodiment, the material of the electron injection layer may include, but is not limited to, one or more of lithium fluoride (LiF), lithium 8-hydroxyquinoline (LiQ), ytterbium (Yb), and calcium (Ca). For example, the electron injection layer is formed by an evaporation process. For example, the thickness of the electron injection layer may be about 21nm to 27 nm. For example, the thickness of the electron injection layer may be about 23 nm.
In one exemplary embodiment, one or more of the hole injection layer, the hole transport layer, and the light emitting layer may be formed using an inkjet printing process.
In an exemplary embodiment, one or more of the electron transport layer, the electron injection layer, and the second electrode may be formed using a Fine Metal Mask (FMM) or an Open Mask (Open Mask) evaporation preparation.
In one exemplary embodiment, the hole blocking layer may include: the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are stacked, and the thickness of the first barrier layer may be about 3nm to 7nm, for example. For example, the first barrier layer may be about 6nm thick. For example, the second barrier layer may have a thickness of about 21nm to 27 nm. For example, the thickness of the second barrier layer may be about 23 nm. For example, the hole blocking layer may be formed by an evaporation process.
The following is a light emitting element of each sub-pixel including: the structure of the display panel will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, taking as an example a first electrode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, and a second electrode, which are sequentially stacked.
Fig. 2 is a schematic plan structure view of a display panel in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional structure view of the display panel in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 2, a pixel unit in the display panel includes three sub-pixels, and in fig. 3, a structure of three sub-pixels in the display panel is illustrated.
As shown in fig. 2, the display panel may include: a plurality of pixel units P arranged in an array, at least one of the plurality of pixel units P may include: a first sub-pixel P1 emitting light of a first color, a second sub-pixel P2 emitting light of a second color, and a third sub-pixel P3 emitting light of a third color, wherein the wavelength of the light of the first color is smaller than that of the light of the second color and larger than that of the light of the third color.
In one exemplary embodiment, the first sub-pixel may be a green (G) sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel may be a red (R) sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel may be a blue (B) sub-pixel. For example, when the pixel unit P includes three sub-pixels, the three sub-pixels may include a red (R) sub-pixel, a green (G) sub-pixel, and a blue (B) sub-pixel, or when the pixel unit P includes four sub-pixels, the four sub-pixels may include a red (R) sub-pixel, a green (G) sub-pixel, a blue (B) sub-pixel, and a white (W) sub-pixel. Here, the color and the number of sub-pixels in a pixel unit are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the emissive layers of different color sub-pixels are different. For example, the red sub-pixel includes a red light emitting layer, the green sub-pixel includes a green light emitting layer, and the blue sub-pixel includes a blue light emitting layer.
In one exemplary embodiment, the light emitting layer may include a light emitting host material and a light emitting guest material. For example, a bipolar single host may be used as the light emitting host material, or a dual host formed by blending a hole-type host and an electron-type host may be used. For example, the light-emitting guest material may be a phosphorescent material, a fluorescent material, a delayed fluorescent material, or the like, and the doping ratio of the light-emitting guest material is about 5% to 15%. For example, the light emitting layer may be formed by preparing using an inkjet process.
In an exemplary embodiment, the first color light is green light, and the wavelength of the first color light may be 492nm (nanometers) to 577 nm. For example, the second color light is red light, and the wavelength of the second color light may be 625nm to 740 nm. Taking the blue light as the third color light, the wavelength of the third color light may be 440nm to 475 nm. Here, the wavelength of the light emitted from the sub-pixel in the pixel unit is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In an exemplary embodiment, the shape of the sub-pixel in the pixel unit may be a rectangular shape, a diamond shape, a pentagon shape, or a hexagon shape. Here, the shape of the sub-pixel in the pixel unit is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In an exemplary embodiment, when the pixel unit includes three sub-pixels, the three sub-pixels may be arranged in a horizontal parallel manner, a vertical parallel manner, or a delta manner. When the pixel unit comprises four sub-pixels, the four sub-pixels can be arranged in a horizontal parallel manner, a vertical parallel manner or a Square (Square) manner. Here, the arrangement of the plurality of sub-pixels in the pixel unit is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the first, second, and third sub-pixels P1, P2, and P3 may each include: a pixel driving circuit and a light emitting element. For example, the pixel driving circuits in the first sub-pixel P1, the second sub-pixel P2 and the third sub-pixel P3 are respectively connected to the scan signal line and the data signal line, and the pixel driving circuits are configured to receive the data voltage transmitted from the data signal line and output corresponding currents to the light emitting elements under the control of the scan signal line. The light emitting elements in the first sub-pixel P1, the second sub-pixel P2, and the third sub-pixel P3 are respectively connected to the pixel driving circuit of the sub-pixel, and the light emitting elements are configured to emit light of corresponding luminance in response to a current output from the pixel driving circuit of the sub-pixel.
