WO2017152743A1 - Light-emitting device and manufacturing method therefor - Google Patents

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WO2017152743A1
WO2017152743A1 PCT/CN2017/073943 CN2017073943W WO2017152743A1 WO 2017152743 A1 WO2017152743 A1 WO 2017152743A1 CN 2017073943 W CN2017073943 W CN 2017073943W WO 2017152743 A1 WO2017152743 A1 WO 2017152743A1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of optical technologies, and in particular to a light emitting device and a method of fabricating the same.
  • Quantum Dot Light Emitting Device is an important breakthrough in the field of display in recent years. Like OLED, it uses the principle of electroluminescence to emit light.
  • Each QLED device is fabricated in each pixel region defined by a pixel isolation layer (Pixel defining layer), and the functional layer group of the QLED generally includes an electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a light emitting layer, and a hole transport.
  • the layer, the hole injection layer, the functional layer group and the anode and the cathode disposed on both sides thereof constitute a light-emitting structure to jointly realize the light emission of the QLED.
  • the cathode is usually made of silver and the anode is usually made of ITO.
  • a light extraction layer is usually provided between electrodes of the light emitting device or outside the electrodes to improve the light extraction efficiency of the light emitting device.
  • the light extraction layer material is liable to remain on the upper surface and the side surface of the pixel isolation structure; the light extraction is prepared by a printing process.
  • the layer When the layer is layered, it is easy to cause the light extraction layer material to remain on the side surface of the pixel isolation structure, thereby causing light to propagate from one pixel region through the scattering particles of the light extraction layer to another adjacent pixel region, thereby causing between adjacent pixels. Causes color mixing.
  • the main object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof, which solve the technical problem of easy color mixing between adjacent pixel regions in the manufacturing process of the conventional light emitting device.
  • a method for fabricating a light emitting device includes the steps of: forming a pixel isolation structure on a substrate, the pixel isolation structure having a plurality of isolated pixel regions, and a pixel isolation structure
  • the bare surface is a hydrophilic surface or a hydrophobic surface
  • a light extraction solution is disposed on the substrate corresponding to the pixel region to form a light extraction layer, the light extraction solution includes a base material, scattering particles and a solvent, and when the pixel isolation structure is exposed
  • the surface is a hydrophilic surface
  • the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution
  • the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface
  • the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution.
  • the step of forming the pixel isolation structure includes: forming an isolation substrate, the exposed surface of the isolation substrate constituting the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure.
  • the step of forming the pixel isolation structure includes: forming an isolation substrate; forming an isolation film disposed on the upper surface and the side surface of the isolation substrate, the surface of the isolation film constituting the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure.
  • the exposed surface is a hydrophilic surface
  • the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophilic photoresist
  • the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophobic resin
  • the material forming the exposed surface is silicon oxide and/or silicon nitride; when the exposed surface is a hydrophobic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophobic resin.
  • the step of forming the isolation substrate comprises: sequentially disposing a first electrode layer and a photoresist on the surface of the substrate; performing a photolithography process on the photoresist to expose a portion of the surface of the first electrode layer to form a pixel region, The remaining photoresist forms an isolation substrate, and adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate intersect in an extended plane away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between adjacent sidewalls is a spacer.
  • the step of forming the isolation substrate further comprises: etching away part of the isolation strips such that a side surface of the isolation strip away from the substrate is a non-planar surface that is convex away from the substrate, and the non-planar surface is It is composed of a plane segment and/or a curved surface segment having an angle with the upper surface of the first electrode layer, and has an arcuate dome.
  • a vertical distance from a side surface of the spacer strip away from the first electrode layer to the first electrode layer is 1 to 4 ⁇ m.
  • the light extraction solution comprises a matrix material having a mass percentage of 1 to 20%, 1 to 30% of scattering particles, and 50 to 98% of a solvent.
  • the fabricating method further comprises the step of disposing a first electrode layer on the surface of the substrate, wherein the step of forming the light extraction layer comprises: a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region
  • the functional layer group and the second electrode layer are sequentially stacked on the upper or all first electrode layers, and part or all of the first electrode layer, the functional layer group and the second electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region constitute a light emitting structure, and the first electrode layer and The second electrode layers are different and are respectively selected from one of a cathode layer and an anode layer; a light extraction solution is disposed on a surface of the second electrode layer away from the functional layer group to form a light extraction layer.
  • the fabricating method further comprises the step of disposing a first electrode layer on the surface of the substrate, wherein the step of forming the light extraction layer comprises: forming the light extraction solution and forming the functional layer group One or more layers of the solution are mixed to form a mixed solution, and the mixed solution is disposed on a part of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or all of the first electrode layers to form a functional layer group having a light extraction layer, or in a pixel a surface of the first electrode layer corresponding to the region or a surface of all the first electrode layers is provided with a light extraction solution to form a light extraction layer, or on a surface of a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or all of the first electrode layer Forming a functional layer or a plurality of functional layers of the functional layer group on the surface, and providing a light extraction solution on the functional layer to form a light extraction layer, or on the surface of the portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the a
  • the process of forming the functional layer group includes sequentially arranging the first injection layer, the first transport layer, the light emitting layer, the second implant layer, and the second transport layer on a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region.
  • a light emitting device which is fabricated by the above-described fabrication method.
  • the light emitting device includes a substrate, a pixel isolation structure disposed on the substrate, and a light extraction layer disposed on the substrate, the pixel isolation structure has a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, the light extraction layer is disposed in the pixel region, and the light extraction
  • H1 the maximum distance between the upper surface of the layer and the upper surface of the substrate is H1
  • H2 the minimum distance between the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure and the upper surface of the substrate
  • the pixel isolation structure has a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, and then coating, printing or printing on a substrate corresponding to the pixel region
  • the light extraction solution when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution, thereby
  • the surface of the pixel isolation structure is made to have different hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity from the light extraction solution, and the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface and/or the sidewall of the pixel isolation structure in the step of forming the light extraction layer.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a light emitting device provided with a light extraction layer provided on a surface of an anode layer according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a light emitting device having a light extraction layer in a functional layer group provided by the present invention, wherein the light extraction layer is not shown in the drawing;
  • FIG. 3 shows the light extraction layer provided by the present invention disposed between the first electrode layer and the functional layer group, between any two adjacent layers in the functional layer group, or between the functional layer group and the second electrode layer.
  • FIG. 4 is a view showing a pixel spectrum of a light-emitting device fabricated in an embodiment of the present invention and a comparative example;
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of another light-emitting layer provided on the surface of the anode layer provided by the present invention.
  • the light extraction layer is prepared by a process such as slit coating, spin coating, screen printing, coating or printing, the light extraction layer material is easily caused on the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure and / or residual of the sidewalls, resulting in a technical problem of easy color mixing between adjacent pixel regions in the fabrication process of existing light-emitting devices.
  • the inventors of the present invention have studied the above problems, and provided a light emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof, the method comprising the steps of: forming a pixel isolation structure on a substrate, the pixel isolation structure having a plurality of pixel regions isolated from each other, and The exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface or a hydrophobic surface; a light extraction solution is coated, printed or printed on a substrate corresponding to the pixel region to form a light extraction layer, and the light extraction solution includes a base material, scattering particles and a solvent. And when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution.
  • the fabrication method comprises first forming a pixel isolation structure having a hydrophilic or hydrophobic exposed surface, the pixel isolation structure having a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, and then coating, printing or printing the light extraction solution on the substrate corresponding to the pixel region.
  • the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution
  • the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution
  • the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution
  • the surface of the isolation structure has different hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity with the light extraction solution, and thus the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface and/or the side wall of the pixel isolation structure in the step of forming the light extraction layer, but in gravity
  • the image is reflowed into the pixel region, thereby effectively preventing the light emitted by the light emitting device in the adjacent pixel region from scattering the light to the adjacent pixel region through the residual light extraction structure, thereby reducing the color mixing phenomenon and improving the light emitting of the light emitting device. effectiveness.
  • a pixel isolation structure is formed on the substrate, the pixel isolation structure has a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, and the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface or a hydrophobic surface.
  • the material forming the exposed surface is at least one of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and a hydrophilic photoresist (eg, polyimide), wherein the hydrophilic
  • the photoresist contains a hydrophilic group, such as one or more of a carboxyl group, a carboxylate, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a quaternary ammonium salt, an ester group, a hydrazide group, an amide group or a sulfonic acid group; when the exposed surface When it is a hydrophobic surface, the material forming the bare surface is at least one of hydrophobic resins, wherein the hydrophobic resin contains a hydrophobic group such as an aryl
  • the step of forming the pixel isolation structure may include: forming an isolation substrate; forming an isolation film disposed on the upper surface and the side surface of the isolation substrate, the surface of the isolation film constituting the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure.
  • the exposed surface is a hydrophilic surface
  • the material forming the exposed surface is silicon oxide and/or silicon nitride
  • the exposed surface is a hydrophobic surface
  • the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophobic resin, wherein hydrophobic
  • the resin contains a hydrophobic group such as one or more of an aryl group, an ester, an ether, an amine, and an amide group
  • the hydrophobic resin may be a fluorinated polyimide.
  • the separator formed on the surface of the isolation substrate is formed using a hydrophilic material or a hydrophobic material, so that when the light extraction solution and the separator have different hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity, the light extraction layer can be subsequently formed.
  • the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface or the sidewall of the pixel isolation structure, but flows back into the pixel region under the action of gravity, thereby effectively preventing color mixture between adjacent pixel regions.
  • the step of forming the pixel isolation structure includes: forming an isolation substrate, the exposed surface of the isolation substrate constituting the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure.
  • the above pixel isolation structure may be an isolation substrate formed of a hydrophilic material or a hydrophobic material.
  • the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophilic photoresist, wherein the hydrophilic photoresist contains a hydrophilic group such as a carboxyl group, a carboxylate, or a hydroxyl group.
  • the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure can directly have hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, thereby not only preventing color mixing between adjacent pixel regions, but also eliminating the process steps of preparing the above isolation film, simplifying the process of the light emitting device. Process.
  • the step of forming the isolation substrate may include: sequentially disposing a first electrode layer and a photoresist on a surface of the substrate; performing a photolithography process on the photoresist to make the first electrode layer a portion of the surface is exposed to form a pixel region, and the remaining photoresist forms an isolation substrate.
  • the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate intersect at an extending surface away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer.
  • the photoresist may be a hydrophilic photoresist or a hydrophobic photoresist, wherein the hydrophilic photoresist may contain a hydrophilic group including a carboxyl group, a carboxylate, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a quaternary ammonium salt, One or more of an ester group, a hydrazide group, an amide group or a sulfonic acid group, such as a polyimide, the hydrophobic resin may contain one or more of an aryl group, an ester, an ether, an amine, or an amide group. Such as fluorinated polyimide.
  • the photolithography process may specifically include: forming a first electrode layer on the pre-formed substrate, applying a layer of photoresist on the first electrode layer, sequentially exposing and developing according to the prior art, and removing part of the light.
  • the glue is formed to form a pixel region, and the remaining portion of the photoresist forms the above-described isolation substrate having inclined sidewalls disposed on the first electrode layer. Since the above-described isolation substrate formed has inclined side walls, the light extraction solution can be reflowed into the pixel region by gravity in the subsequent step of forming the light extraction layer.
  • the spacer When the spacer is an inverted trapezoid, a negative photoresist is selected in the photolithography process; when the spacer is a positive trapezoid, a positive photoresist needs to be selected in the photolithography process.
  • the first electrode layer can be disposed separately from the pixel isolation structure, that is, the pixel isolation structure is not disposed on the first electrode layer, but is disposed on the substrate, and at this time, the first electrode The layer is only disposed in the pixel area (this arrangement is not shown in the drawing).
  • the step of forming the isolation substrate further comprises: etching away part of the isolation strips such that a side surface of the isolation strips away from the substrate is convex away from the substrate.
  • the non-planar, non-planar is composed of a planar segment and/or a curved segment having an angle with the upper surface of the first electrode layer, and has a curved dome.
  • the arc here is an approximate arc, not just a strictly smooth arc.
  • the non-planar surface is a curved surface.
  • the above non-planar surface may be naturally formed by a process, and the spacer strip having the above surface can further ensure that the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure in the subsequent step of forming the light extraction layer, but is performed by gravity The lower reflow into the pixel area, thereby effectively preventing color mixing between adjacent pixel areas.
  • the vertical distance of the side surface of the spacer from the first electrode layer to the first electrode layer or the substrate is 1-4 ⁇ m. Defining the vertical distance of the surface of the spacer strip to the first electrode layer within the above preferred range ensures that the coated solution within the pixel does not overflow into adjacent pixels to cause color mixing.
