WO2014178547A1 - 유기발광소자 및 이의 제조방법 - Google Patents
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- the present specification relates to an organic light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same.
- the organic light emitting phenomenon refers to a phenomenon of converting electrical energy into light energy using organic materials.
- an appropriate organic layer is positioned between the anode and the cathode
- a voltage is applied between the two electrodes
- holes are injected into the anode and electrons are injected into the organic layer in the cathode.
- an exciton is formed, and when the excitons fall back to the ground, light is generated.
- the organic light emitting element Since the gap between the anode and the cathode is small, the organic light emitting element is likely to have a short circuit defect. Pinholes, cracks, steps in the structure of the organic light emitting device, roughness of the coating, and the like may allow the anode and cathode to be in direct contact or the organic layer thickness may be thinner in these defect areas. These defect zones provide a low-resistance path that allows current to flow, so that little or no current flows through the organic light emitting device. As a result, the light emission output of the organic light emitting element is reduced or eliminated. In multi-pixel display devices, short-circuit defects can reduce display quality by producing dead pixels that do not emit light or emit light below average light intensity.
- the present invention aims to provide an organic light emitting device capable of operating in a normal range even when there is a factor that may cause a short circuit defect, that is, a short circuit defect and a method of manufacturing the same.
- the present inventors aim to provide an organic light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same to prevent the phenomenon that the emission intensity of the peripheral region is lowered due to the voltage drop (IR drop) of the region where the short circuit occurs when a short circuit defect occurs. .
- One embodiment of the present specification includes a first electrode; A second electrode provided to face the first electrode; One or more organic material layers provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; And an auxiliary electrode electrically connected to the first electrode.
- the first electrode includes two or more conductive units, and the resistance between the different conductive units is 2,000 kPa or more and 600,000 kPa or less,
- the auxiliary electrode includes two or more branching points having three or more branches, and provides an organic light emitting device in which resistance between adjacent branching points is 35 kPa or less.
- the organic light emitting diode may further include a short circuit prevention portion provided between the conductive unit and the auxiliary electrode, and each of the conductive units may be supplied with current through the short circuit prevention portion.
- the first electrode further includes two or more conductive connecting portions including a region in which a length of a current flows is longer than a width in a vertical direction thereof, and the conductive connecting portion Each one end may be electrically connected to the conductive unit, and the other end may be connected to the auxiliary electrode.
- the organic light emitting diode may further include a short circuit prevention layer provided between the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode, and the auxiliary electrode may electrically connect the conductive unit via the short circuit prevention layer. have.
- one embodiment of the present specification provides a method of manufacturing the organic light emitting device. Specifically, one embodiment of the present specification comprises the steps of preparing a substrate; Forming a first electrode on the substrate, the first electrode comprising two or more conductive units; Forming an auxiliary electrode spaced apart from the conductive unit, the auxiliary electrode including two or more branch points having three or more branches; Forming at least one organic material layer on the first electrode; And it provides a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device comprising the step of forming a second electrode on the organic material layer.
- an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device including the organic light emitting device.
- one embodiment of the present specification provides an illumination device including the organic light emitting device.
- the organic light emitting device of the present specification can maintain the function of the organic light emitting device normally even when a short circuit occurs due to a defect of the substrate itself.
- the organic light emitting device of the present disclosure is capable of stable operation without increasing the amount of leakage current, even if the area size of the short circuit occurrence point is increased.
- the organic light emitting device of the present specification can prevent the emission intensity around the region where the short circuit occurs is lowered.
- 1 and 2 illustrate an example of a patterned first electrode according to one embodiment of the present specification.
- Figure 3 shows one example of the length and width in the conductive connection of the present specification.
- FIG. 4 and 5 illustrate an example of a configuration in which the auxiliary electrode surrounds the conductive unit according to the exemplary embodiment of the present specification.
- auxiliary electrode 6 illustrates an example in which the auxiliary electrode has a stripe shape and a case in which a short circuit occurs in the auxiliary electrode having two or more branch points according to an example of the present specification.
- FIG. 7 illustrates an example of resistance between adjacent branch points of an auxiliary electrode according to an exemplary embodiment of the present specification.
- FIG. 8 illustrates a partial region of a state in which a first electrode and an auxiliary electrode are formed during a manufacturing process of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) manufactured according to Examples and Comparative Examples of the present specification.
- OLED organic light emitting diode
- OLED 9 illustrates a state after causing a short circuit defect in an organic light emitting diode (OLED) manufactured according to Examples and Comparative Examples of the present specification.
- FIG. 10 illustrates potentials of positions of the auxiliary electrodes when the organic light emitting diode according to the comparative example does not have a short circuit.
- FIG 11 illustrates potentials of respective positions of the auxiliary electrodes when a short circuit occurs in the organic light emitting diode according to the comparative example.
- One embodiment of the present specification includes a first electrode; A second electrode provided to face the first electrode; One or more organic material layers provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; And an auxiliary electrode electrically connected to the first electrode.
- the first electrode includes two or more conductive units, and the resistance between the different conductive units is 2,000 kPa or more and 600,000 kPa or less,
- the auxiliary electrode includes two or more branching points having three or more branches, and provides an organic light emitting device in which resistance between adjacent branching points is 35 kPa or less.
- each of the conductive units herein may be supplied with current through an area having a short circuit protection function.
- the organic light emitting diode further includes a short circuit prevention portion provided between the conductive unit and the auxiliary electrode, and the conductive unit and the auxiliary electrode may be electrically connected through the short circuit prevention portion. .
- the short circuit prevention part may be formed of a conductive connection part or a short circuit prevention layer, or a conductive connection part and a short circuit prevention layer.
- the short circuit prevention part may have a numerical value of a leakage current versus operating current of Equation 1 and an operating current of Equation 2 below. May simultaneously have a resistance value that satisfies 0.03 or less.
- V t (V) is the operating voltage of the organic light emitting device to which the short circuit protection unit is applied and there is no short circuit defect
- V o (V) is the operating voltage of the organic light emitting device does not apply a short circuit protection and there is no short circuit defect
- the I t (mA) is the operating current of the organic light emitting device to which the short circuit protection unit is applied and there is no short circuit defect
- I s (mA) is a leakage current in an organic light emitting device in which a short circuit protection unit is applied and in which one conductive unit has a short circuit defect.
- the V o (V) may refer to an operating voltage when there is no short circuit defect in the same organic light emitting diode, except for the short circuit prevention unit of the present specification.
- the resistance or resistance value of the short circuit prevention portion of the present specification may mean a resistance from one end portion to the other end portion of the short circuit prevention portion.
- the resistance or resistance of the short circuit protection unit may be a resistance from the conductive unit to the auxiliary electrode.
- the operating current I t (mA) of the organic light emitting diode in the absence of a short circuit fault can be expressed by the following equation.
- the n cell refers to the number of conductive units corresponding to the emission region in the organic light emitting diode.
- the I cell means the current (mA) that the organic light emitting diode operates in one conductive unit during normal operation.
- the R cell-org ( ⁇ ) refers to the organic resistance ( ⁇ ) in one conductive unit.