As shown in fig. 3, the display panel may include, in a plane perpendicular to the display panel: a driving circuit layer 102 disposed on the substrate 101, and a light emitting structure layer 103 disposed on a side of the driving circuit layer 102 away from the substrate 101.
In one exemplary embodiment, the substrate base plate may be a flexible substrate (e.g., a bendable or bendable substrate) or may be a non-flexible substrate (e.g., a rigid substrate). For example, the material of the flexible substrate may be an organic material such as polyimide. For example, the flexible substrate may include a first flexible material layer, a first inorganic material layer, a semiconductor layer, a second flexible material layer, and a second inorganic material layer stacked on the first flexible material layer, the first flexible material layer and the second flexible material layer may be made of Polyimide (PI), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or a polymer soft film with a surface treatment, the first inorganic material layer and the second inorganic material layer may be made of silicon nitride (SiNx), silicon oxide (SiOx), or the like, and may be used to improve the water and oxygen resistance of the substrate, and the semiconductor layer may be made of amorphous silicon (a-si). For example, the material of the rigid substrate may be glass, metal, plastic, or the like.
In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the driving circuit layer 102 may include: a plurality of transistors and a storage capacitor constituting a pixel driving circuit of each sub-pixel. Here, fig. 3 illustrates only one transistor 301 and one storage capacitor 302 in the pixel driving circuit of each sub-pixel as an example.
In one exemplary embodiment, the pixel driving circuit of each sub-pixel may be a 3T1C, 4T1C, 5T1C, 5T2C, 6T1C, or 7T1C structure. Here, the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the type of the pixel driving circuit in each sub-pixel.
In one exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the light emitting structure layer 103 may include: a light emitting element of the plurality of sub-pixels, the light emitting element of the plurality of sub-pixels may include: a light emitting element of the first sub-pixel P1, a light emitting element of the second sub-pixel P2, and a light emitting element of the third sub-pixel P3.
For example, as shown in fig. 3, the light emitting element of the first subpixel P1 may include: a first electrode 201a, a hole injection layer 202a, a hole transport layer 203a, an emission layer 204a, an electron transport layer 205a, an electron injection layer 206a, and a second electrode 207 a. Correspondingly, the distance Ha between the surface of the first electrode 201a of the first subpixel P1 near the second electrode 207a and the surface of the second electrode 207a near the first electrode 201a may refer to the sum of the thickness of the hole injection layer 202a, the thickness of the hole transport layer 203a, the thickness of the light emitting layer 204a, the thickness of the electron transport layer 205a, and the thickness of the electron injection layer 206 a. For example, the first electrode of the transistor 301 in the first subpixel P1 is connected to the first electrode 201a in the first subpixel P1.
For example, as shown in fig. 3, the light emitting element of the second sub-pixel P2 may include: a first electrode 201b, a hole injection layer 202b, a hole transport layer 203b, an emission layer 204b, an electron transport layer 205b, an electron injection layer 206b, and a second electrode 207 b. Correspondingly, the distance Hb between the surface of the first electrode 201b of the second subpixel P2 near the second electrode 207b and the surface of the second electrode 207b near the first electrode 201b may refer to the sum of the thickness of the hole injection layer 202b, the thickness of the hole transport layer 203b, the thickness of the light emitting layer 204b, the thickness of the electron transport layer 205b, and the thickness of the electron injection layer 206 b.
For example, as shown in fig. 3, the light emitting element of the third sub-pixel P3 may include: a first electrode 201c, a hole injection layer 202c, a hole transport layer 203c, an emission layer 204c, an electron transport layer 205c, an electron injection layer 206c, and a second electrode 207 c. Correspondingly, the distance Hc between the surface of the first electrode 201c of the third subpixel P3 near the second electrode 207c and the surface of the second electrode 207c near the first electrode 201c may refer to the sum of the thickness of the hole injection layer 202c, the thickness of the hole transport layer 203c, the thickness of the light emitting layer 204c, the thickness of the electron transport layer 205c, and the thickness of the electron injection layer 206 c.