  • a light extraction solution is disposed on the substrate corresponding to the pixel region to form a light extraction layer, the light extraction solution includes a base material, scattering particles, and a solvent, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is In the case of a hydrophilic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution.
  • the above light extraction solution may be disposed by coating, printing or printing, specifically slit coating, spin coating, screen printing or inkjet printing.
  • the light extraction layer may be disposed outside the electrode layer, such as the light extraction layer disposed on a side of the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer away from the functional layer group.
  • the fabrication method further includes the step of disposing the first electrode layer 410 on the substrate 10, wherein the step of forming the light extraction layer 30 includes:
  • the functional layer group 420 and the second electrode layer 430 are sequentially stacked on a part of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or all of the first electrode layers, and part or all of the first electrode layer, the functional layer group and the second electrode corresponding to the pixel region
  • the layer constitutes a light emitting structure, and the first electrode layer 410 and the second electrode layer 430 are different and are respectively selected from one of a cathode layer and an anode layer; light extraction is disposed on a surface of the second electrode layer 420 away from the functional layer group 420
  • the solution forms a light extraction layer 30.
  • the portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region means that only a portion of the first electrode layer is disposed corresponding to the pixel region when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed on the first electrode layer, as shown in FIG. 1; All the first electrode layers are disposed when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed separately from the first electrode layer (ie, the pixel isolation structure 20 is not disposed on the first electrode layer), and all of the first electrode layers are disposed corresponding to the pixel regions, as shown in FIG. 5 . .
  • the light extraction layer 30 disposed on the outer surface of the second electrode layer 430 may be formed by the above process steps, and the formed light emitting device Figure 1. Since the material of the cathode layer is usually a material having a low light transmittance such as silver, when the second electrode layer 430 is a cathode layer, the thickness of the cathode layer is preferably 25 nm or less.
  • the thickness of the cathode layer is within the above-mentioned preferred thickness range, light emitted from the light-emitting structure can simultaneously penetrate the cathode layer and the anode layer, that is, a light-emitting device that forms a double-sided light.
  • the light extraction layer may be disposed between the two electrode layers.
  • the fabrication method before the step of forming the pixel isolation structure 20, the fabrication method further includes the step of disposing the first electrode layer 410 on the substrate 10, where The step of forming the light extraction layer 30 further includes mixing the light extraction solution with a solution forming any one or more of the functional layer groups to form a mixed solution, and setting the mixed liquid to a portion corresponding to the pixel region.
  • a functional layer group 420 having a light extraction layer 30 is formed on the electrode layer or all of the first electrode layers; a second electrode layer 430 is formed on the light extraction layer 30, and the second electrode layer 430 and the first electrode layer 410 are different and One selected from the group consisting of a cathode layer and an anode layer, respectively, wherein the formed light extraction layer 30 is electrically conductive sexual light extraction layer.
  • the light extraction layer 30 can be formed in the functional layer group 420 by the above process steps, thereby eliminating the step of separately preparing the light extraction layer 30, further simplifying the process flow of the light emitting device.
  • the portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region means that only a portion of the first electrode layer is disposed corresponding to the pixel region when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed on the first electrode layer, and the light emitting device formed by using the arrangement manner is As shown in FIG. 2, all the first electrode layers corresponding to the pixel regions refer to all the first electrode layers when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed separately from the first electrode layer (ie, the pixel isolation structure 20 is not disposed on the first electrode layer). Corresponding to the pixel area (this setting is not shown in the drawing).
  • the step of forming the light extraction layer 30 may further include: providing a light extraction solution on a surface of a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or all of the surfaces of the first electrode layer to form the light extraction layer 30. Forming the light-emitting device as shown in FIG.
  • a functional layer or a multi-layer functional layer of the functional layer group 420 on the surface of the portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or on the surface of all of the first electrode layers
  • a light extraction solution is disposed on 420 to form a light extraction layer 30;
  • a second electrode layer 430 is formed on the light extraction layer 30, and the second electrode layer 430 and the first electrode layer 410 are different and are respectively selected from the cathode layer and the anode layer.
  • the formed light extraction layer 30 is a light extraction layer having conductivity.
  • the light-emitting device is an electroluminescent device, and when the light extraction layer is disposed between the two electrode layers, the light extraction layer needs to have conductivity in order to achieve good light emission.
  • the partial first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region means that only the first electrode layer is disposed corresponding to the pixel region when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed on the first electrode layer, and all of the first regions corresponding to the pixel region are The electrode layer means that all the first electrode layers are disposed corresponding to the pixel regions when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed separately from the first electrode layer (ie, the pixel isolation structure 20 is not disposed on the first electrode layer).
  • the maximum distance between the upper surface of the light extraction layer 30 and the upper surface of the substrate 10 is less than the minimum distance between the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure 20 and the upper surface of the substrate 10, ie, relative to the substrate.
  • the height of the upper surface of the light extraction layer is lower than the height of the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure, so that the light emitted by the light emitting device in the adjacent pixel region can be more effectively prevented from scattering the light to the adjacent region through the light extraction layer.
  • the pixel area reduces the color mixing phenomenon and improves the luminous efficiency of the light emitting device.
  • the above-described light extraction layer is formed in each of the pixel regions to form a plurality of mutually isolated light extraction layers.
  • the isolation substrate has inclined side walls (side walls, that is, side surfaces)
  • the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface or side of the pixel isolation structure when the light extraction solution is applied, printed, or printed to each pixel region.
  • the wall is returned to the pixel region under the action of gravity, so that a plurality of light-emitting structures separated by the pixel isolation structure are formed in the light-emitting device, thereby enabling the light-emitting device to be emitted by adjusting the color of the light emitted from each of the light-emitting structures.
  • the light meets the actual color needs.
  • the preparation process of the cathode layer and the anode layer may be selected according to the prior art, preferably, the above The preparation process is sputtering or evaporation.
  • the process of forming a functional layer group includes: sequentially setting a first injection layer on a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region, a first transport layer, a light emitting layer, a second implant layer, and a second transport layer.
  • the light emitting device formed by the functional layer group having the above structure is QLED or OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), in which case the light extraction layer formed by the coating, printing or printing process can be located in a QLED or OLED.
  • the first electrode layer when the first electrode layer is an anode layer and the second electrode layer is a cathode layer, the first injection layer is a hole injection layer, and the first transmission layer is a hole transport layer;
  • the second electrode layer is a cathode layer, the second injection layer is an electron injection layer, and the second transmission layer is an electron transport layer.
  • the first electrode layer is a cathode layer and the second electrode layer is an anode layer
  • the first injection layer is an electron injection layer
  • the first transmission layer is an electron transport layer
  • the second injection layer is a hole injection layer
  • the layer is a hole transport layer.
  • the process of preparing the functional layer group in the above QLED or OLED device may be slit coating, spin coating, screen printing or inkjet printing, preferably inkjet printing technology, in which case
  • the functional layer material is liquid in the form of a solvent, and each of the liquid functional layer materials may be a zinc oxide material forming an electron injecting/transporting layer, a quantum dot material forming a light emitting layer, and a polyethylene dioxythiophene forming a hole injecting layer: poly Styrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) and a polyvinyl carbazole (PVK) material forming a hole transport layer.
  • the pixel isolation structure is capable of confining the liquid functional layer material ejected by the inkjet printing in the pixel region, and after the printing, the solvent in the liquid functional layer material is volatilized to become the dried functional layers.
  • the light extraction solution includes a matrix material having a mass percentage of 1 to 20%, 1 to 30% of scattering particles, and 50 to 98% of a solvent. Also, preferably, the difference between the refractive index of the base material and the refractive index of the scattering particles is greater than or equal to 0.5.
  • the refractive index of the base material and the refractive index of the scattering particles are limited to the above preferred range, and the scattering ability and light extraction efficiency of the formed light extraction layer can be further improved, and the stronger the scattering ability of the light extraction layer, the higher the light extraction efficiency. high.
  • the above light extraction solution means that the scattering particles or the matrix material are dispersed in a solvent.
  • the base material is a non-conductive polymer, such as polyester acrylate, urethane acrylate, polyacrylate, epoxy acrylate, polyether acrylate.
  • a non-conductive polymer such as polyester acrylate, urethane acrylate, polyacrylate, epoxy acrylate, polyether acrylate.
  • One or more of materials such as esters and acetyl cyanurate for immobilizing scattering particles.
  • the base material is a conductive polymer, such as one of polyacetylene, polyaniline, doped polyethylene, polypyrrole, polythiophene, and conductive epoxy resin.
  • the matrix material is a functional material in the functional layer
  • the functional material is, for example, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-polystyrenesulfonic acid, 2, 3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanodimethyl p-benzoquinone, polyvinylcarbazole, N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-(3-methyl Phenyl)-1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine (DOFL-TPD), N', N'-bis(4-butylphenyl), -N', N'-double ( Phenyl)benzidine), N',N'-bis(3-methylphenyl), -N',N'-bis(phenyl)-9,9-dioctylfluorene, poly((9, 9-diocty
  • the affinity of the light extraction solution is mainly determined by the solvent thereof.
  • the solvent of the hydrophilic solution may include water, formamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide. Any one of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, acetone, n-butanol, tetrahydrofuran, methyl formate, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, n-butyl ether, propylene glycol methyl ether, and propylene glycol methyl ether acetate.
  • the solvent may include chloroform, chlorobenzene, xylene, toluene, benzene, n-hexane, cyclohexane, n-heptane, octane, decane, undecane, dodecane, n-tetradecane, hexadecane and n. Any one or more of octane and ethyl benzoate, but not limited to the above-mentioned species, a person skilled in the art can select a suitable solvent type according to process factors such as evaporation area, vacuum degree and temperature in the actual preparation process.
  • the use of the component having the above content enables the formed light extraction solution to have higher hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, thereby further ensuring that the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface or side wall of the pixel isolation structure, but in gravity It flows back into the pixel area.
  • the average particle diameter of the light scattering particles in the light extraction solution is between 20 and 500 nm, further It is preferably between 50 and 400 nm.
  • the scattering particles occupy a larger volume content of the light extraction layer, the larger the scattering effect, the better the light extraction effect; however, while the content of the scattering particles increases, the surface roughness of the film layer becomes larger, which increases the risk of leakage.
  • the volume of the scattering particles accounts for at least the volume of the light extraction layer. 20%, preferably at least 50%, and the volume of the scattering particles in the present application refers to the sum of the volumes of all the scattering particles dispersed in one light extraction layer.
  • the light scattering particles are preferably titanium oxide particles, cerium oxide particles, cerium oxide particles, zirconium oxide particles, aluminum oxide particles, tungsten oxide particles, or cerium oxide. Particles, vanadium oxide particles, molybdenum oxide particles, silicon oxide particles, chromium oxide particles, iron oxide particles, copper oxide particles, lead oxide particles, manganese oxide particles, tin oxide particles, zinc oxide particles, lead sulfide particles, cerium oxide particles, One or more of zinc sulfide particles, cadmium sulfide particles, zinc telluride particles and cadmium selenide particles.
  • the light emitting device includes a substrate 10 and a pixel isolation structure 20 and light extraction provided on the substrate 10.
  • the layer 30, the pixel isolation structure 20 has a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, the light extraction layer 30 is disposed in the pixel region, and the light extraction layer 30 includes a light extraction substrate and scattering particles disposed in the light extraction substrate, wherein the light extraction layer It is formed by volatilizing the solvent of the light extraction solution.
  • the light extraction solution may be treated by a curing process to form a light extraction layer, wherein the curing process may be photocuring or heat curing.
  • the material forming the light extraction layer is a hydrophobic solution
  • the material forming the extraction layer It is a hydrophilic solution, so that the pixel isolation structure and the light extraction solution can have different hydrophilic hydrophobicity in the preparation process of the extraction layer, so that the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface and/or the sidewall of the pixel isolation structure.
  • the maximum distance between the upper surface of the light extraction layer and the upper surface of the substrate is H1
  • the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure and the substrate The minimum distance between the upper surfaces is H2, and H1 is less than H2.
  • the light emitting device may further include a first electrode layer, a functional layer group and a second electrode layer which are sequentially stacked on the substrate surface corresponding to the pixel region, wherein the functional layer group includes one or more functional layers, wherein the light extraction layer It may be disposed between the first electrode layer and the substrate, or disposed on a side of the second electrode layer away from the functional layer; It may also be disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, such as between the first electrode layer and the functional layer group, or in one or more functional layers of the functional layer group (the functional layer also has light extraction) The function of the layer), between any two adjacent functional layers of the plurality of functional layers of the functional layer group, between the functional layer group and the second electrode layer.
  • the light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is shown in FIG. 1 , and the manufacturing method thereof comprises the following steps:
  • a cathode layer is formed on the substrate by evaporation, and a photoresist is coated on the cathode layer, and then exposed and developed sequentially to form a pixel isolation structure.