- the organic light emitting device including the short circuit prevention unit may increase the operating voltage as compared with the case where the short circuit prevention unit is not present. Therefore, even if a short circuit prevention part is applied, it is necessary to adjust so that the efficiency fall of the organic light emitting element by a short circuit prevention part is not large.
- the operating voltage increase rate generated by the addition of a short circuit prevention unit in the normal operating state of the organic light emitting diode may be expressed by Equation 1 below.
- V t (V) is an operating voltage of the organic light emitting diode to which the short circuit protection unit is applied and there is no short circuit defect
- V o (V) is an organic light emitting diode of the organic light emitting diode which does not have a short circuit protection unit and has no short circuit defect.
- the operating voltage increase rate (V t ⁇ V o ) / V o may be calculated by the following equation.
- the R cell-spl means resistance of the short circuit protection unit in one conductive unit.
- the R cell-org means organic resistance in one conductive unit.
- the operating voltage rise rate (V t -V o ) / V o can be derived through the following equation.
- I n the current flowing through the normal organic layer at the time of short circuit occurrence
- I s the leakage current flowing to the short circuit occurrence point
- I s the organic material at the point where the short circuit occurs.
- I n-cell is defined as a current flowing through a normal light emitting region when a short circuit occurs
- the voltage of each parallel connected conductive unit is the same, and all parallel connected conductive units
- the sum of the currents at is equal to the operating current I t of the device. This can be confirmed by the following formula.
- the leakage current flowing to the short circuit occurrence point can be obtained as follows.
- the leakage current (I s ) value of the operating current (I t ) of the organic light emitting diode having the short circuit prevention unit may be expressed by Equation 2 below.
- I t (mA) is the operating current of the organic light emitting device that the short circuit protection is applied and there is no short-circuit defect
- I s (mA) is the short circuit failure applied to any one of the conductive units Leakage current in the organic light emitting device.
- the short-circuit prevention unit has an operating voltage rise rate (V t -V o ) / V o ) and a leakage current value (I s / I t ) of the organic light emitting diode at the same time of 0.03. It may have a resistance value satisfying the following. More specifically, the short circuit prevention unit may have a resistance value at which the operating voltage rising rate (V t -V o ) / V o ) and the leakage current value (I s / I t ) relative to the operating current simultaneously satisfy 0.01 or less. have.
- the current density during the operation of the organic light emitting diode in Equation 1 and Equation 2 may be any one of 1 kW / cm 2 to 5 kW / cm 2.
- the resistance between one of the conductive units and another conductive unit may be 2,000 kPa or more and 600,000 kPa or less.
- the resistance value may refer to a resistance from one conductive unit to another adjacent conductive unit through the short circuit prevention unit. That is, the resistance between the different conductive units is 2,000 kPa or more and 600,000 kPa or less, which means that each conductive unit is in electrical contact with the short-circuit prevention portion, thereby receiving a current.
- the conductive unit of the present specification may be included in a light emitting area of the organic light emitting device. Specifically, according to one embodiment of the present specification, at least one region of each conductive unit may be located in the light emitting region of the organic light emitting device. That is, according to the exemplary embodiment of the present specification, a light emission phenomenon may occur in an organic material layer including a light emitting layer formed on a region of the conductive unit, and light may be emitted through the conductive unit.
- the current flow of the organic light emitting diode may flow to the auxiliary electrode, the short circuit prevention layer, the conductive unit, the organic material layer, and the second electrode, and may flow in the reverse direction thereof.
- the current flow of the organic light emitting device may flow to the auxiliary electrode, the conductive connection, the conductive unit, the organic layer, and the second electrode, and may flow in the reverse direction thereof.
- the current flow of the organic light emitting device may flow to the auxiliary electrode, the short circuit prevention layer, the conductive connection portion, the conductive unit, the organic material layer, and the second electrode, and may flow in the reverse direction thereof.
- each of the conductive units may receive current from the auxiliary electrode through the short circuit prevention unit.
- the emission region in the present specification means a region in which light emitted from the emission layer of the organic material layer is emitted through the first electrode and / or the second electrode.
- the light emitting region may include at least a portion of a region of the first electrode on which the first electrode is not formed and / or the auxiliary electrode is not formed. Can be formed on.
- the non-light emitting area in the present specification may mean a region other than the light emitting region.
- the short circuit prevention part may be located in a non-light emitting area of the organic light emitting diode.
- each of the conductive units may be electrically connected in parallel.
- the conductive units of the present specification may be spaced apart from each other.
- the resistance from the one conductive unit to another neighboring conductive unit may be two or more times the resistance of the short circuit protection unit.
- the conductive unit and the adjacent conductive unit may have the auxiliary electrode and the short circuit prevention portion twice. Going through. Therefore, even if the resistance value of the auxiliary electrode is ignored, the resistance between the conductive units can have at least twice the resistance value of the short circuit protection portion.
- the resistance from each of the conductive units to the auxiliary electrode may be 1,000 kPa or more and 300,000 kPa or less.
- the resistance value of the directly connected region may be higher than the resistance value of the short circuit prevention unit. In this case, even when the conductive units are not completely spaced apart from each other, even if a short circuit occurs, a normal short circuit prevention function can be maintained.
- the conductive units of the present specification may be spaced apart from each other and electrically separated from each other, and each conductive unit may be supplied with current from an auxiliary electrode through the short circuit protection unit. This is because when a short circuit occurs in one of the conductive units, a current that must flow to another conductive unit that does not have a short circuit flows to the conductive unit where the short circuit occurs, thereby preventing the entire organic light emitting device from operating.
- the first electrode may further include a conductive connection including a short circuit prevention function.
- the first electrode further includes two or more conductive connections including an area having a length in a direction in which current flows longer than a width in a vertical direction thereto, each of the conductive connections One end portion may be electrically connected to the conductive unit, and the other end portion may be electrically connected to the auxiliary electrode.
- the conductive connection part may include a region having a length and width ratio of 10: 1 or more.
- the conductive connection part of the present specification may be an end portion of the conductive unit in the first electrode, and the shape or position thereof is not particularly limited.
- the conductive unit when it is formed in a U or C shape, it may be a distal end thereof.
- the conductive connection portion may have a shape protruding from one vertex, one corner or a middle portion of the polygonal conductive unit including a quadrangle.
- the first electrode may further include a conductive connection part including a short circuit protection function and a conductive part of the first electrode electrically connecting the two or more conductive connection parts.
- the auxiliary electrode may be electrically connected to the conductive connection part through the conductive part of the first electrode.
- the auxiliary electrode may be provided on the energization part of the first electrode.
- the conductive part or the auxiliary electrode of the first electrode may be provided spaced apart from the conductive unit.
- the term “on the energization unit” does not necessarily mean only an upper surface of the electricity supplier, but may mean one side of the electricity supplier.
- the upper portion of the energizing part may mean an area of the upper surface, the lower surface, or the side surface of the conductive part.
- the upper part of the energizing part may include a region of one region and a side of the upper surface of the energizing portion, and may include one region of the lower surface and a region of the side surface of the energizing portion.