In one exemplary embodiment, the sub-pixel may include a first electrode (e.g., as an anode), a second electrode (e.g., as a cathode), and a light emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, which emits light according to the principle: holes are injected from the anode into the light emitting layer and electrons are injected from the cathode into the light emitting layer, and when the electrons and the holes meet in the light emitting layer, the electrons and the holes are recombined to generate excitons (exiton) which emit light while shifting from an excited state to a ground state. For example, in order that holes can be smoothly injected from the first electrode (e.g., as an anode) to the light-emitting layer at a low driving voltage, a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer may be disposed between the first electrode (e.g., as an anode) and the light-emitting layer. For example, in order that electrons can be smoothly injected from the second electrode (e.g., as a cathode) to the light-emitting layer at a low driving voltage, an electron injection layer and an electron transport layer may be disposed between the second electrode (e.g., as a cathode) and the light-emitting layer.
In one exemplary embodiment, the driving voltage of each sub-pixel may be 6V to 8V.
In one exemplary embodiment, since the distance between the first electrode and the second electrode of the light emitting element of the second subpixel is relatively minimum, the driving voltage of the second subpixel may be set to be smaller than the driving voltage of the first subpixel, and the driving voltage of the second subpixel may be set to be smaller than the driving voltage of the third subpixel.
In one exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, a distance Ha between a surface of the first electrode 201a of the first subpixel P1 near the second electrode 207a and a surface of the second electrode 207a near the first electrode 201a is greater than a distance Hb between a surface of the first electrode 201b of the second subpixel P2 near the second electrode 207b and a surface of the second electrode 207b near the first electrode 201b, and a distance Ha between a surface of the first electrode 201a of the first subpixel P1 near the second electrode 207a and a surface of the second electrode 207a near the first electrode 201a is greater than a distance Hc between a surface of the first electrode 201c of the third subpixel P3 near the second electrode 207c and a surface of the second electrode 207c near the first electrode 201 c. For example, as shown in fig. 3, a distance Hc between a surface of the first electrode 201c of the third subpixel P3 near the second electrode 207c and a surface of the second electrode 207c near the first electrode 201c is greater than a distance Hb between a surface of the first electrode 201b of the second subpixel P2 near the second electrode 207b and a surface of the second electrode 207b near the first electrode 201 b. Here, the size between Hc and Hb is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In one exemplary embodiment, the optical path length difference of the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode of the first subpixel P1 from the light emitting position to the emitting direction satisfies 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the first color light, the optical path length difference of the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode of the second subpixel P2 from the light emitting position to the emitting direction satisfies 1 time of the wavelength of one-half of the second color light, and the optical path length difference of the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode of the third subpixel P3 from the light emitting position to the emitting direction satisfies 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the third color light. Here, since the functional layer has a certain thickness, the optical path difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light in the embodiment of the present invention satisfies an integral multiple of one-half wavelength of light, which may mean a value within a range that allows process and measurement errors without strict limitation. For example, the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the exit direction of the first subpixel P1 is not exactly 2 times the wavelength of one-half of the first color light, but is very close.
Therefore, the optical path difference of the reflected light and the transmitted light is set to meet the integral multiple of half of the optical wavelength, so that the optical path requirement of an optical micro-resonant cavity (which can be called as a micro-resonant cavity or a microcavity) can be met, the microcavity effect corresponding to the sub-pixels with different colors can be enhanced, the luminous intensity can be enhanced, the luminous efficiency of the display panel can be improved, and the yield of devices can be improved in an adjustable manner. Moreover, by setting the optical path difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light of the second sub-pixel P2 from the light emitting position to the electrode in the emitting direction to satisfy 1 time of the wavelength of one-half of the second color light, the total thickness of the light emitting element of the second sub-pixel can be prevented from being too thick, thereby, when the light emitting element of the sub-pixel is formed by adopting a solution process, the bad phenomena such as color mixing caused by the too thick second sub-pixel can be prevented, and the yield of the device can be improved.
In an exemplary embodiment, the equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the first sub-pixel P1 is greater than the equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the third sub-pixel P3, and the equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the third sub-pixel P3 is greater than the equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the second sub-pixel P2. The equivalent cavity length of the micro-cavity corresponding to each sub-pixel satisfies the following relational expression:
D=d1×n1+d2×n2+…+di×ni+…+dk×nk;
wherein D represents an equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the sub-pixel, D1 represents a thickness of one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the sub-pixel, which has a higher transmittance, n1 represents a refractive index of one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the sub-pixel, D2 represents a thickness of the 1 st layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, n2 represents a refractive index of the 1 st layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, di represents a thickness of the i-1 st layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, ni represents a refractive index of the i-1 st layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, dk represents a thickness of the k-1 st layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, nk represents a refractive index of the k-1 th layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, i is smaller than k, and k is a positive integer greater than 1.