  • the pixel isolation structure has three mutually isolated pixel regions, and the pixel is isolated.
  • the exposed surface of the structure is a hydrophilic surface.
  • the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate in the pixel isolation structure are perpendicular to the substrate, the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer, and the side surface of the spacer away from the substrate is flat;
  • An electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole transport layer, a hole injection layer, and an anode layer are sequentially stacked on a portion of the cathode layer corresponding to the pixel region, wherein the light-emitting layer is formed by an inkjet printing technique, and the light-emitting layer is formed by sputtering
  • the plating technique forms the anode layer described above, and the remaining layers are formed by a slit coating technique.
  • a hydrophobic light extraction solution is then applied to the surface of the anode layer remote from the functional layer set to form a light extraction layer.
  • the material forming the exposed surface is polyimide
  • the light extraction solution comprises 1 wt% of TiO 2 , 20 wt% of urethane acrylate and 79 wt% of toluene
  • the material forming the cathode electrode layer is Ag
  • forming electron injection/transport The material of the layer is zinc oxide
  • the material forming the hole injection layer is polyethylene dioxythiophene: polystyrene sulfonate
  • the material forming the hole transport layer is polyvinyl carbazole
  • the anode electrode layer is ITO anode.
  • the material of the light-emitting layer in the intermediate pixel region of the pixel isolation structure comprises a red light quantum dot having an emission wavelength of 635 nm and an oleic acid ligand coordinated to the surface of the quantum dot, and the light-emitting layer is located in a pixel region on both sides of the intermediate pixel region.
  • Materials include green quantum dots with an emission wavelength of 525 nm.
  • the light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is shown in FIG. 3, and the manufacturing method thereof comprises the following steps:
  • a cathode layer is formed on the substrate by evaporation, and a photoresist is coated on the cathode layer, and then exposed and developed sequentially to form a pixel isolation structure.
  • the pixel isolation structure has three mutually isolated pixel regions, and the pixel is isolated.
  • the exposed surface of the structure is a hydrophilic surface.
  • the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate in the pixel isolation structure are perpendicular to the substrate, the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer, and the side surface of the spacer away from the substrate is flat;
  • a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron injection layer, and an electron transport layer and an anode layer are sequentially stacked on a portion of the cathode layer corresponding to the pixel region, wherein the light-emitting layer is formed by an inkjet printing technique, and the light-emitting layer is formed by sputtering
  • the plating technique forms the anode layer described above, and the remaining layers are formed by a slit coating technique.
  • a hydrophobic light extraction solution is coated on the surface of the cathode layer remote from the substrate to form a light extraction layer disposed between the cathode layer and the hole injection layer.
  • the material forming the exposed surface is polyimide
  • the light extraction solution comprises a light extraction solution comprising 30 wt% of TiO 2 , 1 wt% of polythiophene and 69 wt% of ethyl benzoate
  • the material forming the cathode electrode layer is Ag.
  • the thickness of the cathode electrode layer is 20 nm
  • the material forming the electron injection/transport layer is zinc oxide
  • the material forming the hole injection layer is polyvinyl carbazole
  • the material forming the hole transport layer is polyethylene dioxythiophene
  • the anode electrode layer is an ITO anode.
  • the material of the light-emitting layer in the intermediate pixel region of the pixel isolation structure comprises a red light quantum dot having an emission wavelength of 635 nm and an oleic acid ligand coordinated to the surface of the quantum dot, and the light-emitting layer is located in a pixel region on both sides of the intermediate pixel region.
  • Materials include green quantum dots with an emission wavelength of 525 nm.
  • the light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is shown in FIG. 2, and the manufacturing method thereof comprises the following steps:
  • a cathode layer is formed on the substrate by evaporation, and a photoresist is coated on the cathode layer, and then exposed and developed sequentially to form a pixel isolation structure.
  • the pixel isolation structure has three mutually isolated pixel regions, and the pixel is isolated.
  • the exposed surface of the structure is a hydrophobic surface.
  • the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate are perpendicular to the substrate, the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer, and the side surface of the spacer away from the substrate is a plane. ;
  • An electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole transport layer, a hole injection layer, and an anode layer are sequentially stacked on a portion of the cathode layer corresponding to the pixel region, wherein the light-emitting layer is formed by an inkjet printing technique, and the light-emitting layer is formed by sputtering
  • the plating technique forms the anode layer described above, and the remaining layers are formed by a slit coating technique.
  • a hydrophilic light extraction solution is mixed with a material forming the anode electrode layer to form a mixed liquid, and a light extraction layer provided in the anode electrode layer is formed.
  • the material forming the exposed surface is fluorinated polyimide
  • the light extraction solution comprises a light extraction solution comprising 9 wt% of TiO 2 , 1 wt% of polythiophene and 90 wt% of formamide
  • the material forming the cathode electrode layer is Ag.
  • the material forming the electron injecting/transporting layer is zinc oxide
  • the material forming the hole injecting layer is polyethylene dioxythiophene: polystyrene sulfonate
  • the material forming the hole transporting layer is polyvinyl carbazole
  • the anode electrode The layer is an ITO anode.
  • the material of the light-emitting layer in the intermediate pixel region of the pixel isolation structure comprises a red light quantum dot having an emission wavelength of 635 nm and an oleic acid ligand coordinated to the surface of the quantum dot, and the material of the light-emitting layer in the pixel region located on both sides of the intermediate pixel region includes
  • the emission wavelength is 525 nm green quantum dots.
  • the light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is as shown in FIG. 1, and the manufacturing method thereof is different from that in the first embodiment in that:
  • the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, and the material forming the exposed surface is fluorinated polyimide;
  • the extending surfaces of the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate intersect in a direction away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer strip, and a side surface of the spacer strip away from the substrate is away from the substrate.
  • a convex curved surface, and the maximum vertical distance from the surface to the cathode layer is 5 ⁇ m;
  • the light extraction solution was a hydrophilic solution, and the light extraction solution included 9 wt% of TiO 2 , 1 wt% of urethane acrylate, and 90 wt% of butanone.
  • the light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is shown in FIG. 3, and the manufacturing method thereof is different from that in Embodiment 2 in that:
  • the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, and the material forming the exposed surface is fluorinated polyimide;
  • the extending surfaces of the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate intersect in a direction away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer strip, and a side surface of the spacer strip away from the substrate is away from the substrate.
  • a convex curved surface, and the maximum vertical distance from the surface to the cathode layer is 1 ⁇ m;
  • the light extraction solution was a hydrophilic solution, and the light extraction solution included 9 wt% of TiO 2 , 1 wt% of polypyrrole, and 90 wt% of butanone.
  • the light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is shown in FIG. 2, and the manufacturing method thereof is different from that in Embodiment 3 in that:
  • the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface, and the material forming the exposed surface is polyimide;
  • the extending surfaces of the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate intersect in a direction away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer strip, and a side surface of the spacer strip away from the substrate is away from the substrate.
  • a convex curved surface, and the maximum vertical distance from the surface to the cathode layer is 4 ⁇ m;
  • the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and the light extraction solution includes a light extraction solution including 9 wt% of TiO 2 , 1 wt% of polypyrrole, and 90 wt% of ethyl benzoate.
  • the light-emitting device produced by the present comparative example is as shown in FIG. 1, and the manufacturing method thereof is different from that of the embodiment 4 in that:
  • the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface, and the material forming the exposed surface is polyimide.
  • each of Examples 1 to 6 has a peak only between 600 and 700 nm, so that there is no color mixing phenomenon; and Comparative Example 1 has a peak not only between 600 and 700 nm but also between 500 and 600 nm. There are also peaks, that is, red and green light appear simultaneously due to the phenomenon of color mixing.
  • the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface or the sidewall of the pixel isolation structure, but flows back into the pixel region under the action of gravity, thereby effectively preventing the adjacent pixel regions from being Color mixing improves the luminous efficiency of the light emitting device;
  • the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure can directly have hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, thereby not only preventing color mixing between adjacent pixel regions, but also eliminating the process steps of preparing the above isolation film, simplifying the process flow of the light emitting device. ;
  • the present invention further simplifies the process flow of the light-emitting device by forming the light extraction layer in the functional layer group, thereby eliminating the step of separately preparing the light extraction layer.

Abstract

Provided are a light-emitting device and a manufacturing method therefor. The method comprises the following steps: a pixel isolation structure (20) is formed on a substrate (10), wherein the pixel isolation structure has a plurality of pixel regions isolated from each other, and an exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface or a hydrophobic surface; and a light extraction solution is arranged on the substrate corresponding to the pixel regions so as to form a light extraction layer (30), wherein the light extraction solution comprises a base material, scattered particles and a solvent, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution. In the step of forming the light extraction layer, the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface or lateral walls of the pixel isolation structure, but instead flows back to the pixel regions under the action of gravity, so that colour mixing between adjacent pixel regions is effectively prevented, and the light-emitting efficiency of the light-emitting device is improved.

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发光器件及其制作方法Light emitting device and manufacturing method thereof 技术领域Technical field
本发明涉及光学技术领域,具体而言,涉及一种发光器件及其制作方法。The present invention relates to the field of optical technologies, and in particular to a light emitting device and a method of fabricating the same.
背景技术Background technique
量子点发光器件(QLED,Quantum Dot light Emitting Device)是近些年显示领域的重要突破,它和OLED一样都是采用电致发光原理进行发光。各个QLED器件制作在每一由像素隔离层(Pixel defining layer,也称作像素隔离结构)界定的像素区域内,QLED的功能层组一般包括电子注入层,电子传输层,发光层,空穴传输层,空穴注入层,功能层组以及设置于其两侧的阳极和阴极组成发光结构,共同实现QLED的发光。阴极通常用银材料,阳极通常用ITO。Quantum Dot Light Emitting Device (QLED) is an important breakthrough in the field of display in recent years. Like OLED, it uses the principle of electroluminescence to emit light. Each QLED device is fabricated in each pixel region defined by a pixel isolation layer (Pixel defining layer), and the functional layer group of the QLED generally includes an electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a light emitting layer, and a hole transport. The layer, the hole injection layer, the functional layer group and the anode and the cathode disposed on both sides thereof constitute a light-emitting structure to jointly realize the light emission of the QLED. The cathode is usually made of silver and the anode is usually made of ITO.
在发光器件中,由于界面间的全反射导致光损失,会导致出光效率降低。现有技术中通常在发光器件的电极之间或在电极外设置光提取层,来提高发光器件的出光效率。然而,在用狭缝涂布、旋转涂布、丝网印刷等工艺制备光提取层时,容易造成光提取层材料在像素隔离结构的上表面和侧表面的残留;在用打印工艺制备光提取层时,容易造成光提取层材料在像素隔离结构的侧表面的残留,从而使光从一个像素区域通过光提取层的散射粒子传播到相邻的另一个像素区域,进而导致相邻像素之间造成混色。In a light-emitting device, light loss due to total reflection between interfaces causes a decrease in light-emitting efficiency. In the prior art, a light extraction layer is usually provided between electrodes of the light emitting device or outside the electrodes to improve the light extraction efficiency of the light emitting device. However, when the light extraction layer is prepared by a process such as slit coating, spin coating, screen printing, etc., the light extraction layer material is liable to remain on the upper surface and the side surface of the pixel isolation structure; the light extraction is prepared by a printing process. When the layer is layered, it is easy to cause the light extraction layer material to remain on the side surface of the pixel isolation structure, thereby causing light to propagate from one pixel region through the scattering particles of the light extraction layer to another adjacent pixel region, thereby causing between adjacent pixels. Causes color mixing.
发明内容Summary of the invention
本发明的主要目的在于提供一种发光器件及其制作方法,以解决现有发光器件的制作工艺中相邻像素区域之间容易混色的技术问题。The main object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof, which solve the technical problem of easy color mixing between adjacent pixel regions in the manufacturing process of the conventional light emitting device.
为了实现上述目的,根据本发明的一个方面,提供了一种发光器件的制作方法,包括以下步骤:在基板上形成像素隔离结构,像素隔离结构具有多个相互隔离的像素区域,且像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面或疏水性表面;在与像素区域对应的基板上设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层,光提取溶液包括基体材料、散射粒子和溶剂,且当像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面时,光提取溶液为疏水性溶液,当像素隔离结构的裸露表面为疏水性表面时,光提取溶液为亲水性溶液。In order to achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, a method for fabricating a light emitting device includes the steps of: forming a pixel isolation structure on a substrate, the pixel isolation structure having a plurality of isolated pixel regions, and a pixel isolation structure The bare surface is a hydrophilic surface or a hydrophobic surface; a light extraction solution is disposed on the substrate corresponding to the pixel region to form a light extraction layer, the light extraction solution includes a base material, scattering particles and a solvent, and when the pixel isolation structure is exposed When the surface is a hydrophilic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution.