- the conductive part of the first electrode of the present specification may physically connect each of the conductive connection parts, and may serve to allow a current to flow through each conductive unit through each conductive connection part.
- the conductive unit of the present specification may be electrically connected in parallel and have a form in which the conductive unit is electrically connected by the conductive part and the conductive connection part of the first electrode through the patterning process of the first electrode.
- FIG. 1 An example in which a patterned first electrode includes a conductive unit 1 and a conductive connection part 2, and the patterned first electrode is physically connected to the energization part 4 of the first electrode is illustrated. .
- Each of the conductive units of the present specification may be supplied with current through the conductive connection from the auxiliary electrode.
- the conductive unit may be supplied with a current through the auxiliary electrode and the conductive part of the first electrode.
- the conductive connection part of the present specification may be patterned to be connected to each of the conductive units through a patterning process of the first electrode.
- FIG. 2 One example of this is shown in FIG. 2. It can be seen that the first electrode patterned in FIG. 2 is composed of a conductive unit 1 and a conductive connection 2.
- the conductive connection of the present specification may have a relatively high resistance compared to the conductive unit. Further, the conductive connection of the present specification may perform a short circuit prevention function in the organic light emitting device. That is, when the short circuit defect of the organic light emitting device occurs, the conductive connection part of the present specification serves to enable the operation of the device despite the short circuit defect.
- the material of the conductive connection may be the same as the material of the conductive unit.
- the conductive connecting portion and the conductive unit are included in the first electrode, and may be formed of the same material.
- Short circuit defects may occur when the second electrode directly contacts the first electrode. Alternatively, this may occur when the first electrode and the second electrode are in contact with each other by losing the function of the organic material layer due to thickness reduction or denaturation of the organic material layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode.
- the current of the organic light emitting diode may flow away from the defect free zone due to the leakage current in which current flows directly from the first electrode to the second electrode due to a short circuit defect. This may reduce the emission output of the organic light emitting device, and in many cases the organic light emitting device may not work.
- the current flows dispersed in a large area of organic matter concentrated in a short circuit generation point is generated locally high heat, there is a risk of device breakage or fire.
- the conductive connection may serve to control the amount of leakage current not to increase indefinitely. Therefore, in the organic light emitting diode of the present specification, even if a short circuit defect occurs in some conductive units, the remaining conductive units without short circuit defects may operate normally.
- the conductive connection part of the present specification has a high resistance value, it serves to prevent current from escaping through the short-circuit defect site by adding an appropriate resistance when a short-circuit defect occurs.
- the conductive connection may have a resistance value suitable for reducing the leakage current and its associated luminous efficiency loss due to short circuit defects.
- the conductive connection portion may have a resistance value capable of preventing a short circuit defect, including a portion having a length and width ratio of 10: 1 or more.
- a portion having a ratio of length to width of 10: 1 or more may be the entire area of the conductive connection portion.
- a portion having a ratio of length to width of 10: 1 or more may be a partial region of the conductive connection portion.
- the length and width of the present specification is a relative concept, the length may mean a spatial distance from one end to the other end of the conductive connection when viewed from the top. That is, even if the conductive connecting portion is a combination of straight lines or includes a curve, it may mean a value measured by assuming a straight line.
- the width in the present specification may mean a distance from the center in the longitudinal direction of the conductive connection portion to both ends in the vertical direction when viewed from the top. In addition, when the width is changed in the present specification, it may be an average value of the width of any one conductive connection.
- One example of the length and width is shown in FIG. 3.
- the length of the present specification may mean a dimension of a direction in which a current flows.
- the width of the present specification may mean a dimension in the direction perpendicular to the current flow.
- the length of the present specification may mean a distance in which a current from the conducting portion of the first electrode or the auxiliary electrode to the conductive unit moves, the width means a distance perpendicular to the longitudinal direction can do.
- the length may be the sum of a and b, and the width may be c.
- the resistance of the conductive connection may satisfy the following Equation 3.
- the length of the conductive connection portion is a length in a direction in which current flows in the conductive connection portion, and may be a length from one end portion to the other end portion of the conductive connection portion.
- the width of the conductive connection portion may mean a width in a direction perpendicular to the length of the conductive connection portion, it may mean an average value of the width when the width of the conductive connection portion is not constant.
- the resistance of the conductive connection portion may be 1,000 k ⁇ or more. Specifically, the resistance of the conductive connection may be 1,000 kPa or more and 300,000 kPa or less.
- the conductive connection part may perform an appropriate short circuit protection function when a short circuit defect occurs. That is, when the resistance of the conductive connection is 1,000 ⁇ or more, it is possible to effectively prevent the leakage current flows to the region having a short circuit defect.
- the resistance from the energization part of the first electrode or the auxiliary electrode to the conductive unit may be 1,000 kPa or more and 300,000 kPa or less.
- resistance between the different conductive units may be applied to the one conductive unit and a short circuit preventing portion contacting the auxiliary unit, an auxiliary electrode, a short circuit preventing portion contacting the other conductive unit, and the other conductive unit. It can mean resistance up to.
- Equation 3 of the present specification may mean a lower limit value of the resistance at which the conductive connection unit may perform a short circuit prevention function when the conductive unit receives current through the conductive connection unit.
- the auxiliary electrode of the present specification may have a structure including two or more branch points.
- the branch point of the present specification may include three or more branches.
- the auxiliary electrode is not provided with conductive lines that are not electrically connected to each other, and the auxiliary electrode may be provided in a form in which two or more conductive lines are in contact with each other. That is, the auxiliary electrode of the present specification is not provided in a stripe shape, but may be provided in a form including a region where at least two conductive lines cross each other.
- the branch point of the present specification may mean a region in which the auxiliary electrodes are in contact with each other to form three or more branches. Through the branch points, the current of the auxiliary electrode may be dispersed and flow into the branches.
- the auxiliary electrode may be disposed to be spaced apart from the conductive unit and have a net structure surrounding one or more of the conductive units.
- the auxiliary electrode may include the conductive unit; And a region excluding the distal end portion of the conductive connection portion in contact with the auxiliary electrode.
- the auxiliary electrode may not be provided on an area that prevents a short circuit from the conductive connection. That is, the auxiliary electrode should be spaced apart in an area where the length of the current flowing through the conductive connection is longer than the width in the vertical direction. This is because when the auxiliary electrode having a low resistance value is in contact with a region having a high resistance value, the resistance value is lowered and the short circuit prevention function is deteriorated.
- 4 and 5 illustrate an example of a configuration in which the auxiliary electrode according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention surrounds the conductive unit. 4 and 5, it can be seen that the auxiliary electrode is spaced apart from the conductive unit and is electrically connected only to one end of the conductive connection portion.
- the auxiliary electrode When short-circuit defects occur in some local regions of the organic light emitting diode to which the short-circuit prevention function is applied, when the auxiliary electrode is provided in a stripe shape, the light emission intensity of the peripheral region where the short-circuit defect occurs may be lowered.