For example, functional layers include: for example, the hole injection layer, the hole transport layer, the light emitting layer, the electron transport layer, and the electron injection layer may be a layer 1 functional layer, the hole transport layer may be a layer 2 functional layer, the light emitting layer may be a layer 3 functional layer, the electron transport layer may be a layer 4 functional layer, and the electron injection layer may be a layer 5 functional layer, where k may be 6. For another example, functional layers include: for example, the hole injection layer, the hole transport layer, the light emitting layer, and the hole blocking layer may be a layer 1 functional layer, the hole transport layer may be a layer 2 functional layer, the light emitting layer may be a layer 3 functional layer, a layer 1 in the hole blocking layer may be a layer 4 functional layer, and a layer 2 in the hole blocking layer may be a layer 5 functional layer, where k may still be 6.
In this manner, with respect to the first, second, and third sub-pixels P1, P2, and P3, the equivalent cavity length of the micro-cavity corresponding to the corresponding sub-pixel can be adjusted by adjusting the thickness of at least one of the functional layers (e.g., the hole injection layer, the hole transport layer, or the light emitting layer) of the sub-pixel. Therefore, the thickness of the functional layer between the first electrode and the second electrode of different sub-pixels is integral multiple of half wavelength of light, and the optical path requirement of the optical micro-resonant cavity can be met. Furthermore, the microcavity effect corresponding to the sub-pixels with different colors can be enhanced, so that the luminous intensity can be enhanced, the luminous efficiency of the display panel can be improved, and the yield of devices can be improved in an adjustable manner.
In an exemplary embodiment, the equivalent cavity length of the micro-cavity corresponding to the first sub-pixel may be about 600nm to 640 nm. For example, the equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the first sub-pixel may be about 600nm, 609.5nm, 620nm, 630nm, or 640 nm. Here, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention does not limit the equivalent cavity length of the micro-cavity corresponding to the first sub-pixel.
In an exemplary embodiment, the equivalent cavity length of the micro-cavity corresponding to the second sub-pixel may be about 340nm to 450 nm. For example 340nm, 356.7nm, 377nm, 436.58nm or 450 nm. Here, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention does not limit the equivalent cavity length of the micro-cavity corresponding to the second sub-pixel.
In an exemplary embodiment, the equivalent cavity length of the micro-cavity corresponding to the third sub-pixel may be about 520nm to 560 nm. For example 520nm, 530nm, 540nm, 549.88nm or 560 nm. Here, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention does not limit the equivalent cavity length of the micro-cavity corresponding to the third sub-pixel.
In one exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the light emitting structure layer 103 may further include: a pixel defining layer 303 disposed on a side of the driving circuit layer 102 away from the substrate base plate 101, wherein the pixel defining layer 303 may include: a plurality of pixel opening regions (also referred to as pixel regions) for defining sub-pixel positions, the plurality of pixel opening regions corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixels one-to-one.
In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the display panel may further include: and the packaging layer 104 is arranged on the side of the light emitting structure layer 103 far away from the substrate base plate 101. For example, the encapsulation layer may include a first encapsulation layer, a second encapsulation layer, and a third encapsulation layer that are stacked, the first encapsulation layer and the third encapsulation layer may be made of inorganic materials, the second encapsulation layer may be made of organic materials, and the second encapsulation layer is disposed between the first encapsulation layer and the third encapsulation layer, which may ensure that external moisture cannot enter the light emitting structure layer 103.
The following description will be given taking an exemplary embodiment as an example.
For example, taking as an example that the first sub-pixel may be a green (G) sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel may be a red (R) sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel may be a blue (B) sub-pixel, as shown in table 1 below, the wavelength of light emitted from the red sub-pixel may be 630nm, the wavelength of light emitted from the green sub-pixel may be 530nm, and the wavelength of light emitted from the blue sub-pixel may be 450 nm.
TABLE 1 wavelength of the different colored sub-pixels (unit: nm)
R sub-pixel G sub-pixel B sub-pixel
Wavelength of light 630 530 450
For example, FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the transmittance and the wavelength of ITO thin films with different thicknesses, as shown in FIG. 4, the thickness of the ITO film is about 65.8nm or about 130.8nm between the wavelengths of 450nm and 630nm, and the transmittance of the ITO thin film is better. For example, with the first electrode being an ITO electrode, the first electrodes of the three sub-pixels may each have a thickness of about 70nm, or 135 nm. In FIG. 4, the abscissa represents the wavelength (unit: nm), the ordinate represents the transmittance (unit:%), and different curves represent the relationship between the transmittance and the wavelength of ITO thin films having different thicknesses (unit: nm).