进一步地,形成像素隔离结构的步骤包括:形成隔离基体,隔离基体的裸露表面构成像素隔离结构的裸露表面。Further, the step of forming the pixel isolation structure includes: forming an isolation substrate, the exposed surface of the isolation substrate constituting the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure.
进一步地,形成像素隔离结构的步骤包括:形成隔离基体;形成设置于隔离基体上表面和侧表面的隔离膜,隔离膜的表面构成像素隔离结构的裸露表面。 Further, the step of forming the pixel isolation structure includes: forming an isolation substrate; forming an isolation film disposed on the upper surface and the side surface of the isolation substrate, the surface of the isolation film constituting the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure.
进一步地,当裸露表面为亲水性表面时,形成裸露表面的材料为亲水性光刻胶;当裸露表面为疏水性表面时,形成裸露表面的材料为疏水性树脂。Further, when the exposed surface is a hydrophilic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophilic photoresist; when the exposed surface is a hydrophobic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophobic resin.
进一步地,当裸露表面为亲水性表面时,形成裸露表面的材料为氧化硅和/或氮化硅;当裸露表面为疏水性表面时,形成裸露表面的材料为疏水性树脂。Further, when the exposed surface is a hydrophilic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is silicon oxide and/or silicon nitride; when the exposed surface is a hydrophobic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophobic resin.
进一步地,形成隔离基体的步骤包括:在基板的表面上依次设置第一电极层和光刻胶;对光刻胶进行光刻工艺,以使第一电极层的部分表面露出以形成像素区域,剩余的光刻胶形成隔离基体,隔离基体的相邻侧壁的沿远离基板方向的延伸面相交,且相邻的侧壁之间的隔离基体为隔离条。Further, the step of forming the isolation substrate comprises: sequentially disposing a first electrode layer and a photoresist on the surface of the substrate; performing a photolithography process on the photoresist to expose a portion of the surface of the first electrode layer to form a pixel region, The remaining photoresist forms an isolation substrate, and adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate intersect in an extended plane away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between adjacent sidewalls is a spacer.
进一步地,在光刻工艺之后,形成隔离基体的步骤还包括:刻蚀掉部分隔离条,以使隔离条的远离基板的一侧表面为向远离基板的方向凸起的非平面,非平面由与第一电极层的上表面具有夹角的平面段和/或弧面段组成,且具有弧形拱顶。Further, after the photolithography process, the step of forming the isolation substrate further comprises: etching away part of the isolation strips such that a side surface of the isolation strip away from the substrate is a non-planar surface that is convex away from the substrate, and the non-planar surface is It is composed of a plane segment and/or a curved surface segment having an angle with the upper surface of the first electrode layer, and has an arcuate dome.
进一步地,隔离条的远离第一电极层的一侧表面到第一电极层的垂直距离为1~4μm。Further, a vertical distance from a side surface of the spacer strip away from the first electrode layer to the first electrode layer is 1 to 4 μm.
进一步地,光提取溶液包括质量百分比为1~20%的基体材料,1~30%的散射粒子和50~98%的溶剂。Further, the light extraction solution comprises a matrix material having a mass percentage of 1 to 20%, 1 to 30% of scattering particles, and 50 to 98% of a solvent.
进一步地,在形成像素隔离结构的步骤之前,制作方法还包括在基板的表面上设置第一电极层的步骤,此时形成光提取层的步骤包括:在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层上或全部第一电极层上顺序层叠功能层组和第二电极层,与像素区域对应的部分或全部第一电极层、功能层组和第二电极层构成发光结构,且第一电极层和第二电极层不同且分别选自阴极层和阳极层中的一种;在第二电极层的远离功能层组的表面上设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层。Further, before the step of forming the pixel isolation structure, the fabricating method further comprises the step of disposing a first electrode layer on the surface of the substrate, wherein the step of forming the light extraction layer comprises: a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region The functional layer group and the second electrode layer are sequentially stacked on the upper or all first electrode layers, and part or all of the first electrode layer, the functional layer group and the second electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region constitute a light emitting structure, and the first electrode layer and The second electrode layers are different and are respectively selected from one of a cathode layer and an anode layer; a light extraction solution is disposed on a surface of the second electrode layer away from the functional layer group to form a light extraction layer.
进一步地,在形成像素隔离结构的步骤之前,制作方法还包括在基板的表面上设置第一电极层的步骤,此时形成光提取层的步骤包括:将光提取溶液与形成功能层组中任一层或多层的溶液混合形成混合液,将混合液设置在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层上或全部第一电极层上,形成具有光提取层的功能层组,或在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层的表面或全部第一电极层的表面设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层,或在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层的表面上或全部第一电极层的表面上形成功能层组的一层功能层或多层功能层,在功能层上设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层,或在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层的表面上或全部第一电极层的表面上形成功能层组,在功能层组上设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层;在光提取层上形成第二电极层,且第二电极层和第一电极层不同且分别选自阴极层和阳极层中的一种,其中,形成的光提取层为具有导电性的光提取层。Further, before the step of forming the pixel isolation structure, the fabricating method further comprises the step of disposing a first electrode layer on the surface of the substrate, wherein the step of forming the light extraction layer comprises: forming the light extraction solution and forming the functional layer group One or more layers of the solution are mixed to form a mixed solution, and the mixed solution is disposed on a part of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or all of the first electrode layers to form a functional layer group having a light extraction layer, or in a pixel a surface of the first electrode layer corresponding to the region or a surface of all the first electrode layers is provided with a light extraction solution to form a light extraction layer, or on a surface of a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or all of the first electrode layer Forming a functional layer or a plurality of functional layers of the functional layer group on the surface, and providing a light extraction solution on the functional layer to form a light extraction layer, or on the surface of the portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or all of the first Forming a functional layer group on the surface of the electrode layer, providing a light extraction solution on the functional layer group to form a light extraction layer; forming a second electrode layer on the light extraction layer, and second A first electrode layer and the electrode layer different and each is selected from one cathode layer and an anode layer, wherein the light extraction layer is formed of a conductive light extraction layer.
进一步地,形成功能层组的过程包括:在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层上顺序设置第一注入层、第一传输层、发光层、第二注入层和第二传输层。Further, the process of forming the functional layer group includes sequentially arranging the first injection layer, the first transport layer, the light emitting layer, the second implant layer, and the second transport layer on a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region.
根据本发明的另一方面,提供了一种发光器件,发光器件由上述的制作方法制作而成。 According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a light emitting device which is fabricated by the above-described fabrication method.
进一步地,发光器件包括基板、设置于基板上的像素隔离结构和设置于基板上的光提取层,像素隔离结构具有多个相互隔离的像素区域,光提取层设置在像素区域中,且光提取层的上表面与基板的上表面之间的最大距离为H1,像素隔离结构的上表面与基板的上表面之间的最小距离为H2,且H1小于H2。Further, the light emitting device includes a substrate, a pixel isolation structure disposed on the substrate, and a light extraction layer disposed on the substrate, the pixel isolation structure has a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, the light extraction layer is disposed in the pixel region, and the light extraction The maximum distance between the upper surface of the layer and the upper surface of the substrate is H1, the minimum distance between the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure and the upper surface of the substrate is H2, and H1 is less than H2.
应用本发明的技术方案,首先形成具有亲水性或疏水性裸露表面的像素隔离结构,像素隔离结构具有多个相互隔离的像素区域,然后在与像素区域对应的基板上涂布、印刷或打印光提取溶液,由于当像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面时,光提取溶液为疏水性溶液,当像素隔离结构的裸露表面为疏水性表面时,光提取溶液为亲水性溶液,从而使上述像素隔离结构的表面与光提取溶液具有不同的亲水性和疏水性,进而在形成光提取层的步骤中光提取溶液不会残留在像素隔离结构的上表面和/或者侧壁,而是在重力作用下回流到像素区域中,进而有效地防止相邻像素区域内的发光器件发出的光通过残留的光提取粒子散射该光至相邻像素区域,即减少了混色现象,提高了发光器件的发光效率。Applying the technical solution of the present invention, firstly forming a pixel isolation structure having a hydrophilic or hydrophobic exposed surface, the pixel isolation structure has a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, and then coating, printing or printing on a substrate corresponding to the pixel region The light extraction solution, when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution, thereby The surface of the pixel isolation structure is made to have different hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity from the light extraction solution, and the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface and/or the sidewall of the pixel isolation structure in the step of forming the light extraction layer. It is reflowed into the pixel region under the action of gravity, thereby effectively preventing the light emitted by the light-emitting device in the adjacent pixel region from scattering the light to the adjacent pixel region through the residual light-extracting particles, thereby reducing the color mixing phenomenon and improving the light emission. The luminous efficiency of the device.
除了上面所描述的目的、特征和优点之外,本发明还有其它的目的、特征和优点。下面将参照图,对本发明作进一步详细的说明。In addition to the objects, features and advantages described above, the present invention has other objects, features and advantages. The invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the drawings.
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构成本发明的一部分的说明书附图用来提供对本发明的进一步理解,本发明的示意性实施例及其说明用于解释本发明,并不构成对本发明的不当限定。在附图中:The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in the claims of the claims In the drawing:
图1示出了本发明所提供的光提取层设置于阳极层的表面上的发光器件的结构示意图;1 is a schematic structural view of a light emitting device provided with a light extraction layer provided on a surface of an anode layer according to the present invention;
图2示出了本发明所提供的功能层组中具有光提取层的发光器件的结构示意图,其中,光提取层未在图中示出;2 is a schematic structural view of a light emitting device having a light extraction layer in a functional layer group provided by the present invention, wherein the light extraction layer is not shown in the drawing;
图3示出了本发明所提供的光提取层设置于第一电极层与功能层组之间、功能层组中相邻的任意两层之间或功能层组与第二电极层之间的发光器件的结构示意图;以及3 shows the light extraction layer provided by the present invention disposed between the first electrode layer and the functional layer group, between any two adjacent layers in the functional layer group, or between the functional layer group and the second electrode layer. Schematic diagram of the device;
图4示出了本发明的实施例与对比例中制作的发光器件的像素光谱图;4 is a view showing a pixel spectrum of a light-emitting device fabricated in an embodiment of the present invention and a comparative example;
图5示出了本发明所提供的另一种光提取层设置于阳极层的表面上的发光器件的结构示意图。FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of another light-emitting layer provided on the surface of the anode layer provided by the present invention.
具体实施方式detailed description
需要说明的是,在不冲突的情况下,本发明中的实施例及实施例中的特征可以相互组合。下面将参考附图并结合实施例来详细说明本发明。It should be noted that the embodiments in the present invention and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.
为了使本技术领域的人员更好地理解本发明方案,下面将结合本发明实施例中的附图,对本发明实施例中的技术方案进行清楚、完整地描述,显然,所描述的实施例仅仅是本发明 一部分的实施例,而不是全部的实施例。基于本发明中的实施例,本领域普通技术人员在没有做出创造性劳动前提下所获得的所有其他实施例,都应当属于本发明保护的范围。The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Is the invention Some embodiments, not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the scope of the present invention.
需要说明的是,本发明的说明书和权利要求书及上述附图中的术语“第一”、“第二”等是用于区别类似的对象,而不必用于描述特定的顺序或先后次序。应该理解这样使用的数据在适当情况下可以互换,以便这里描述的本发明的实施例。此外,术语“包括”和“具有”以及他们的任何变形,意图在于覆盖不排他的包含,例如,包含了一系列步骤或单元的过程、方法、系统、产品或设备不必限于清楚地列出的那些步骤或单元,而是可包括没有清楚地列出的或对于这些过程、方法、产品或设备固有的其它步骤或单元。It is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present invention are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or order. It will be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate to facilitate the embodiments of the invention described herein. In addition, the terms "comprises" and "comprises" and "the" and "the" are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product, or device that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to Those steps or units may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products or devices.
由背景技术可知,现有技术中在用狭缝涂布、旋转涂布、丝网印刷、涂覆或打印等工艺制备光提取层时,容易造成光提取层材料在像素隔离结构的上表面和/或侧壁的残留,从而导致现有发光器件的制作工艺中相邻像素区域之间容易混色的技术问题。本发明的发明人针对上述问题进行研究,提供了一种发光器件及其制作方法,该制作方法包括以下步骤:在基板上形成像素隔离结构,像素隔离结构具有多个相互隔离的像素区域,且像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面或疏水性表面;在与像素区域对应的基板上涂布、印刷或打印光提取溶液,形成光提取层,光提取溶液包括基体材料、散射粒子和溶剂,且当像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面时,光提取溶液为疏水性溶液,当像素隔离结构的裸露表面为疏水性表面时,光提取溶液为亲水性溶液。It can be seen from the prior art that in the prior art, when the light extraction layer is prepared by a process such as slit coating, spin coating, screen printing, coating or printing, the light extraction layer material is easily caused on the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure and / or residual of the sidewalls, resulting in a technical problem of easy color mixing between adjacent pixel regions in the fabrication process of existing light-emitting devices. The inventors of the present invention have studied the above problems, and provided a light emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof, the method comprising the steps of: forming a pixel isolation structure on a substrate, the pixel isolation structure having a plurality of pixel regions isolated from each other, and The exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface or a hydrophobic surface; a light extraction solution is coated, printed or printed on a substrate corresponding to the pixel region to form a light extraction layer, and the light extraction solution includes a base material, scattering particles and a solvent. And when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution.