- the current flows about 100 times as much as in the short-circuit defect region than in normal operation, and a large voltage drop occurs in the auxiliary electrode in the short-circuit region. That is, the entire organic light emitting device may be prevented from being driven by the short circuit prevention function.
- a phenomenon may occur in which the periphery of the short circuit defect is darkened, resulting in a significant decrease in the merchandise.
- the organic light emitting device of the present specification includes an auxiliary electrode having two or more branching points having three or more branches, so that a current can be dispersed in a wide area when a short circuit occurs. That is, by the auxiliary electrode of the present specification, the voltage drop (IR drop) generated in the auxiliary electrode of the short-circuit generating region is minimized, so that the light emission intensity of the entire organic light emitting diode can be uniform even when a short circuit occurs. have.
- a short circuit occurs in a stripe auxiliary electrode (a) and a second short circuit in which an auxiliary electrode having two or more branch points according to an example of the present invention occurs (b).
- X ⁇ means a leakage current when a short circuit occurs.
- the auxiliary electrode of the present invention has a greater effect of distributing a current in a wider area when the short circuit occurs than the stripe-shaped auxiliary electrode.
- the auxiliary electrode may have a resistance of 35 k ⁇ or less between adjacent branch points. Specifically, the auxiliary electrode may have a resistance of 18 k ⁇ or less between adjacent branch points. In addition, the resistance between the adjacent branches of the present specification may be 0 k ⁇ or more.
- a distance between adjacent branch points of the auxiliary electrode may be 21 mm or less.
- the distance between the branch points may be 0.2 mm or more and 21 mm or less.
- a distance between adjacent branch points of the auxiliary electrode may be 10 mm or less, or 0.2 mm or more and 10 mm or less.
- a distance between adjacent branch points of the auxiliary electrode may be 10 mm or less and a resistance between branch points may be 18 k ⁇ or less.
- FIG. 7 the resistance between adjacent branch points of the auxiliary electrode is illustrated according to the exemplary embodiment of the present specification. Specifically, FIG. 7 illustrates an example of an adjacent branching point.
- the organic light emitting device of the present specification can be confirmed through the following examples that luminance unevenness of 10% or more does not occur due to occurrence of a short circuit.
- the distance between the adjacent branch points of the auxiliary electrode of the organic light emitting device according to the present specification and the resistance range between the branch points may be as follows.
- 12 illustrates driving characteristics of the organic light emitting diode according to the present specification. 12 illustrates the brightness according to the operating voltage of the organic light emitting diode.
- the operating voltage of the organic light emitting device is 6 V
- the luminance is around 3000 nit
- the brightness change of about 10% can be said to be around 2700 nit.
- the operating voltage difference between 3000 nit and 2700 nit is 0.066 V.
- the operating voltage difference at a change in brightness of 5% is 0.033 V.
- a voltage drop of 0.066 V or less should be generated to realize luminance unevenness within 10% of normal operation.
- the resistance between adjacent branch points of the auxiliary electrode connected to the short circuiting conductive unit should be 35 k ⁇ or less.
- the width of the auxiliary electrode should be thickened to prevent voltage drop or the current should be distributed by other branch points before the length between the branch points exceeds 21 mm.
- a voltage drop of 0.033 V or less should be generated to realize luminance unevenness within 5% of normal operation.
- the resistance between adjacent branch points of the auxiliary electrode connected to the conductive unit having a short circuit should be 18 kV or less.
- the width of the auxiliary electrode should be thickened to prevent voltage drop or the current should be distributed by other branch points before the length between the branch points exceeds 10 mm.
- the sheet resistance of the auxiliary electrode may be 3 3 / ⁇ or less. Specifically, the sheet resistance may be 1 ⁇ / ⁇ or less.
- the auxiliary electrode can be used.
- the sheet resistance of the auxiliary electrode of the present specification may be 3 ⁇ / ⁇ or less, specifically 1 ⁇ / ⁇ or less, and the luminance uniformity of the organic light emitting diode may be maintained in the above range.
- the first electrode may be formed as a transparent electrode.
- the sheet resistance of the first electrode may be higher than the sheet resistance value required for driving the organic light emitting diode. Therefore, in order to lower the sheet resistance value of the first electrode, the auxiliary electrode may be electrically connected to the first electrode to lower the sheet resistance of the first electrode to the sheet resistance level of the auxiliary electrode.
- the auxiliary electrode may be provided in a region other than the light emitting region.
- the auxiliary electrode may be provided on the energization part of the first electrode.
- the auxiliary electrode may be provided in a region where the conductive part of the first electrode is located.
- the auxiliary electrode may be formed of conductive lines electrically connected to each other.
- the conductive line may be made of a conductive unit.
- the entire auxiliary electrode may be driven by applying a voltage to at least one portion of the auxiliary electrode of the present specification.
- the organic light emitting device may be used in an OLED lighting.
- OLED lighting it is important to emit light of uniform brightness in the entire light emitting area, that is, all the organic light emitting device.
- the voltage formed between the first electrode and the second electrode of all the organic light emitting diodes included in the OLED lighting is maintained the same.
- the second electrode of each organic light emitting element has sufficiently low sheet resistance so that there is almost no voltage difference between the second electrode of each organic light emitting element.
- the auxiliary electrode specifically, the metal auxiliary electrode
- the metal auxiliary electrode may be used to compensate for the first electrode voltage difference of each organic light emitting diode.
- the metal auxiliary electrodes may be made of conductive lines electrically connected to each other, such that the first electrode voltage difference of each organic light emitting diode may be virtually eliminated.
- a short circuit prevention layer is provided between the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode, and the auxiliary electrode may be electrically connected to the conductive unit via the short circuit prevention layer. That is, the auxiliary electrode of the present specification may electrically connect the conductive unit via the short circuit prevention layer.
- the short circuit prevention layer of the present specification may serve as a short circuit prevention function of the organic light emitting device.
- the short circuit prevention layer may be provided in contact with at least one surface of the auxiliary electrode.
- the short circuit prevention layer may be provided on an upper surface, a lower surface, or a side surface on which an auxiliary electrode is formed.
- the short circuit prevention layer of the present specification may be applied together with the conductive connection to perform a short circuit prevention function of the organic light emitting diode.
- the organic light emitting device may perform a short circuit protection function alone.
- the short circuit prevention layer of the present specification may be provided on a current passing portion of the first electrode.
- the short circuit prevention layer may be provided in contact with one region of the conductive unit.
- the resistance between the auxiliary electrode and the conductive unit electrically connected through the short circuit prevention layer due to the increase in resistance due to the short circuit prevention layer may be 1,000 kV or more and 300,000 kPa or less.
- the resistance from the auxiliary electrode to the first electrode of the short circuit prevention layer may be 1,000 kPa or more and 300,000 kPa or less.
- the resistance from the auxiliary electrode to the first electrode of the short circuit prevention layer may be a resistance from the auxiliary electrode to any one conductive connection part.
- the thickness of the short circuit prevention layer may be 1 nm or more and 10 ⁇ m or less.