For example, taking the first electrode as an ITO electrode, the first sub-pixel may be a green (G) sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel may be a red (R) sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel may be a blue (B) sub-pixel as an example, as shown in table 2 below, the refractive index of the hole injection layer of the three sub-pixels may be about 1.3, the refractive index of the hole transport layer of the three sub-pixels may be about 1.65, the refractive index of the light emitting layer of the red (R) sub-pixel may be about 1.66, the refractive index of the light emitting layer of the green (G) sub-pixel may be about 1.67, the refractive index of the light emitting layer of the blue (B) sub-pixel may be about 1.78, the refractive indices of the electron transport layers of the three sub-pixels may each be about 1.8, and the refractive indices of the first electrodes of the three sub-pixels may each be about 1.8.
TABLE 2 refractive indices of different film layers of different color sub-pixels
HIL HTL R light emitting layer G luminescent layer B luminescent layer ETL ITO
n 1.3 1.65 1.66 1.67 1.78 1.8 1.8
In table 2, n represents a refractive index.
For example, taking the first electrode as an ITO electrode, the first sub-pixel may be a green (G) sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel may be a red (R) sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel may be a blue (B) sub-pixel as an example, as shown in table 3 below, the thicknesses of the first electrodes of the sub-pixels of different colors are equal, for example, the thicknesses of the first electrodes of the three sub-pixels may all be about 70 nm. The thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the G sub-pixel are equal, and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel is greater than the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the B sub-pixel, for example, the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the G sub-pixel are both 38.6nm, and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the B sub-pixel is 28.5 nm. The thickness of the hole transport layer HTL of the G sub-pixel is equal to that of the hole transport layer HTL of the B sub-pixel, and the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL of the G sub-pixel is smaller than that of the hole transport layer HTL of the R sub-pixel, for example, the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL of the R sub-pixel is 24nm, and the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL of the G sub-pixel and the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL of the B sub-pixel are both 19.7 nm. The thickness of the emission layer EML of the G sub-pixel is greater than that of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel, and the thickness of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel is greater than that of the emission layer EML of the R sub-pixel, for example, the thickness of the emission layer EML of the R sub-pixel may be 84.9nm, the thickness of the emission layer EML of the G sub-pixel may be 240nm, and the thickness of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel may be 188 nm.
Table 3 thicknesses of different film layers of different color sub-pixels example one (unit: nm)
ITO HIL HTL EML Equivalent cavity length
R sub-pixel 70 38.6 24 84.9 356.714
G sub-pixel 70 38.6 19.7 240 609.485
B sub-pixel 70 28.5 19.7 188 530.195
In table 3, the thickness of the first electrode is maintained, and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL, the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL, and the thickness of the light emitting layer EML are adjusted to make the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emitting direction of the first subpixel P1 satisfy 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the first color light, the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emitting direction of the second subpixel P2 satisfy 1 times of the wavelength of one-half of the second color light, and the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emitting direction of the third subpixel P3 satisfy 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the third color light.
For example, taking the first electrode as an ITO electrode, the first sub-pixel may be a green (G) sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel may be a red (R) sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel may be a blue (B) sub-pixel as shown in table 4 below: the first electrodes of the different color sub-pixels are equal in thickness, for example, the first electrodes of the three sub-pixels may each have a thickness of about 70 nm. The thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the G sub-pixel are equal, and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel is greater than the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the B sub-pixel, for example, the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the G sub-pixel are both 38.6nm, and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the B sub-pixel is 28.5 nm. The hole transport layers HTL of the sub-pixels of different colors have the same thickness, for example, the hole transport layers HTL of the R, G, and B sub-pixels each have a thickness of 36 nm. The thickness of the emission layer EML of the G sub-pixel is greater than that of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel, and the thickness of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel is greater than that of the emission layer EML of the R sub-pixel, for example, the thickness of the emission layer EML of the R sub-pixel may be 73nm, the thickness of the emission layer EML of the G sub-pixel may be 224nm, and the thickness of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel may be 173 nm.
Table 4 thicknesses of different film layers of different color sub-pixels example two (unit: nm)
ITO HIL HTL EML Equivalent cavity length
R sub-pixel 70 38.6 36 73 356.76
G sub-pixel 70 38.6 36 224 609.66
B sub-pixel 70 28.5 36 173 530.39
In table 4, the thickness of the first electrode and the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL are maintained, and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL and the thickness of the light emitting layer EML are adjusted to make the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emitting direction of the first subpixel P1 satisfy 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the first color light, the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emitting direction of the second subpixel P2 satisfy 1 times of the wavelength of one-half of the second color light, and the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emitting direction of the third subpixel P3 satisfy 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the third color light.