该制作方法通过首先形成具有亲水性或疏水性裸露表面的像素隔离结构,像素隔离结构具有多个相互隔离的像素区域,然后在与像素区域对应的基板上涂布、印刷或打印光提取溶液,由于当像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面时,光提取溶液为疏水性溶液,当像素隔离结构的裸露表面为疏水性表面时,光提取溶液为亲水性溶液,从而使上述像素隔离结构的表面与光提取溶液具有不同的亲水性和疏水性,进而在形成光提取层的步骤中光提取溶液不会残留在像素隔离结构的上表面和/或者侧壁,而是在重力作用下回流到像素区域中,进而有效地防止相邻像素区域内的发光器件发出的光通过残留的光提取结构散射该光至相邻像素区域,即减少了混色现象,提高了发光器件的发光效率。The fabrication method comprises first forming a pixel isolation structure having a hydrophilic or hydrophobic exposed surface, the pixel isolation structure having a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, and then coating, printing or printing the light extraction solution on the substrate corresponding to the pixel region. When the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution, thereby making the pixel The surface of the isolation structure has different hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity with the light extraction solution, and thus the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface and/or the side wall of the pixel isolation structure in the step of forming the light extraction layer, but in gravity The image is reflowed into the pixel region, thereby effectively preventing the light emitted by the light emitting device in the adjacent pixel region from scattering the light to the adjacent pixel region through the residual light extraction structure, thereby reducing the color mixing phenomenon and improving the light emitting of the light emitting device. effectiveness.
下面将更详细地描述根据本发明提供的发光器件的制作方法的示例性实施方式。然而,这些示例性实施方式可以由多种不同的形式来实施,并且不应当被解释为只限于这里所阐述的实施方式。应当理解的是,提供这些实施方式是为了使得本申请的公开彻底且完整,并且将这些示例性实施方式的构思充分传达给本领域普通技术人员。An exemplary embodiment of a method of fabricating a light emitting device according to the present invention will be described in more detail below. However, the exemplary embodiments may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. It is to be understood that the embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and the concepts of the exemplary embodiments are fully conveyed to those of ordinary skill in the art.
首先,在基板上形成像素隔离结构,像素隔离结构具有多个相互隔离的像素区域,且像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面或疏水性表面。优选地,当裸露表面为亲水性表面时,形成裸露表面的材料为氧化硅、氮化硅、亲水性光刻胶(如,聚酰亚胺)中的至少一种,其中,亲水性光刻胶含有亲水基团,比如包括羧基、羧酸盐、羟基、氨基、季铵盐、酯基、酰肼基、酰胺基或磺酸基中的一种或几种;当裸露表面为疏水性表面时,形成裸露表面的材料为疏水性树脂中的至少一种,其中,疏水性树脂含有疏水性基团,比如芳基、酯、醚、胺、 酰胺基团中的一种或几种,该疏水性树脂可以为氟化聚酰亚胺。采用上述优选的材料能够使形成的隔离结构裸露表面具有较高的亲水性或疏水性。First, a pixel isolation structure is formed on the substrate, the pixel isolation structure has a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, and the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface or a hydrophobic surface. Preferably, when the exposed surface is a hydrophilic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is at least one of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and a hydrophilic photoresist (eg, polyimide), wherein the hydrophilic The photoresist contains a hydrophilic group, such as one or more of a carboxyl group, a carboxylate, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a quaternary ammonium salt, an ester group, a hydrazide group, an amide group or a sulfonic acid group; when the exposed surface When it is a hydrophobic surface, the material forming the bare surface is at least one of hydrophobic resins, wherein the hydrophobic resin contains a hydrophobic group such as an aryl group, an ester, an ether, an amine, One or more of the amide groups, the hydrophobic resin may be a fluorinated polyimide. The preferred materials described above enable the exposed surface of the isolated structure to be relatively hydrophilic or hydrophobic.
形成上述像素隔离结构的步骤可以包括:形成隔离基体;形成设置于隔离基体上表面和侧表面的隔离膜,隔离膜的表面构成像素隔离结构的裸露表面。优选地,当裸露表面为亲水性表面时,形成裸露表面的材料为氧化硅和/或氮化硅;当裸露表面为疏水性表面时,形成裸露表面的材料为疏水性树脂,其中,疏水性树脂含有疏水性基团,比如芳基、酯、醚、胺、酰胺基团中的一种或几种,该疏水性树脂可以为氟化聚酰亚胺。此时,形成于隔离基体表面的隔离膜利用亲水性材料或疏水性材料形成,从而当光提取溶液与隔离膜具有不同的亲水性和疏水性时,能够使在后续形成光提取层的步骤中光提取溶液不会残留在像素隔离结构的上表面或者侧壁,而是在重力作用下回流到像素区域中,进而有效地防止相邻像素区域之间的混色。The step of forming the pixel isolation structure may include: forming an isolation substrate; forming an isolation film disposed on the upper surface and the side surface of the isolation substrate, the surface of the isolation film constituting the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure. Preferably, when the exposed surface is a hydrophilic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is silicon oxide and/or silicon nitride; when the exposed surface is a hydrophobic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophobic resin, wherein hydrophobic The resin contains a hydrophobic group such as one or more of an aryl group, an ester, an ether, an amine, and an amide group, and the hydrophobic resin may be a fluorinated polyimide. At this time, the separator formed on the surface of the isolation substrate is formed using a hydrophilic material or a hydrophobic material, so that when the light extraction solution and the separator have different hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity, the light extraction layer can be subsequently formed. In the step, the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface or the sidewall of the pixel isolation structure, but flows back into the pixel region under the action of gravity, thereby effectively preventing color mixture between adjacent pixel regions.
还可以采用其它的实施方式来形成上述像素隔离结构,在一种优选的实施方式中,形成像素隔离结构的步骤包括:形成隔离基体,隔离基体的裸露表面构成像素隔离结构的裸露表面。优选地,上述像素隔离结构可以是采用亲水性材料或疏水性材料形成的隔离基体。并且,优选地,当裸露表面为亲水性表面时,形成裸露表面的材料为亲水性光刻胶,其中,亲水性光刻胶含有亲水基团,比如羧基、羧酸盐、羟基、氨基、季铵盐、酯基、酰肼基、酰胺基或磺酸基中的一种或几种,例如聚酰亚胺;当裸露表面为疏水性表面时,形成裸露表面的材料为疏水性树脂,其中,疏水性树脂含有疏水性基团,比如芳基、酯、醚、胺、酰胺基团中的一种或几种,例如氟化聚酰亚胺。此时,像素隔离结构的裸露表面能够直接具备亲水性或疏水性,从而不仅能够防止相邻像素区域之间的混色,还省去了制备上述隔离膜的工艺步骤,简化了发光器件的工艺流程。Other embodiments may be used to form the above-described pixel isolation structure. In a preferred embodiment, the step of forming the pixel isolation structure includes: forming an isolation substrate, the exposed surface of the isolation substrate constituting the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure. Preferably, the above pixel isolation structure may be an isolation substrate formed of a hydrophilic material or a hydrophobic material. Moreover, preferably, when the exposed surface is a hydrophilic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophilic photoresist, wherein the hydrophilic photoresist contains a hydrophilic group such as a carboxyl group, a carboxylate, or a hydroxyl group. One or more of an amino group, a quaternary ammonium salt, an ester group, a hydrazide group, an amide group or a sulfonic acid group, such as polyimide; when the exposed surface is a hydrophobic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is hydrophobic A resin in which a hydrophobic resin contains a hydrophobic group such as one or more of an aryl group, an ester, an ether, an amine, and an amide group, such as a fluorinated polyimide. At this time, the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure can directly have hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, thereby not only preventing color mixing between adjacent pixel regions, but also eliminating the process steps of preparing the above isolation film, simplifying the process of the light emitting device. Process.
在形成上述像素隔离结构的步骤中,形成隔离基体的步骤可以包括:在基板的表面上依次设置第一电极层和光刻胶;对光刻胶进行光刻工艺,以使第一电极层的部分表面露出以形成像素区域,剩余的光刻胶形成隔离基体,隔离基体的相邻侧壁的沿远离基板方向的延伸面相交,且相邻的侧壁之间的隔离基体为隔离条,其中,上述光刻胶可以是亲水性光刻胶,或者疏水性光刻胶,其中,亲水性光刻胶可以含有亲水基团包括羧基、羧酸盐、羟基、氨基、季铵盐、酯基、酰肼基、酰胺基或磺酸基中的一种或几种,例如聚酰亚胺,疏水性树脂可以含有芳基、酯、醚、胺、酰胺基团中的一种或几种,例如氟化聚酰亚胺。上述光刻工艺具体可以包括:在预制基板上溅射形成第一电极层,在第一电极层上涂覆一层光刻胶,并根据现有技术依次进行曝光和显影,去掉部分的上述光刻胶,以形成像素区域,剩余的部分光刻胶形成设置于第一电极层上的具有倾斜侧壁的上述隔离基体。由于形成的上述隔离基体具有倾斜的侧壁,从而在后续形成光提取层的步骤中光提取溶液能够在重力作用下回流到像素区域中。当隔离条为倒梯形时,在光刻工艺中选用负性的光刻胶;当隔离条为正梯形时,在光刻工艺中则需要选择正性光刻胶。除上所述,本领域技术人员还知晓,第一电极层可以和像素隔离结构分开设置,即像素隔离结构并非设置在第一电极层上,而是设置在基板上,此时,第一电极层仅设置在像素区域内(附图未示出该设置方式)。 In the step of forming the pixel isolation structure, the step of forming the isolation substrate may include: sequentially disposing a first electrode layer and a photoresist on a surface of the substrate; performing a photolithography process on the photoresist to make the first electrode layer a portion of the surface is exposed to form a pixel region, and the remaining photoresist forms an isolation substrate. The adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate intersect at an extending surface away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer. The photoresist may be a hydrophilic photoresist or a hydrophobic photoresist, wherein the hydrophilic photoresist may contain a hydrophilic group including a carboxyl group, a carboxylate, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a quaternary ammonium salt, One or more of an ester group, a hydrazide group, an amide group or a sulfonic acid group, such as a polyimide, the hydrophobic resin may contain one or more of an aryl group, an ester, an ether, an amine, or an amide group. Such as fluorinated polyimide. The photolithography process may specifically include: forming a first electrode layer on the pre-formed substrate, applying a layer of photoresist on the first electrode layer, sequentially exposing and developing according to the prior art, and removing part of the light. The glue is formed to form a pixel region, and the remaining portion of the photoresist forms the above-described isolation substrate having inclined sidewalls disposed on the first electrode layer. Since the above-described isolation substrate formed has inclined side walls, the light extraction solution can be reflowed into the pixel region by gravity in the subsequent step of forming the light extraction layer. When the spacer is an inverted trapezoid, a negative photoresist is selected in the photolithography process; when the spacer is a positive trapezoid, a positive photoresist needs to be selected in the photolithography process. In addition to the above, those skilled in the art also know that the first electrode layer can be disposed separately from the pixel isolation structure, that is, the pixel isolation structure is not disposed on the first electrode layer, but is disposed on the substrate, and at this time, the first electrode The layer is only disposed in the pixel area (this arrangement is not shown in the drawing).