- the short circuit prevention layer within the thickness range and / or the thickness direction resistance range may maintain a normal operating voltage when the organic light emitting device does not have a short circuit. In addition, even when the organic light emitting device has a short circuit within the thickness range and / or the resistance range, the organic light emitting device can operate within the normal range.
- the resistance of the short circuit prevention layer may mean a resistance from the auxiliary electrode to the conductive connection part or the conductive unit.
- the resistance of the short circuit prevention layer may mean a resistance from the auxiliary electrode to the energized part of the first electrode. That is, the resistance of the short circuit prevention layer may be a resistance according to an electrical distance for electrically connecting from the auxiliary electrode to the conductive connection unit or the conductive unit.
- the volume resistivity ⁇ slp ( ⁇ cm) of the short circuit prevention layer may be obtained by the following equation.
- the A spl (cm 2) means an area in which electricity can flow in a thickness direction from the auxiliary electrode formed in one conductive unit to one conductive unit through a short circuit prevention layer. That is, the area of the short circuit prevention layer formed on one first electrode may mean an area overlapping with the area of the auxiliary electrode formed on the short circuit prevention layer.
- the R cell-spl means resistance of the short circuit protection unit in one conductive unit.
- the t slp may mean the thickness of the short circuit prevention layer. Alternatively, it may mean the shortest distance that electricity moves from the auxiliary electrode to the conductive connection or the conductive unit.
- the thickness direction refers to an example in which electricity moves in the short-circuit prevention layer, and may mean a direction in which electricity moves from one region of the short-circuit prevention layer to another region.
- a spl (cm 2) may refer to the area of the short circuit prevention layer that overlaps the lower first electrode and the upper auxiliary electrode when the short circuit prevention layer is positioned between the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode.
- a spl (cm 2) may be an area of the short circuit prevention layer overlapping the first electrode. have.
- a spl (cm 2) is a short circuit in which the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode overlap at the same time. It can be the area of the prevention layer.
- the volume resistivity ⁇ slp of the short circuit prevention layer formed in one conductive unit is the thickness direction resistance R cell-spl of the short circuit prevention layer in one conductive unit, and the auxiliary formed in one conductive unit. It can be determined by the area A spl through which the electricity can flow in the thickness direction up to one conductive unit through the short circuit prevention layer at the electrode and the thickness t slp of the short circuit prevention layer.
- the volume resistivity of the short-circuit prevention layer may be 9 ⁇ cm or more and 8.1 ⁇ 10 10 ⁇ cm or less.
- the short circuit prevention layer may maintain a normal operating voltage when the organic light emitting diode does not have a short circuit.
- the short-circuit prevention function can be performed, and even if a short circuit occurs, the organic light emitting diode can operate within a normal range.
- the volume resistivity can be obtained as follows.
- the resistance of the short-circuit prevention layer is 1,000 kPa or more and 300,000 kPa or less, and the thickness of the short-circuit prevention layer is 1 nm or more and 10 m or less, and the area of one cell is 300 ⁇ 300 ⁇ m 2.
- the area A spl through which the electricity flows in the thickness direction from the auxiliary electrode formed in the one cell to the first electrode of one cell through the short-circuit prevention layer is 1 of one cell area. It can be determined at the level of% to 30%.
- the area A spl through which the auxiliary electrode formed in one cell flows in the thickness direction from the short-circuit prevention layer to the first electrode of one cell is 9 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 cm 2 (300 ⁇ m ⁇ 300 ⁇ m). ⁇ 0.01) to 2.7 ⁇ 10 -2 cm 2 (0.3 cm ⁇ 0.3 cm X 0.3).
- the volume resistivity of the short-circuit prevention layer can be calculated as follows.
- the short circuit prevention layer may include carbon powder; Carbon film; Conductive polymers; Organic polymers; metal; Metal oxides; Inorganic oxides; Metal sulfides; And it may include one or two or more selected from the group consisting of insulating materials. Specifically, a mixture of two or more selected from the group consisting of zirconium oxide (ZrO 2 ), nichrome, indium tin oxide (ITO), and zinc sulfide (ZnS) silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) may be used.
- ZrO 2 zirconium oxide
- ITO indium tin oxide
- ZnS zinc sulfide
- the sheet resistance of the conductive unit may be 1 ⁇ / ⁇ or more, or 3 ⁇ / ⁇ or more, specifically, 10 ⁇ / ⁇ or more.
- the sheet resistance of the conductive unit may be less than 10,000 ⁇ / ⁇ , or less than 1,000 ⁇ / ⁇ . That is, the sheet resistance of the conductive unit of the present specification may be 1 ⁇ / ⁇ or more and 10,000 ⁇ / ⁇ or less, or 10 ⁇ / ⁇ or more and 1,000 ⁇ / ⁇ or less.
- the sheet resistance of the conductive unit may be the same as the sheet resistance of the first electrode or the conductive connecting portion.
- the sheet resistance level required for the conductive unit may be controlled to be inversely proportional to the area of the conductive unit corresponding to the light emitting area.
- the sheet resistance required for the conductive unit may be about 1 kW / square.
- the sheet resistance required of the conductive unit may be 1 kW / square or more.
- the sheet resistance of the conductive unit of the present specification may be determined by the material forming the conductive unit, and may also be electrically connected to the auxiliary electrode to lower the sheet resistance level of the auxiliary electrode. Therefore, the sheet resistance value of the conductive unit required in the organic light emitting device of the present specification can be adjusted by the material of the auxiliary electrode and the conductive unit.
- the first electrode may include 1,000 or more of the conductive units spaced apart from each other. Specifically, the first electrode may include 1,000 or more than 1,000,000 conductive units spaced apart from each other.
- the first electrode may be formed in a pattern of two or more conductive units.
- the conductive unit may be formed in a pattern in which regions other than the conductive connection parts are spaced apart from each other.
- the pattern of the present specification may have the form of a closed figure.
- the pattern may be a polygon such as a triangle, a square, a hexagon, or the like, or may be in an amorphous form.
- the organic light emitting diode may have an effect of minimizing the amount of leakage current during short circuit generation while minimizing a voltage increase in normal operation.
- the aperture ratio may be maintained, and the above effects may be maintained. That is, when the number of the conductive units exceeds 1,000,000, the opening ratio may decrease due to the increase in the number of auxiliary electrodes.
- an area occupied by the conductive units in the organic light emitting diode may be 50% or more and 90% or less based on the plan view of the entire organic light emitting diode.
- the conductive unit is included in the light emitting region, and the area occupied by the conductive units may be the same as or similar to the aperture ratio of the organic light emitting diode, based on the surface of the organic light emitting diode emitting light.
- the first electrode of the present specification since the respective conductive units are electrically connected by the conductive connection and / or the short circuit prevention layer, the driving voltage of the device is increased. Therefore, according to one embodiment of the present specification, in order to compensate for the increase in the driving voltage caused by the conductive connector, the first electrode includes 1,000 or more of the conductive units to lower the driving voltage of the device and at the same time by the conductive connector. It can be made to have a short circuit protection function.
- the area of each conductive unit may be 0.01 mm 2 or more and 25 mm 2 or less.