For example, taking the first electrode as an ITO electrode, the first sub-pixel may be a green (G) sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel may be a red (R) sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel may be a blue (B) sub-pixel as an example, as shown in table 5 below: the first electrodes of the different color sub-pixels are equal in thickness, for example, the first electrodes of the three sub-pixels may each have a thickness of about 70 nm. The thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the G sub-pixel is greater than that of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel, and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel is greater than that of the hole injection layer HIL of the B sub-pixel, for example, the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel may be 100nm, the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the G sub-pixel may be 110nm, and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the B sub-pixel may be 76 nm. The hole transport layers HTL of the sub-pixels of different colors have the same thickness, for example, the hole transport layers HTL of the R, G, and B sub-pixels each have a thickness of 36 nm. The thickness of the emission layer EML of the G sub-pixel is greater than that of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel, and the thickness of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel is greater than that of the emission layer EML of the R sub-pixel, for example, the thickness of the emission layer EML of the R sub-pixel may be 73nm, the thickness of the emission layer EML of the G sub-pixel may be 168.5nm, and the thickness of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel may be 138.5 nm.
TABLE 5 thickness of different film layers for different color sub-pixels example three (unit: nm)
ITO HIL HT EML Equivalent cavity length
R sub-pixel 70 100 36 73 436.58
G sub-pixel 70 110 36 168.5 609.795
B sub-pixel 70 76 36 138.5 530.73
In table 5, while the thickness of the first electrode and the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL are still maintained, the difference in optical path lengths between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emission direction of the first subpixel P1 satisfies 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the first color light, the difference in optical path lengths between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emission direction of the second subpixel P2 satisfies 1 time of the wavelength of one-half of the second color light, and the difference in optical path lengths between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emission direction of the third subpixel P3 satisfies 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the third color light by adjusting the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL and the thickness of the light emitting layer EML.
For example, taking the first electrode as an ITO electrode, the first sub-pixel may be a green (G) sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel may be a red (R) sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel may be a blue (B) sub-pixel as shown in table 6 below: the first electrodes of the different color sub-pixels are equal in thickness, for example, the first electrodes of the three sub-pixels may each have a thickness of about 135 nm. The thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the G sub-pixel is greater than that of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel, and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the B sub-pixel is greater than that of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel, for example, the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the R sub-pixel may be 10nm, the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the G sub-pixel may be 110nm, and the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL of the B sub-pixel may be 100 nm. The thickness of the hole transport layer HTL of the G sub-pixel is equal to that of the hole transport layer HTL of the B sub-pixel, and the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL of the G sub-pixel is greater than that of the hole transport layer HTL of the R sub-pixel, for example, the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL of the R sub-pixel is 18nm, and the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL of the G sub-pixel and the thickness of the hole transport layer HTL of the B sub-pixel are both 36 nm. The thickness of the emission layer EML of the G sub-pixel is greater than that of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel, and the thickness of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel is greater than that of the emission layer EML of the R sub-pixel, for example, the thickness of the emission layer EML of the R sub-pixel may be 55nm, the thickness of the emission layer EML of the G sub-pixel may be 110nm, and the thickness of the emission layer EML of the B sub-pixel may be 66 nm.
TABLE 6 thickness of different film layers for different color sub-pixels example four (unit: nm)
ITO HIL HTL EML Equivalent cavity length
R sub-pixel 135 10 18 55 377
G sub-pixel 135 110 36 110 629.1
B sub-pixel 135 100 36 66 549.88
In table 6, the thickness of the first electrode, the thickness of the hole injection layer HIL and the thickness of the light emitting layer EML are adjusted to realize that the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emitting direction of the first subpixel P1 satisfies 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the first color light, the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emitting direction of the second subpixel P2 satisfies 1 time of the wavelength of one-half of the second color light, and the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode from the light emitting position to the emitting direction of the third subpixel P3 satisfies 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the third color light. Therefore, the microcavity effect corresponding to the sub-pixels with different colors can be enhanced, so that the luminous intensity can be enhanced, the luminous efficiency of the display panel can be improved, and the yield of devices can be improved in an adjustable manner. In addition, the total thickness of the light-emitting structure of the second sub-pixel can be prevented from being too thick, so that when the light-emitting structure of the sub-pixel is formed by adopting a solution process, the adverse phenomena of color mixing and the like caused by the over-thick second sub-pixel can be avoided, and the yield of devices can be improved. In addition, the ink process window can be greatly increased when the solution process mode is adopted for preparation, so that the performance of the display device is improved.
Here, the thickness of the film layer in the sub-pixel and the wavelength of the light emitted by the sub-pixel in one or more of the above exemplary embodiments are merely illustrative, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit this.