在一种优选的实施方式中,在光刻工艺之后,形成隔离基体的步骤还包括:刻蚀掉部分隔离条,以使隔离条的远离基板的一侧表面为向远离基板的方向凸起的非平面,非平面由与第一电极层的上表面具有夹角的平面段和/或弧面段组成,且具有弧形拱顶。此处的弧形是近似弧形,并非仅指严格的光滑的弧形。优选地,上述非平面为弧面。上述非平面可以是通过工艺自然形成的,且具有上述表面的隔离条能够进一步地保证在后续形成光提取层的步骤中光提取溶液不会残留在像素隔离结构的上表面,而是在重力作用下回流到像素区域中,进而有效地防止相邻像素区域之间的混色。更为优选地,隔离条的远离第一电极层的一侧表面到第一电极层或基板的垂直距离为1~4μm。将隔离条的表面到第一电极层的垂直距离限定在上述优选的范围内能够保证像素内的涂覆的溶液不会溢流到相邻像素内造成混色。In a preferred embodiment, after the photolithography process, the step of forming the isolation substrate further comprises: etching away part of the isolation strips such that a side surface of the isolation strips away from the substrate is convex away from the substrate. The non-planar, non-planar is composed of a planar segment and/or a curved segment having an angle with the upper surface of the first electrode layer, and has a curved dome. The arc here is an approximate arc, not just a strictly smooth arc. Preferably, the non-planar surface is a curved surface. The above non-planar surface may be naturally formed by a process, and the spacer strip having the above surface can further ensure that the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure in the subsequent step of forming the light extraction layer, but is performed by gravity The lower reflow into the pixel area, thereby effectively preventing color mixing between adjacent pixel areas. More preferably, the vertical distance of the side surface of the spacer from the first electrode layer to the first electrode layer or the substrate is 1-4 μm. Defining the vertical distance of the surface of the spacer strip to the first electrode layer within the above preferred range ensures that the coated solution within the pixel does not overflow into adjacent pixels to cause color mixing.
在基板上形成像素隔离结构的步骤之后,在与像素区域对应的基板上设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层,光提取溶液包括基体材料、散射粒子和溶剂,且当像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面时,光提取溶液为疏水性溶液,当像素隔离结构的裸露表面为疏水性表面时,光提取溶液为亲水性溶液。上述光提取溶液的设置方式可以为涂布、印刷或打印,具体为狭缝涂布、旋转涂布、丝网印刷或喷墨打印。After the step of forming a pixel isolation structure on the substrate, a light extraction solution is disposed on the substrate corresponding to the pixel region to form a light extraction layer, the light extraction solution includes a base material, scattering particles, and a solvent, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is In the case of a hydrophilic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution. The above light extraction solution may be disposed by coating, printing or printing, specifically slit coating, spin coating, screen printing or inkjet printing.
光提取层可以设置在电极层外面,比如光提取层设置在第一电极层或第二电极层的远离功能层组的一侧。在一种优选的实施方式中,在形成像素隔离结构20的步骤之前,制作方法还包括在基板10上设置第一电极层410的步骤,此时形成上述光提取层30的步骤包括:在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层上或全部第一电极层上顺序层叠功能层组420和第二电极层430,与像素区域对应的部分或全部第一电极层、功能层组和第二电极层构成发光结构,且第一电极层410和第二电极层430不同且分别选自阴极层和阳极层中的一种;在第二电极层420的远离功能层组420的表面上设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层30。上述与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层是指像素隔离结构20设置于第一电极层上时仅部分的第一电极层与像素区域对应设置,如图1所示;上述与像素区域对应的全部第一电极层是指像素隔离结构20与第一电极层分开设置(即像素隔离结构20并非设置于第一电极层上)时全部第一电极层与像素区域对应设置,如图5所示。The light extraction layer may be disposed outside the electrode layer, such as the light extraction layer disposed on a side of the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer away from the functional layer group. In a preferred embodiment, prior to the step of forming the pixel isolation structure 20, the fabrication method further includes the step of disposing the first electrode layer 410 on the substrate 10, wherein the step of forming the light extraction layer 30 includes: The functional layer group 420 and the second electrode layer 430 are sequentially stacked on a part of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or all of the first electrode layers, and part or all of the first electrode layer, the functional layer group and the second electrode corresponding to the pixel region The layer constitutes a light emitting structure, and the first electrode layer 410 and the second electrode layer 430 are different and are respectively selected from one of a cathode layer and an anode layer; light extraction is disposed on a surface of the second electrode layer 420 away from the functional layer group 420 The solution forms a light extraction layer 30. The portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region means that only a portion of the first electrode layer is disposed corresponding to the pixel region when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed on the first electrode layer, as shown in FIG. 1; All the first electrode layers are disposed when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed separately from the first electrode layer (ie, the pixel isolation structure 20 is not disposed on the first electrode layer), and all of the first electrode layers are disposed corresponding to the pixel regions, as shown in FIG. 5 . .
在上述优选的实施方式中,当第二电极层430为阳极层或阴极层时,均可通过上述工艺步骤形成设置于第二电极层430的外表面上的光提取层30,形成的发光器件如图1。由于阴极层的材料通常为银等透光性较低的材料,因此,当第二电极层430为阴极层时,阴极层的厚度优选为小于等于25nm。当阴极层的厚度在上述优选的厚度范围内时,发光结构中发出的光可以同时穿透阴极层和阳极层,即形成两面发光的发光器件。In the above preferred embodiment, when the second electrode layer 430 is an anode layer or a cathode layer, the light extraction layer 30 disposed on the outer surface of the second electrode layer 430 may be formed by the above process steps, and the formed light emitting device Figure 1. Since the material of the cathode layer is usually a material having a low light transmittance such as silver, when the second electrode layer 430 is a cathode layer, the thickness of the cathode layer is preferably 25 nm or less. When the thickness of the cathode layer is within the above-mentioned preferred thickness range, light emitted from the light-emitting structure can simultaneously penetrate the cathode layer and the anode layer, that is, a light-emitting device that forms a double-sided light.
光提取层可以设置在两电极层之间,在另一种优选的实施方式中,在形成像素隔离结构20的步骤之前,制作方法还包括在基板10上设置第一电极层410的步骤,此时形成上述光提取层30的步骤还包括:将光提取溶液与形成功能层组中任一层或多层的溶液混合形成混合液,将混合液设置在与像素区域对应的部分所述第一电极层上或全部第一电极层上,形成具有光提取层30的功能层组420;在光提取层30上形成第二电极层430,且第二电极层430和第一电极层410不同且分别选自阴极层和阳极层中的一种,其中,形成的光提取层30为具有导电 性的光提取层。通过上述工艺步骤能够使光提取层30形成于功能层组420中,从而省去了单独制备光提取层30的步骤,进一步简化了发光器件的工艺流程。同样地,上述与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层是指像素隔离结构20设置于第一电极层上时仅部分的第一电极层与像素区域对应设置,采用该设置方式形成的发光器件如图2所示;上述与像素区域对应的全部第一电极层是指像素隔离结构20与第一电极层分开设置(即像素隔离结构20并非设置于第一电极层上)时全部第一电极层与像素区域对应设置(附图未示出该设置方式)。The light extraction layer may be disposed between the two electrode layers. In another preferred embodiment, before the step of forming the pixel isolation structure 20, the fabrication method further includes the step of disposing the first electrode layer 410 on the substrate 10, where The step of forming the light extraction layer 30 further includes mixing the light extraction solution with a solution forming any one or more of the functional layer groups to form a mixed solution, and setting the mixed liquid to a portion corresponding to the pixel region. On the electrode layer or all of the first electrode layers, a functional layer group 420 having a light extraction layer 30 is formed; a second electrode layer 430 is formed on the light extraction layer 30, and the second electrode layer 430 and the first electrode layer 410 are different and One selected from the group consisting of a cathode layer and an anode layer, respectively, wherein the formed light extraction layer 30 is electrically conductive Sexual light extraction layer. The light extraction layer 30 can be formed in the functional layer group 420 by the above process steps, thereby eliminating the step of separately preparing the light extraction layer 30, further simplifying the process flow of the light emitting device. Similarly, the portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region means that only a portion of the first electrode layer is disposed corresponding to the pixel region when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed on the first electrode layer, and the light emitting device formed by using the arrangement manner is As shown in FIG. 2, all the first electrode layers corresponding to the pixel regions refer to all the first electrode layers when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed separately from the first electrode layer (ie, the pixel isolation structure 20 is not disposed on the first electrode layer). Corresponding to the pixel area (this setting is not shown in the drawing).
除了上述优选的实施方式,形成上述光提取层30的步骤还可以包括:在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层的表面或全部第一电极层的表面设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层30,形成的发光器件如图3所示,或在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层的表面上或全部第一电极层的表面上形成功能层组420的一层功能层或多层功能层,在功能层上设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层30,或在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层的表面上或全部第一电极层的表面上形成功能层组420,在功能层组420上设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层30;在光提取层30上形成第二电极层430,且第二电极层430和第一电极层410不同且分别选自阴极层和阳极层中的一种,其中,形成的光提取层30为具有导电性的光提取层。发光器件为电致发光器件,光提取层设置在两电极层之间时,为了实现良好地发光,光提取层需要具有导电性。同样地,上述与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层是指像素隔离结构20设置于第一电极层上时仅部分的第一电极层与像素区域对应设置,上述与像素区域对应的全部第一电极层是指像素隔离结构20与第一电极层分开设置(即像素隔离结构20并非设置于第一电极层上)时全部第一电极层与像素区域对应设置。In addition to the above preferred embodiment, the step of forming the light extraction layer 30 may further include: providing a light extraction solution on a surface of a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or all of the surfaces of the first electrode layer to form the light extraction layer 30. Forming the light-emitting device as shown in FIG. 3, or forming a functional layer or a multi-layer functional layer of the functional layer group 420 on the surface of the portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or on the surface of all of the first electrode layers Providing a light extraction solution on the functional layer to form the light extraction layer 30, or forming a functional layer group 420 on the surface of a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or on the surface of all of the first electrode layers, in the functional layer group a light extraction solution is disposed on 420 to form a light extraction layer 30; a second electrode layer 430 is formed on the light extraction layer 30, and the second electrode layer 430 and the first electrode layer 410 are different and are respectively selected from the cathode layer and the anode layer. One in which the formed light extraction layer 30 is a light extraction layer having conductivity. The light-emitting device is an electroluminescent device, and when the light extraction layer is disposed between the two electrode layers, the light extraction layer needs to have conductivity in order to achieve good light emission. Similarly, the partial first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region means that only the first electrode layer is disposed corresponding to the pixel region when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed on the first electrode layer, and all of the first regions corresponding to the pixel region are The electrode layer means that all the first electrode layers are disposed corresponding to the pixel regions when the pixel isolation structure 20 is disposed separately from the first electrode layer (ie, the pixel isolation structure 20 is not disposed on the first electrode layer).
在一个优选的实施例中,光提取层30的上表面与基板10的上表面之间的最大距离小于像素隔离结构20的上表面与基板10的上表面之间的最小距离,即相对于基板,上述各实施例中光提取层上表面的高度低于像素隔离结构上表面的高度,这样能够更加有效地防止相邻像素区域内的发光器件发出的光通过光提取层散射该光至相邻像素区域,减少了混色现象,提高了发光器件的发光效率。In a preferred embodiment, the maximum distance between the upper surface of the light extraction layer 30 and the upper surface of the substrate 10 is less than the minimum distance between the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure 20 and the upper surface of the substrate 10, ie, relative to the substrate. In each of the above embodiments, the height of the upper surface of the light extraction layer is lower than the height of the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure, so that the light emitted by the light emitting device in the adjacent pixel region can be more effectively prevented from scattering the light to the adjacent region through the light extraction layer. The pixel area reduces the color mixing phenomenon and improves the luminous efficiency of the light emitting device.
更为优选地,形成的上述光提取层设置于每个像素区域中,从而形成多个相互隔离的光提取层。由于隔离基体具有倾斜的侧壁(侧壁即侧表面),从而在向各个像素区域中涂布、印刷或打印光提取溶液时,光提取溶液均不会残留在像素隔离结构的上表面或者侧壁,而是在重力作用下回流到像素区域中,从而使发光器件中形成多个被像素隔离结构隔离的发光结构,进而能够通过调整各个发光结构中发出的光的颜色,使发光器件中发出的光满足实际的色彩需求。More preferably, the above-described light extraction layer is formed in each of the pixel regions to form a plurality of mutually isolated light extraction layers. Since the isolation substrate has inclined side walls (side walls, that is, side surfaces), the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface or side of the pixel isolation structure when the light extraction solution is applied, printed, or printed to each pixel region. The wall is returned to the pixel region under the action of gravity, so that a plurality of light-emitting structures separated by the pixel isolation structure are formed in the light-emitting device, thereby enabling the light-emitting device to be emitted by adjusting the color of the light emitted from each of the light-emitting structures. The light meets the actual color needs.
在基板上设置第一电极层以及在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层上形成第二电极层的步骤中,阴极层和阳极层的制备工艺可以根据现有技术进行选择,优选地,上述制备工艺为溅射或蒸镀。In the step of disposing the first electrode layer on the substrate and forming the second electrode layer on the portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region, the preparation process of the cathode layer and the anode layer may be selected according to the prior art, preferably, the above The preparation process is sputtering or evaporation.