- the organic material layer including the short circuit prevention unit, the conductive unit, and the light emitting layer may be electrically connected in series.
- the light emitting layer of the present specification is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, two or more light emitting layers may be electrically connected in parallel.
- the light emitting layer is positioned between the conductive unit and the second electrode, and each of the light emitting layers may be electrically connected to each other in parallel. That is, the light emitting layer of the present specification may be located corresponding to the region corresponding to the conductive unit.
- the resistance value is increased in inverse proportion to the smaller area of the light emitting layer.
- the area of each of the conductive units becomes smaller and the number increases, the area of each of the light emitting layers becomes smaller.
- the ratio of the voltage of the conductive connection portion connected in series to the organic material layer is reduced compared to the voltage applied to the organic material layer including the light emitting layer during the operation of the organic light emitting device.
- the leakage current amount may be determined by the resistance value and the operating voltage from the auxiliary electrode to the conductive unit irrespective of the number of the conductive units. Therefore, by increasing the number of the conductive units, it is possible to minimize the voltage rise due to the conductive connection part in the normal operation, and at the same time, the amount of leakage current in the event of a short circuit can be minimized.
- the organic light emitting diode may further include a substrate, and the first electrode may be provided on the substrate.
- the first electrode may be a transparent electrode.
- the first electrode When the first electrode is a transparent electrode, the first electrode may be a conductive oxide such as tin indium oxide (ITO) or zinc indium oxide (IZO). Furthermore, the first electrode may be a translucent electrode. When the first electrode is a translucent electrode, it may be made of a translucent metal such as Ag, Au, Mg, Ca or an alloy thereof. When the translucent metal is used as the first electrode, the organic light emitting device may have a microcavity structure.
- ITO tin indium oxide
- IZO zinc indium oxide
- the first electrode may be a translucent electrode.
- the first electrode When the first electrode is a translucent electrode, it may be made of a translucent metal such as Ag, Au, Mg, Ca or an alloy thereof.
- the translucent metal When the translucent metal is used as the first electrode, the organic light emitting device may have a microcavity structure.
- the auxiliary electrode may be made of a metal material. That is, the auxiliary electrode may be a metal electrode.
- the auxiliary electrode may generally use all metals. Specifically, it may include aluminum, copper, and / or silver having good conductivity.
- the auxiliary electrode may use a molybdenum / aluminum / molybdenum layer when aluminum is used for adhesion to the transparent electrode and stability in a photo process.
- the organic material layer includes at least one light emitting layer, and includes a hole injection layer; Hole transport layer; Hole blocking layer; A charge generating layer; Electron blocking layer; Electron transport layer; And it may further comprise one or two or more selected from the group consisting of an electron injection layer.
- the charge generating layer is a layer in which holes and electrons are generated when a voltage is applied.
- the substrate may be a substrate excellent in transparency, surface smoothness, ease of handling and waterproof.
- a glass substrate, a thin film glass substrate, or a transparent plastic substrate may be used.
- the plastic substrate may include a film such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polyether ether ketone (PEEK), and polyimide (PI) in the form of a single layer or a multilayer.
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- PEN polyethylene naphthalate
- PEEK polyether ether ketone
- PI polyimide
- the substrate may be a light scattering function is included in the substrate itself.
- the substrate is not limited thereto, and a substrate commonly used in an organic light emitting device may be used.
- the first electrode may be an anode, and the second electrode may be a cathode.
- the first electrode may be a cathode, and the second electrode may be an anode.
- anode a material having a large work function is usually preferred to facilitate hole injection into the organic material layer.
- anode materials that can be used in the present invention include metals such as vanadium, chromium, copper, zinc, gold or alloys thereof; Metal oxides such as zinc oxide, indium oxide, indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO); Combinations of metals and oxides such as ZnO: Al or SnO 2 : Sb; Conductive polymers such as poly (3-methylthiophene), poly [3,4- (ethylene-1,2-dioxy) thiophene] (PEDT), polypyrrole and polyaniline, and the like, but are not limited thereto.
- the anode material is not limited to the anode, but may be used as the material of the cathode.
- the cathode is preferably a material having a small work function to facilitate electron injection into the organic material layer.
- the cathode materials include metals such as magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, titanium, indium, yttrium, lithium, gadolinium, aluminum, silver, tin and lead or alloys thereof; Multilayer structure materials such as LiF / Al or LiO 2 / Al, and the like, but are not limited thereto.
- the material of the cathode is not limited to the cathode, but may be used as the material of the anode.
- a material capable of transporting holes from an anode or a hole injection layer to be transferred to a light emitting layer is suitable.
- Specific examples thereof include an arylamine-based organic material, a conductive polymer, and a block copolymer having a conjugated portion and a non-conjugated portion together, but are not limited thereto.
- the light emitting layer material is a material capable of emitting light in the visible region by transporting and combining holes and electrons from the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer, respectively, and a material having good quantum efficiency with respect to fluorescence or phosphorescence is preferable.
- Specific examples include 8-hydroxy-quinoline aluminum complex (Alq 3 ); Carbazole series compounds; Dimerized styryl compounds; BAlq; 10-hydroxybenzoquinoline-metal compound; Benzoxazole, benzthiazole and benzimidazole series compounds; Poly (p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) -based polymers; Spiro compounds; Polyfluorene; Rubrene and the like, but are not limited thereto.
- the electron transport layer material As the electron transport layer material according to the present specification, a material capable of injecting electrons well from a cathode and transferring the electrons to a light emitting layer is suitable. Specific examples include Al complexes of 8-hydroxyquinoline; Complexes including Alq 3 ; Organic radical compounds; Hydroxyflavone-metal complexes and the like, but are not limited thereto.
- the auxiliary electrode may be located in the non-light emitting area of the organic light emitting diode.
- the organic light emitting diode may further include an insulating layer provided in the non-light emitting region.
- the insulating layer may insulate the short circuit prevention unit and the auxiliary electrode from the organic material layer.
- the organic light emitting diode may be sealed by an encapsulation layer.
- the encapsulation layer may be formed of a transparent resin layer.
- the encapsulation layer serves to protect the organic light emitting device from oxygen and contaminants, and may be a transparent material so as not to inhibit light emission of the organic light emitting device.
- the transparency may mean transmitting more than 60% of light. Specifically, it may mean that the light transmits 75% or more.
- the organic light emitting diode may include a light scattering layer.
- the organic light emitting diode further includes a substrate on a surface facing the surface on which the organic material layer of the first electrode is provided, and light scattering provided between the substrate and the first electrode. It may further comprise a layer.
- the light scattering layer may include a flat layer. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present specification, the flat layer may be provided between the first electrode and the light scattering layer.
- the organic light emitting diode further includes a substrate on a surface opposite to a surface on which the organic material layer of the first electrode is provided, and faces a surface on which the first electrode of the substrate is provided.
- the surface may further include a light scattering layer.
- the light scattering layer or the light scattering layer is not particularly limited as long as it induces light scattering and improves the light extraction efficiency of the organic light emitting device.