In addition, the display panel in the embodiment of the present invention may include other necessary components and structures besides the above structure, for example, other functional layers and structural layers such as planarization and insulating layers, and those skilled in the art may design and supplement the display panel accordingly according to the type of the display panel, and details are not described herein.
Embodiments of the present invention further provide a display device, which may include the display panel in one or more of the above embodiments.
In one exemplary embodiment, the display panel may be an OLED display panel or a Micro OLED display panel. Here, the type of the display panel is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention, and may be arbitrarily set.
In one exemplary embodiment, the display panel may be a flexible display panel (e.g., a bendable, foldable, or rollable display panel) or a non-flexible display panel (e.g., a rigid display panel). Here, the display type is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention, and may be set arbitrarily.
In an exemplary embodiment, the display device may be: any product or component with display and projection functions, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a television, a display, a notebook computer, a navigator and the like. Here, the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the type of the display device. Other essential components of the display device are understood by those skilled in the art, and are not described herein or should not be construed as limiting the utility model.
For technical details that are not disclosed in the embodiments of the display device of the present invention, those skilled in the art should refer to the description of the embodiments of the display panel of the present invention for understanding, and therefore, the detailed description is omitted here.
The embodiment of the utility model also provides a preparation method of the display panel, and the display panel can be the display panel in one or more embodiments.
The preparation method can also comprise the following steps:
s1, providing a substrate base plate;
s2, forming a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array on the substrate, wherein forming at least one of the plurality of pixel units comprises: forming a first sub-pixel for emitting light of a first color, a second sub-pixel for emitting light of a second color and a third sub-pixel for emitting light of a third color, wherein forming each sub-pixel comprises sequentially forming a first electrode, a functional layer and a second electrode along a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
In one exemplary embodiment, the functional layer includes: the first functional layer, the light emitting layer, and the second functional layer are sequentially stacked, and then S2 may include:
and S21, sequentially forming a first functional layer and a light-emitting layer by adopting a solution process mode.
In an exemplary embodiment, S2 may further include:
and S22, forming a second functional layer and a second electrode by adopting a vapor deposition method.
For example, the method for manufacturing a display panel provided by the embodiment of the utility model adopts a solution process to form the first electrode, the first functional layer and the light emitting layer. For example, the first electrode, the first functional layer, and the light-emitting layer may be formed by inkjet printing.
In one exemplary embodiment, the first functional layer may include: for example, the hole injection layer and the hole transport layer, S21 may include:
s211: sequentially forming a first electrode and a pixel defining layer on a substrate; wherein the pixel definition layer may include: the pixel structure comprises a plurality of pixel opening regions arranged in an array, wherein the pixel opening regions correspond to the first electrodes one by one, at least one part of the corresponding first electrode is exposed out of the pixel opening regions, and the pixel opening regions are configured to contain ink used for forming one or more layers of functional layers. Each pixel opening region may serve as a light emitting region of each sub-pixel.
S212, performing inkjet printing in the pixel defining layer to form a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer on the first electrode of the substrate;
s213, heating and crosslinking the hole transmission layer;
thus, the ink solvent of the next film layer (such as a luminescent layer) of the ink-jet printing can be prevented from corroding the previous film layer (such as a hole transport layer) by adopting a heating crosslinking film forming mode;
and S214, forming a light-emitting layer on the side, far away from the substrate, of the hole transport layer by an ink-jet printing method.
In one exemplary embodiment, the second functional layer may include: the electron transport layer and the electron injection layer are taken as examples, and then S22 may include: and forming an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer and a second electrode in sequence on the side, far away from the substrate, of the light-emitting layer by an evaporation method.
Wherein the electron injection layers of all the sub-pixels may be a common layer connected together, the electron transport layers of all the sub-pixels may be a common layer connected together, and the second electrodes of all the sub-pixels may be a common layer connected together to cover the pixel defining layer. That is, the electron transport layer, the electron injection layer, and the second electrode of the plurality of sub-pixels are all equal in thickness. Therefore, the film can be manufactured by one-time evaporation process, thereby reducing the process complexity and the manufacturing cost.
Here, covering the pixel defining layer may mean that at least one of the electron transport layer, the electron injection layer, and the second electrode covers each of the pixel opening regions, and a portion of the pixel defining layer between adjacent pixel opening regions and a portion of the pixel defining layer at an edge.
For technical details that are not disclosed in the embodiments of the preparation method of the present invention, those skilled in the art should refer to the description in the embodiments of the display panel of the present invention for understanding, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted here for brevity.