上述功能层组的结构可以根据实际需求进行设定,在一种优选的实施方式中,形成功能层组的过程包括:在与像素区域对应的部分第一电极层上顺序设置第一注入层、第一传输层、发光层、第二注入层和第二传输层。具有上述结构的功能层组形成的发光器件为QLED或 OLED(有机发光二极管),此时,通过涂布、印刷或打印工艺形成的光提取层可以位于QLED或OLED中。The structure of the above-mentioned functional layer group can be set according to actual needs. In a preferred embodiment, the process of forming a functional layer group includes: sequentially setting a first injection layer on a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region, a first transport layer, a light emitting layer, a second implant layer, and a second transport layer. The light emitting device formed by the functional layer group having the above structure is QLED or OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), in which case the light extraction layer formed by the coating, printing or printing process can be located in a QLED or OLED.
在上述功能层组中,当第一电极层为阳极层时,第二电极层为阴极层时,第一注入层为空穴注入层,第一传输层为空穴传输层;此时,第二电极层为阴极层,第二注入层为电子注入层,第二传输层为电子传输层。而当第一电极层为阴极层,第二电极层为阳极层时,第一注入层为电子注入层,第一传输层为电子传输层,第二注入层为空穴注入层,第二传输层为空穴传输层。In the above functional layer group, when the first electrode layer is an anode layer and the second electrode layer is a cathode layer, the first injection layer is a hole injection layer, and the first transmission layer is a hole transport layer; The second electrode layer is a cathode layer, the second injection layer is an electron injection layer, and the second transmission layer is an electron transport layer. When the first electrode layer is a cathode layer and the second electrode layer is an anode layer, the first injection layer is an electron injection layer, the first transmission layer is an electron transport layer, the second injection layer is a hole injection layer, and the second transmission layer The layer is a hole transport layer.
在形成上述发光结构的步骤中,制备上述QLED或OLED器件中功能层组的工艺可以为狭缝涂布、旋转涂布、丝网印刷或喷墨打印,优选为喷墨打印技术,此时各功能层材料由于包括溶剂因此均呈液态,各液态功能层材料可以为形成电子注入/传输层的氧化锌材料、形成发光层的量子点材料、形成空穴注入层的聚乙烯二氧噻吩:聚苯乙烯磺酸盐(PEDOT:PSS)以及形成空穴传输层的聚乙烯咔唑(PVK)材料。上述像素隔离结构能够将喷墨打印喷出的液态功能层材料限定在像素区域中,打印后液态功能层材料中的溶剂挥发后成为干燥的各个功能层。In the step of forming the above-mentioned light emitting structure, the process of preparing the functional layer group in the above QLED or OLED device may be slit coating, spin coating, screen printing or inkjet printing, preferably inkjet printing technology, in which case The functional layer material is liquid in the form of a solvent, and each of the liquid functional layer materials may be a zinc oxide material forming an electron injecting/transporting layer, a quantum dot material forming a light emitting layer, and a polyethylene dioxythiophene forming a hole injecting layer: poly Styrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) and a polyvinyl carbazole (PVK) material forming a hole transport layer. The pixel isolation structure is capable of confining the liquid functional layer material ejected by the inkjet printing in the pixel region, and after the printing, the solvent in the liquid functional layer material is volatilized to become the dried functional layers.
在上述光提取溶液中,优选地,上述光提取溶液包括质量百分比为1~20%的基体材料、1~30%的散射粒子和50~98%的溶剂。并且,优选地,基体材料的折射率与散射粒子的折射率之差大于等于0.5。将基体材料的折射率与散射粒子的折射率限定在上述优选的范围内,能够进一步提高形成的光提取层的散射能力和光提取效率,且光提取层的散射能力越强,光提取效率就越高。上述光提取溶液是指散射粒子或基体材料分散于溶剂中。In the above light extraction solution, preferably, the light extraction solution includes a matrix material having a mass percentage of 1 to 20%, 1 to 30% of scattering particles, and 50 to 98% of a solvent. Also, preferably, the difference between the refractive index of the base material and the refractive index of the scattering particles is greater than or equal to 0.5. The refractive index of the base material and the refractive index of the scattering particles are limited to the above preferred range, and the scattering ability and light extraction efficiency of the formed light extraction layer can be further improved, and the stronger the scattering ability of the light extraction layer, the higher the light extraction efficiency. high. The above light extraction solution means that the scattering particles or the matrix material are dispersed in a solvent.
当上述光提取层设置于电极层的远离功能层组的一侧时,上述基体材料为不导电聚合物,如聚酯丙烯酸酯、聚氨酯丙烯酸酯、聚丙烯酸酯、环氧丙烯酸酯、聚醚丙烯酸酯和乙氰脲酸酯等材料中的一种或多种,用于固定散射粒子。当上述光提取层设置于两电极层之间时,上述基体材料为导电聚合物,如聚乙炔、聚苯胺、经掺杂的聚乙烯、聚吡咯、聚噻吩和导电环氧树脂中的一种或多种;如果作为功能层组的一层或多层,基体材料为功能层中的功能材料,功能材料比如为聚(3,4-乙烯二氧噻吩)-聚苯乙烯磺酸、2,3,5,6-四氟-7,7,8,8-四氰二甲基对苯醌、聚乙烯咔唑、N,N'-二苯基-N,N'-(3-甲基苯基)-1,1'-联苯-4,4'-二胺(DOFL-TPD)、N',N'-双(4-丁基苯基),-N',N'-双(苯基)联苯胺)、N',N'-双(3-甲基苯基),-N',N'-双(苯基)-9,9-二辛基芴、聚((9,9-二辛基芴-2,7-二基)-共(4,4'-(N-(4-仲-丁基苯基)二苯胺))、2-(4-联苯基)-5-苯基-1,3,4-噁二唑)、8-羟基喹啉铝、3-(联苯-4-基)-5-(4-叔丁基苯基)-4-苯基-4H-1,2,4-三唑、4,7-二苯基-1,10-菲啰啉、(1,3-二[2-(2,2’-联吡啶-6-基)-1,3,4-噁二唑-5-基]苯、(1,4-二[2-(2,2’-联吡啶-6-基)-1,3,4-噁二唑-5-基]苯、(2,6-二[2-(2,2’-联吡啶-6-基)-1,3,4-噁二唑-5-基]苯等材料中的一种或多种。When the light extraction layer is disposed on a side of the electrode layer away from the functional layer group, the base material is a non-conductive polymer, such as polyester acrylate, urethane acrylate, polyacrylate, epoxy acrylate, polyether acrylate. One or more of materials such as esters and acetyl cyanurate for immobilizing scattering particles. When the light extraction layer is disposed between the two electrode layers, the base material is a conductive polymer, such as one of polyacetylene, polyaniline, doped polyethylene, polypyrrole, polythiophene, and conductive epoxy resin. Or a plurality; if it is one or more layers of the functional layer group, the matrix material is a functional material in the functional layer, and the functional material is, for example, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-polystyrenesulfonic acid, 2, 3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanodimethyl p-benzoquinone, polyvinylcarbazole, N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-(3-methyl Phenyl)-1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine (DOFL-TPD), N', N'-bis(4-butylphenyl), -N', N'-double ( Phenyl)benzidine), N',N'-bis(3-methylphenyl), -N',N'-bis(phenyl)-9,9-dioctylfluorene, poly((9, 9-dioctylindole-2,7-diyl)-co (4,4'-(N-(4-sec-butylphenyl)diphenylamine)), 2-(4-biphenyl)- 5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole), 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum, 3-(biphenyl-4-yl)-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-4-phenyl -4H-1,2,4-triazole, 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, (1,3-bis[2-(2,2'-bipyridin-6-yl)) -1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl]benzene, (1,4-bis[2-(2,2'-bipyridin-6-yl)-1,3,4-oxa In the materials of oxazol-5-yl]benzene and (2,6-bis[2-(2,2'-bipyridin-6-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl]benzene One or more.
光提取溶液的亲疏性主要由其溶剂决定,当上述光提取溶液为亲水性溶液时,该亲水性溶液的溶剂可以包括水、甲酰胺、二甲亚砜、乙腈、二甲基甲酰胺、甲醇、乙醇、异丙醇、丙酮、正丁醇、四氢呋喃、甲酸甲酯、乙酸乙酯、乙酸丁酯、丁酮、正丁醚、丙二醇甲醚、丙二醇甲醚醋酸酯中的任一种或多种;当上述光提取溶液为疏水性溶液时,该疏水性溶液的 溶剂可以包括氯仿、氯苯、二甲苯、甲苯、苯、正己烷、环己烷、正庚烷、辛烷、癸烷、十一烷、十二烷、正十四烷、十六烷和正十八烷、苯甲酸乙酯中的任一种或多种,但并不限于上述种类,本领域技术人员可以根据实际制备工艺中的蒸发面积、真空度和温度等工艺因素选择合适的溶剂种类。采用具有上述含量的组分能够使形成的光提取溶液具有较高的亲水性或疏水性,从而进一步保证了光提取溶液不会残留在像素隔离结构的上表面或者侧壁,而是在重力作用下回流到像素区域中。The affinity of the light extraction solution is mainly determined by the solvent thereof. When the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution, the solvent of the hydrophilic solution may include water, formamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide. Any one of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, acetone, n-butanol, tetrahydrofuran, methyl formate, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, n-butyl ether, propylene glycol methyl ether, and propylene glycol methyl ether acetate. Or a plurality; when the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, the hydrophobic solution The solvent may include chloroform, chlorobenzene, xylene, toluene, benzene, n-hexane, cyclohexane, n-heptane, octane, decane, undecane, dodecane, n-tetradecane, hexadecane and n. Any one or more of octane and ethyl benzoate, but not limited to the above-mentioned species, a person skilled in the art can select a suitable solvent type according to process factors such as evaporation area, vacuum degree and temperature in the actual preparation process. The use of the component having the above content enables the formed light extraction solution to have higher hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, thereby further ensuring that the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface or side wall of the pixel isolation structure, but in gravity It flows back into the pixel area.
为了进一步保证形成的光提取层的光提取效果,且避免光提取层表面的粗糙度过大造成漏电或短路问题,优选光提取溶液中光散射粒子的平均粒径在20~500nm之间,进一步优选在50~400nm之间。并且,由于散射粒子占光提取层的体积含量越大,散射作用越大,光提取效果越好;但是散射粒子含量增加的同时,膜层表面粗糙度会变大,会增加漏电的风险。因此,为了避免光散射粒子过多导致粒子凝集或者使得光提取层表面产生凸起刺穿其它结构层,进而导致的漏电或短路问题的产生,优选散射粒子的体积占光提取层的体积的至少20%,优选至少50%,且本申请中的散射粒子的体积是指所有分散在一个光提取层中的所有的散射粒子的体积总和。In order to further ensure the light extraction effect of the formed light extraction layer, and avoid the problem of leakage or short circuit caused by excessive roughness of the surface of the light extraction layer, it is preferred that the average particle diameter of the light scattering particles in the light extraction solution is between 20 and 500 nm, further It is preferably between 50 and 400 nm. Moreover, since the scattering particles occupy a larger volume content of the light extraction layer, the larger the scattering effect, the better the light extraction effect; however, while the content of the scattering particles increases, the surface roughness of the film layer becomes larger, which increases the risk of leakage. Therefore, in order to prevent the particles from agglomerating due to excessive light scattering particles or causing protrusions on the surface of the light extraction layer to pierce other structural layers, thereby causing leakage or short circuit problems, it is preferred that the volume of the scattering particles accounts for at least the volume of the light extraction layer. 20%, preferably at least 50%, and the volume of the scattering particles in the present application refers to the sum of the volumes of all the scattering particles dispersed in one light extraction layer.
为了进一步保证光散射粒子的加入能够增加发光器件的发光效率,本申请优选上述光散射粒子为氧化钛颗粒、氧化钽颗粒、氧化铌颗粒、氧化锆颗粒、氧化铝颗粒、氧化钨颗粒、氧化锑颗粒、氧化钒颗粒、氧化钼颗粒、氧化硅颗粒、氧化铬颗粒、氧化铁颗粒、氧化铜颗粒、氧化铅颗粒、氧化锰颗粒、氧化锡颗粒、氧化锌颗粒、硫化铅颗粒、氧化钇颗粒、硫化锌颗粒、硫化镉颗粒、碲化锌颗粒与硒化镉颗粒中的一种或多种。In order to further ensure that the addition of the light scattering particles can increase the luminous efficiency of the light emitting device, the light scattering particles are preferably titanium oxide particles, cerium oxide particles, cerium oxide particles, zirconium oxide particles, aluminum oxide particles, tungsten oxide particles, or cerium oxide. Particles, vanadium oxide particles, molybdenum oxide particles, silicon oxide particles, chromium oxide particles, iron oxide particles, copper oxide particles, lead oxide particles, manganese oxide particles, tin oxide particles, zinc oxide particles, lead sulfide particles, cerium oxide particles, One or more of zinc sulfide particles, cadmium sulfide particles, zinc telluride particles and cadmium selenide particles.