- the light scattering layer may be a structure in which scattering particles are dispersed in a binder, a film having irregularities, and / or a film having hazeness.
- the light scattering layer may be directly formed on the substrate by a spin coating, bar coating, slit coating, or the like, or may be formed by attaching the film.
- the organic light emitting diode may be a flexible organic light emitting diode.
- the substrate may comprise a flexible material.
- the substrate may be a glass, plastic substrate, or film substrate in the form of a thin film that can be bent.
- the material of the plastic substrate is not particularly limited, but in general, may include a film such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polyether ether ketone (PEEK), and polyimide (PI) in the form of a single layer or a multilayer. have.
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- PEN polyethylene naphthalate
- PEEK polyether ether ketone
- PI polyimide
- the present specification provides a display device including the organic light emitting diode.
- the organic light emitting diode may serve as a pixel or a backlight.
- the configuration of the display device may be applied to those known in the art.
- the present specification provides a lighting device including the organic light emitting device.
- the organic light emitting diode serves as a light emitting unit.
- the configurations required for the lighting device may be applied to those known in the art.
- One embodiment of the present specification provides a method of manufacturing the organic light emitting device. Specifically, one embodiment of the present specification comprises the steps of preparing a substrate; Forming a first electrode on the substrate, the first electrode comprising two or more conductive units; Forming an auxiliary electrode spaced apart from the conductive unit, the auxiliary electrode including two or more branch points having three or more branches; Forming at least one organic material layer on the first electrode; And it provides a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device comprising the step of forming a second electrode on the organic material layer.
- the step of forming the first electrode may be to form the first electrode to include two or more conductive units and a conductive connection connected to each of the conductive units.
- the forming of the auxiliary electrode may be to form an auxiliary electrode on one end of each conductive connection portion.
- the method of manufacturing the organic light emitting diode may be provided between the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode between the forming of the first electrode and the forming of the auxiliary electrode.
- the method may further include forming a short circuit prevention layer.
- the organic light emitting diode may emit white light having a color temperature of 2,000 K or more and 12,000 K or less.
- the 1st electrode was formed using ITO on the board
- Copper (Cu) was formed in the form of a mesh surrounding the light emitting region with a width of 20 ⁇ m and a thickness of 500 nm as an auxiliary electrode.
- the spacing of the auxiliary electrodes was about 0.82 mm.
- the conductive connection was 1560 ⁇ m in length, 20 ⁇ m in width, and the resistance of the conductive connection was manufactured to be 780 kPa or more.
- the area of each conductive unit was made 0.56 mm 2 .
- the number of conductive units of the organic light emitting device prepared above was 49 ⁇ 49 (2410).
- the region where the metal auxiliary electrode was exposed and the region where the ITO was patterned and removed were insulated with a photosensitive insulating material.
- an organic material layer including a light emitting layer and a second electrode were sequentially stacked to manufacture a white organic light emitting diode (OLED) having a light emitting region of 40 ⁇ 40 mm 2.
- OLED organic light emitting diode
- Aluminum (Al) was used as the second electrode, and the organic material layer was formed in a structure including a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an organic light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer.
- the organic light emitting layer was formed in a two stack structure having a blue light emitting layer using a fluorescent material and a green and red light emitting layer using a phosphor.
- the material used in each of the stacking structures used was a material commonly used in the field of manufacturing white organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), and the formation method thereof was also manufactured by applying a conventional method.
- Example 2 The same condition as in Example 1 except that the auxiliary electrode was formed in parallel with a line width of 20 ⁇ m, and the auxiliary electrode connected in parallel with the metal line formed in the outer border region of 40 mm ⁇ 40 mm was formed in a stripe shape.
- OLED white organic light emitting device
- FIG. 8 illustrates a partial region of a state in which a first electrode and an auxiliary electrode are formed during a manufacturing process of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) manufactured according to Examples and Comparative Examples of the present specification.
- the auxiliary electrode of the organic light emitting device (e) manufactured according to the comparative example was formed in a stripe shape, and the organic light emitting device (f) manufactured according to the embodiment formed the auxiliary electrode in a mesh form.
- Figure 9 shows the state after causing a short-circuit defect in the organic light emitting device (OLED) manufactured according to the embodiment and the comparative example.
- OLED organic light emitting device
- the efficiency was 60 lm / W
- the operating voltage was 6 V
- the operating current density was about 3 mA / cm2 level.
- conductive units were connected to one metal auxiliary electrode having a line width of 20 ⁇ m at intervals of about 850 ⁇ m, and the number of conductive units was 49 ⁇ 49 (2401 pieces).
- the auxiliary electrode was Cu, was formed to have a width of 20 ⁇ m, a thickness of 500 nm, and a length of 40 mm.
- FIG. 10 illustrates potentials of positions of the auxiliary electrodes when the organic light emitting diode according to the comparative example does not have a short circuit defect. That is, FIG. 10 illustrates that when a short circuit does not occur, current for operating the organic light emitting diode according to the comparative example is injected only at both ends of the auxiliary electrode, and the organic material layer and the second electrode through each conductive unit connected to the auxiliary electrode. The voltage of the auxiliary electrode for each conductive unit position when flowing to
- the maximum voltage drop in the auxiliary electrode is a middle point of the organic light emitting element farthest from the corner point of the auxiliary electrode, and the voltage drop at the middle point of the organic light emitting element is about 0.009 V.
- the voltage drop at the middle point of the organic light emitting element is about 0.009 V.
- the 25th conductive unit has a short circuit fault from the corner point of the organic emissive element according to the comparative example, if the operating voltage is 6 V and the resistance of the conductive connection connected to the short circuited conductive unit is 780 kA, the amount of leakage current is 7.7 mA (6 V / 780 ⁇ ).
- FIG. 11 illustrates potentials of respective positions of the auxiliary electrodes when a short circuit occurs in the organic light emitting diode according to the comparative example.
- the voltage drop in the case of a short circuit occurs in the organic light emitting device according to the comparative example is about 0.13V, a voltage drop of about 10 times or more compared with normal operation.
- the voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode has a value of about 0.13 V lower than the input voltage of 6 V in the region where the short circuit occurs, thereby reducing the current flowing through the organic material layer in the peripheral region of the short circuit occurrence point, thereby emitting light intensity. Resulted in lowering.