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above description is only for the convenience of understanding the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model as defined by the appended claims.

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1. A display panel, comprising: a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array, at least one of the plurality of pixel units comprising: a first sub-pixel for emitting light of a first color, a second sub-pixel for emitting light of a second color, and a third sub-pixel for emitting light of a third color, the wavelength of the light of the first color being smaller than the wavelength of the light of the second color and larger than the wavelength of the light of the third color, each sub-pixel comprising: the pixel structure comprises a first electrode, a functional layer and a second electrode which are sequentially stacked, wherein the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the first sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode is larger than the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the second sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode, and the distance between the surface, close to the second electrode, of the first electrode of the third sub-pixel and the surface, close to the first electrode, of the second electrode.
2. The display panel of claim 1, wherein the first sub-pixel is a green sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel is a red sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel is a blue sub-pixel.
3. The display panel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode in the emission direction from the light-emitting position of the first sub-pixel satisfies 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the first color light, the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode in the emission direction from the light-emitting position of the second sub-pixel satisfies 1 time of the wavelength of one-half of the second color light, and the optical path length difference between the reflected light and the transmitted light at the electrode in the emission direction from the light-emitting position of the third sub-pixel satisfies 2 times of the wavelength of one-half of the third color light.
4. The display panel according to claim 3, wherein the equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the first sub-pixel is longer than the equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the third sub-pixel, and the equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the third sub-pixel is longer than the equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the second sub-pixel, wherein the equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to each sub-pixel satisfies the following relation:
D=d1×n1+d2×n2+…+di×ni+…+dk×nk;
wherein D represents an equivalent cavity length of the microcavity corresponding to the sub-pixel, D1 represents a thickness of one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the sub-pixel, which has a higher transmittance, n1 represents a refractive index of one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the sub-pixel, D2 represents a thickness of the 1 st layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, n2 represents a refractive index of the 1 st layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, di represents a thickness of the i-1 st layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, ni represents a refractive index of the i-1 st layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, dk represents a thickness of the k-1 st layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, nk represents a refractive index of the k-1 th layer of the functional layer of the sub-pixel, i is smaller than k, and k is a positive integer greater than 1.
5. The display panel according to claim 4, wherein the microcavity corresponding to the first sub-pixel has an equivalent cavity length of 600nm to 640 nm; the equivalent cavity length of the micro-cavity corresponding to the second sub-pixel is 340nm to 450 nm; and the equivalent cavity length of the micro-cavity corresponding to the third sub-pixel is 520nm to 560 nm.
6. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein when the display panel is a bottom emission display panel, the first electrode is a transparent electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode; or, when the display panel is a top emission display panel, the first electrode is a reflective electrode and the second electrode is a transparent electrode.
7. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the refractive indices of the first electrode of the first sub-pixel, the first electrode of the second sub-pixel, and the first electrode of the third sub-pixel are each 1.7 to 1.8; and the thicknesses of the first electrode of the first sub-pixel, the first electrode of the second sub-pixel and the first electrode of the third sub-pixel are all 60nm to 80nm or 120nm to 150 nm.
8. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the functional layer comprises: a hole injection layer, wherein the refractive indexes of the hole injection layer of the first sub-pixel, the hole injection layer of the second sub-pixel and the hole injection layer of the third sub-pixel are all 1.2 to 1.4; the thickness of the hole injection layer of the first sub-pixel is 20nm to 120 nm; the thickness of the hole injection layer of the second sub-pixel is 10nm to 110 nm; and the thickness of the hole injection layer of the third sub-pixel is 20nm to 110 nm.
9. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the functional layer comprises: a hole transport layer, wherein the refractive indices of the hole transport layer of the first sub-pixel, the hole transport layer of the second sub-pixel and the hole transport layer of the third sub-pixel are all 1.6 to 1.8; and the thicknesses of the hole transport layer of the first sub-pixel, the hole transport layer of the second sub-pixel and the hole transport layer of the third sub-pixel are all 10nm to 40 nm.
10. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the functional layer comprises: a hole transport layer, wherein the material of the hole transport layer comprises: a hole transport group and a crosslinking group attached to the hole transport group.
11. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the functional layer comprises: a light emitting layer, wherein refractive indexes of the light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel, the light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel and the light emitting layer of the third sub-pixel are all 1.6 to 1.8; the thickness of the light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel is 100nm to 250 nm; the thickness of the light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel is 40nm to 110 nm; and the thickness of the light emitting layer of the third sub-pixel is 50nm to 200 nm.
12. A display device, comprising: the display panel of any one of claims 1 to 11.
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