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- 제1 전극;상기 제1 전극에 대향하여 구비된 제2 전극;상기 제1 전극 및 상기 제2 전극 사이에 구비된 1층 이상의 유기물층; 및상기 제1 전극과 전기적으로 연결되는 보조 전극을 포함하고,상기 제1 전극은 2 이상의 전도성 유닛을 포함하고, 서로 다른 상기 전도성 유닛 간의 저항은 2,000 Ω 이상 600,000 Ω 이하이며,상기 보조 전극은 3 이상의 분지를 갖는 분지점을 2 이상 포함하고, 인접하는 상기 분지점 간의 저항이 35 Ω 이하인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 보조 전극은 각각의 상기 전도성 유닛과 이격 배치되고, 1 이상의 상기 전도성 유닛을 둘러싸는 그물망 구조로 구비되는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 보조 전극의 인접하는 분지점 간의 거리는 21 ㎜ 이하인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 보조 전극의 인접하는 분지점 간의 거리는 10 ㎜ 이하 또는 상기 보조 전극의 인접하는 분지점 간의 저항은 18 Ω 이하인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 전도성 유닛은 각각 전기적으로 병렬 연결된 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 유기발광소자는 상기 전도성 유닛과 보조 전극 사이에 구비되는 단락 방지부를 더 포함하고,상기 전도성 유닛과 보조 전극은 단락 방지부를 통하여 전기적으로 연결되는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 6에 있어서,상기 단락 방지부는 전도성 연결부, 또는 단락 방지층, 또는 전도성 연결부와 단락 방지층으로 이루어지는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 6에 있어서,1 ㎃/㎠ 내지 5 ㎃/㎠ 중 어느 한 값의 전류 밀도에서, 상기 단락 방지부는 하기 식 1의 작동 전압 상승률 및 하기 식 2의 작동 전류 대비 누설 전류의 수치가 동시에 0.03 이하를 만족하는 저항값을 갖는 것인 유기발광소자:[식 1][식 2](상기 Vt(V)는 단락 방지부가 적용되고 단락 결함이 없는 유기발광소자의 작동 전압이고,상기 Vo(V)는 단락 방지부가 적용되지 않고 단락 결함이 없는 유기발광소자의 작동 전압이며,상기 It(mA)는 단락 방지부가 적용되고 단락 결함이 없는 유기발광소자의 작동 전류이고,상기 Is(mA)는 단락 방지부가 적용되고 어느 하나의 전도성 유닛에 단락 결함이 있는 유기발광소자에서의 누설 전류이다.)
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 각각의 전도성 유닛으로부터 보조 전극까지의 저항은 1,000 Ω 이상 300,000 Ω 이하인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 제1 전극은 전류가 흐르는 방향의 길이가 이에 수직 방향의 폭보다 더 긴 영역을 포함하는 2 이상의 전도성 연결부를 더 포함하고,상기 전도성 연결부들은 각각, 일 말단부가 상기 전도성 유닛에 전기적으로 연결되고, 타 말단부가 상기 보조 전극에 연결되는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 10에 있어서,상기 보조 전극은 상기 전도성 유닛; 및 상기 보조 전극과 접하는 상기 전도성 연결부의 말단부를 제외한 영역과 이격 배치된 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 10에 있어서,상기 전도성 연결부는 길이와 폭의 비가 10:1 이상인 영역을 포함하는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 10에 있어서,상기 전도성 연결부의 저항은 하기 식 3을 만족하는 것인 유기발광소자:[식 3](전도성 연결부의 길이 ÷ 전도성 연결부의 폭) × 전도성 연결부의 면저항 ≥ 1,000 Ω
- 청구항 10에 있어서,상기 제1 전극은 상기 전도성 연결부를 전기적으로 연결하는 제1 전극의 통전부를 더 포함하고,상기 보조 전극은 상기 제1 전극의 통전부를 통하여 상기 전도성 연결부와 전기적으로 연결되는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 제1 전극과 상기 보조 전극 사이에 구비된 단락 방지층을 더 포함하고,상기 보조 전극은 단락 방지층을 경유하여 상기 전도성 유닛을 전기적으로 연결하는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 15에 있어서,상기 단락 방지층은 보조 전극의 적어도 일 면에 접하여 구비되는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 15에 있어서,상기 단락 방지층은 보조 전극이 형성되는 상면, 하면 또는 측면에 구비되는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 15에 있어서,상기 단락 방지층의 두께는 1 ㎚ 이상 10 ㎛ 이하인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 15에 있어서,상기 단락 방지층의 체적저항률은 9 Ω㎝ 이상 8.1 × 1010 Ω㎝ 이하인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 15에 있어서,상기 단락 방지층은 탄소 분말; 탄소 피막; 전도성 고분자; 유기 고분자; 금속; 금속 산화물; 무기 산화물; 금속 황화물; 및 절연 물질로 이루어지는 군에서 선택되는 1종 또는 2종 이상을 포함하는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 유기발광소자는 기판을 더 포함하고, 상기 기판 상에 상기 제1 전극이 구비되는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 각각의 전도성 유닛의 면저항은 1 Ω/□ 이상인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 제1 전극은 서로 이격된 1,000개 이상의 상기 전도성 유닛을 포함하는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 보조 전극의 면저항은 3 Ω 이하인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 제1 전극은 투명 전극인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 보조 전극은 금속 전극인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 유기물층은 적어도 1층 이상의 발광층을 포함하고, 정공 주입층; 정공 수송층; 정공 차단층; 전하 발생층; 전자 차단층; 전자 수송층; 및 전자 주입층으로 이루어진 군에서 선택되는 1종 또는 2종 이상을 더 포함하는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 보조 전극은 상기 유기발광소자의 비발광영역에 위치하는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 유기발광소자는 색온도 2,000 K 이상 12,000 K 이하의 백색광을 발광하는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 제1 전극의 유기물층이 구비되는 면과 대향하는 면에 구비된 기판을 더 포함하고, 상기 기판과 상기 제1 전극 사이에 구비된 광산란층을 더 포함하는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 30에 있어서,상기 광산란층은 평탄층을 포함하는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 제1 전극의 유기물층이 구비되는 면과 대향하는 면에 구비된 기판을 더 포함하고,상기 기판의 제1 전극이 구비되는 면과 대향하는 면에 광산란층을 더 포함하는 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 유기발광소자는 플랙시블(flexible) 유기발광소자인 것인 유기발광소자.
- 청구항 1 내지 33 중 어느 한 항에 따른 유기발광소자를 포함하는 디스플레이 장치.
- 청구항 1 내지 33 중 어느 한 항에 따른 유기발광소자를 포함하는 조명 장치.
- 청구항 1 내지 33 중 어느 한 항의 유기발광소자의 제조방법에 있어서,기판을 준비하는 단계;상기 기판 상에 2 이상의 전도성 유닛을 포함하는 제1 전극을 형성하는 단계;상기 전도성 유닛과 이격 배치되고, 3 이상의 분지를 갖는 분지점을 2 이상 포함하는 보조 전극을 형성하는 단계;상기 제1 전극 상에 1층 이상의 유기물층을 형성하는 단계; 및상기 유기물층 상에 제2 전극을 형성하는 단계를 포함하는 유기발광소자의 제조방법.
- 청구항 36에 있어서,상기 제1 전극을 형성하는 단계는 2 이상의 전도성 유닛 및 상기 전도성 유닛 각각에 연결된 전도성 연결부를 포함하도록 제1 전극을 형성하는 것인 유기발광소자의 제조방법.
- 청구항 36에 있어서,상기 제1 전극을 형성하는 단계와 상기 보조 전극을 형성하는 단계 사이에, 상기 제1 전극과 상기 보조 전극 사이에 구비되도록 단락 방지층을 형성하는 단계를 더 포함하는 것인 유기발광소자의 제조방법.
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