根据本发明的另一个方面,提供了一种由上述的制作方法制备而成的发光器件,如图1至3所示,发光器件包括基板10以及设置于基板10上的像素隔离结构20和光提取层30,像素隔离结构20具有多个相互隔离的像素区域,光提取层30设置在像素区域中,光提取层30包括光提取基体和设置于光提取基体中的散射粒子,其中,光提取层是将光提取溶液的溶剂挥发后形成的。除了采用干燥工艺使得溶剂挥发,当基体材料需要固化时,还可以采用固化工艺对光提取溶液进行处理以形成光提取层,其中,固化工艺可以为光固化或热固化。According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a light emitting device prepared by the above-described fabrication method. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the light emitting device includes a substrate 10 and a pixel isolation structure 20 and light extraction provided on the substrate 10. The layer 30, the pixel isolation structure 20 has a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, the light extraction layer 30 is disposed in the pixel region, and the light extraction layer 30 includes a light extraction substrate and scattering particles disposed in the light extraction substrate, wherein the light extraction layer It is formed by volatilizing the solvent of the light extraction solution. In addition to using a drying process to volatilize the solvent, when the substrate material needs to be cured, the light extraction solution may be treated by a curing process to form a light extraction layer, wherein the curing process may be photocuring or heat curing.
本发明的上述发光器件中由于当像素隔离结构的表面为亲水性材料时,形成光提取层的材料为疏水性溶液,而当像素隔离结构的表面为疏水性材料时,形成提取层的材料为亲水性溶液,从而在提取层的制备工艺中像素隔离结构与光提取溶液能够具有不同的亲水疏水性,进而使光提取溶液不会残留在像素隔离结构的上表面和/或者侧壁,而是在重力作用下回流到像素区域中,进而有效地防止相邻像素区域内的发光器件发出的光通过光提取结构散射该光至相邻像素区域,,即减少了混色现象,提高了发光器件的发光效率。In the above light-emitting device of the present invention, when the surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic material, the material forming the light extraction layer is a hydrophobic solution, and when the surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic material, the material forming the extraction layer It is a hydrophilic solution, so that the pixel isolation structure and the light extraction solution can have different hydrophilic hydrophobicity in the preparation process of the extraction layer, so that the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface and/or the sidewall of the pixel isolation structure. Rather, it flows back into the pixel region under the action of gravity, thereby effectively preventing the light emitted by the light-emitting device in the adjacent pixel region from scattering the light to the adjacent pixel region through the light extraction structure, thereby reducing the color mixing phenomenon and improving the color. Luminous efficiency of the light emitting device.
为了更加有效地防止相邻像素区域之间的混色,在一个优选的实施例中,光提取层的上表面与基板的上表面之间的最大距离为H1,像素隔离结构的上表面与基板的上表面之间的最小距离为H2,且H1小于H2。上述发光器件还可以包括在像素区域对应的基板表面上依次层叠设置的第一电极层、功能层组和第二电极层,其中,功能层组包括一个或多个功能层,其中,光提取层可以设置在第一电极层和基板之间,或设置在第二电极层的远离功能层的一侧; 也可以设置在第一电极层和第二电极层之间,比如设置在第一电极层与功能层组之间、功能层组的一个或多个功能层内(此时功能层兼具光提取层的功能)、功能层组的多个功能层的任意相邻两个功能层之间、功能层组与第二电极层之间。In order to more effectively prevent color mixing between adjacent pixel regions, in a preferred embodiment, the maximum distance between the upper surface of the light extraction layer and the upper surface of the substrate is H1, the upper surface of the pixel isolation structure and the substrate The minimum distance between the upper surfaces is H2, and H1 is less than H2. The light emitting device may further include a first electrode layer, a functional layer group and a second electrode layer which are sequentially stacked on the substrate surface corresponding to the pixel region, wherein the functional layer group includes one or more functional layers, wherein the light extraction layer It may be disposed between the first electrode layer and the substrate, or disposed on a side of the second electrode layer away from the functional layer; It may also be disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, such as between the first electrode layer and the functional layer group, or in one or more functional layers of the functional layer group (the functional layer also has light extraction) The function of the layer), between any two adjacent functional layers of the plurality of functional layers of the functional layer group, between the functional layer group and the second electrode layer.
下面将结合实施例和对比例进一步说明本申请提供的发光器件的制作方法。The method for fabricating the light-emitting device provided by the present application will be further described below in conjunction with the examples and comparative examples.
实施例1Example 1
本实施例制作的发光器件如图1所示,其制作方法包括以下步骤:The light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is shown in FIG. 1 , and the manufacturing method thereof comprises the following steps:
在基板上采用蒸镀技术形成阴极层,并在阴极层上涂覆光刻胶,然后依次进行曝光和显影,以形成像素隔离结构,像素隔离结构具有三个相互隔离的像素区域,且像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面,像素隔离结构中隔离基体的相邻侧壁与基板垂直,相邻的侧壁之间的隔离基体为隔离条,且隔离条的远离基板的一侧表面为平面;A cathode layer is formed on the substrate by evaporation, and a photoresist is coated on the cathode layer, and then exposed and developed sequentially to form a pixel isolation structure. The pixel isolation structure has three mutually isolated pixel regions, and the pixel is isolated. The exposed surface of the structure is a hydrophilic surface. The adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate in the pixel isolation structure are perpendicular to the substrate, the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer, and the side surface of the spacer away from the substrate is flat;
在与像素区域对应的部分阴极层上顺序层叠电子注入层、电子传输层、发光层、空穴传输层、空穴注入层和阳极层,其中,采用喷墨打印技术形成上述发光层,采用溅镀技术形成上述阳极层,采用狭缝涂布技术形成其余各层。然后在阳极层的远离功能层组的表面上涂布疏水的光提取溶液,形成光提取层。An electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole transport layer, a hole injection layer, and an anode layer are sequentially stacked on a portion of the cathode layer corresponding to the pixel region, wherein the light-emitting layer is formed by an inkjet printing technique, and the light-emitting layer is formed by sputtering The plating technique forms the anode layer described above, and the remaining layers are formed by a slit coating technique. A hydrophobic light extraction solution is then applied to the surface of the anode layer remote from the functional layer set to form a light extraction layer.
其中,形成上述裸露表面的材料为聚酰亚胺,光提取溶液包括1wt%的TiO2,20wt%的聚氨酯丙烯酸酯和79wt%的甲苯,形成阴极电极层的材料为Ag,形成电子注入/传输层的材料为氧化锌,形成空穴注入层的材料为聚乙烯二氧噻吩:聚苯乙烯磺酸盐,形成空穴传输层的材料为聚乙烯咔唑,且阳极电极层为ITO阳极。Wherein, the material forming the exposed surface is polyimide, the light extraction solution comprises 1 wt% of TiO 2 , 20 wt% of urethane acrylate and 79 wt% of toluene, and the material forming the cathode electrode layer is Ag, forming electron injection/transport The material of the layer is zinc oxide, the material forming the hole injection layer is polyethylene dioxythiophene: polystyrene sulfonate, the material forming the hole transport layer is polyvinyl carbazole, and the anode electrode layer is ITO anode.
并且,像素隔离结构的中间像素区域中发光层的材料包括发射波长为635nm的红光量子点以及与该量子点表面配位的油酸配体,位于中间像素区域两侧的像素区域中发光层的材料包括发射波长为525nm绿色量子点。Moreover, the material of the light-emitting layer in the intermediate pixel region of the pixel isolation structure comprises a red light quantum dot having an emission wavelength of 635 nm and an oleic acid ligand coordinated to the surface of the quantum dot, and the light-emitting layer is located in a pixel region on both sides of the intermediate pixel region. Materials include green quantum dots with an emission wavelength of 525 nm.
实施例2Example 2
本实施例制作的发光器件如图3所示,其制作方法包括以下步骤:The light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is shown in FIG. 3, and the manufacturing method thereof comprises the following steps:
在基板上采用蒸镀技术形成阴极层,并在阴极层上涂覆光刻胶,然后依次进行曝光和显影,以形成像素隔离结构,像素隔离结构具有三个相互隔离的像素区域,且像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面,像素隔离结构中隔离基体的相邻侧壁与基板垂直,相邻的侧壁之间的隔离基体为隔离条,且隔离条的远离基板的一侧表面为平面;A cathode layer is formed on the substrate by evaporation, and a photoresist is coated on the cathode layer, and then exposed and developed sequentially to form a pixel isolation structure. The pixel isolation structure has three mutually isolated pixel regions, and the pixel is isolated. The exposed surface of the structure is a hydrophilic surface. The adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate in the pixel isolation structure are perpendicular to the substrate, the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer, and the side surface of the spacer away from the substrate is flat;
在与像素区域对应的部分阴极层上顺序层叠空穴注入层、空穴传输层、发光层、电子注入层和电子传输层和阳极层,其中,采用喷墨打印技术形成上述发光层,采用溅镀技术形成上述阳极层,采用狭缝涂布技术形成其余各层。在形成空穴注入层之前,在阴极层的远离基板的表面上涂布疏水的光提取溶液,形成设置于阴极层与空穴注入层之间的光提取层。a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron injection layer, and an electron transport layer and an anode layer are sequentially stacked on a portion of the cathode layer corresponding to the pixel region, wherein the light-emitting layer is formed by an inkjet printing technique, and the light-emitting layer is formed by sputtering The plating technique forms the anode layer described above, and the remaining layers are formed by a slit coating technique. Before the hole injection layer is formed, a hydrophobic light extraction solution is coated on the surface of the cathode layer remote from the substrate to form a light extraction layer disposed between the cathode layer and the hole injection layer.
其中,形成上述裸露表面的材料为聚酰亚胺,光提取溶液包括光提取溶液包括30wt%的TiO2,1wt%的聚噻吩和69wt%的苯甲酸乙酯,形成阴极电极层的材料为Ag,且阴极电极层的 厚度为20nm,形成电子注入/传输层的材料为氧化锌,形成空穴注入层的材料为聚乙烯咔唑,形成空穴传输层的材料为聚乙烯二氧噻吩,且阳极电极层为ITO阳极。Wherein, the material forming the exposed surface is polyimide, and the light extraction solution comprises a light extraction solution comprising 30 wt% of TiO 2 , 1 wt% of polythiophene and 69 wt% of ethyl benzoate, and the material forming the cathode electrode layer is Ag. And the thickness of the cathode electrode layer is 20 nm, the material forming the electron injection/transport layer is zinc oxide, the material forming the hole injection layer is polyvinyl carbazole, and the material forming the hole transport layer is polyethylene dioxythiophene, and The anode electrode layer is an ITO anode.
并且,像素隔离结构的中间像素区域中发光层的材料包括发射波长为635nm的红光量子点以及与该量子点表面配位的油酸配体,位于中间像素区域两侧的像素区域中发光层的材料包括发射波长为525nm绿色量子点。Moreover, the material of the light-emitting layer in the intermediate pixel region of the pixel isolation structure comprises a red light quantum dot having an emission wavelength of 635 nm and an oleic acid ligand coordinated to the surface of the quantum dot, and the light-emitting layer is located in a pixel region on both sides of the intermediate pixel region. Materials include green quantum dots with an emission wavelength of 525 nm.
实施例3Example 3
本实施例制作的发光器件如图2所示,其制作方法包括以下步骤:The light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is shown in FIG. 2, and the manufacturing method thereof comprises the following steps:
在基板上采用蒸镀技术形成阴极层,并在阴极层上涂覆光刻胶,然后依次进行曝光和显影,以形成像素隔离结构,像素隔离结构具有三个相互隔离的像素区域,且像素隔离结构的裸露表面为疏水性表面,像素隔离结构中隔离基体的相邻侧壁与基板垂直,相邻的侧壁之间的隔离基体为隔离条,且隔离条的远离基板的一侧表面为平面;A cathode layer is formed on the substrate by evaporation, and a photoresist is coated on the cathode layer, and then exposed and developed sequentially to form a pixel isolation structure. The pixel isolation structure has three mutually isolated pixel regions, and the pixel is isolated. The exposed surface of the structure is a hydrophobic surface. In the pixel isolation structure, the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate are perpendicular to the substrate, the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer, and the side surface of the spacer away from the substrate is a plane. ;
在与像素区域对应的部分阴极层上顺序层叠电子注入层、电子传输层、发光层、空穴传输层、空穴注入层和阳极层,其中,采用喷墨打印技术形成上述发光层,采用溅镀技术形成上述阳极层,采用狭缝涂布技术形成其余各层。在形成上述阳极电极层的步骤中,将亲水的光提取溶液与形成阳极电极层的材料混合形成混合液,形成设置于阳极电极层中的光提取层。An electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole transport layer, a hole injection layer, and an anode layer are sequentially stacked on a portion of the cathode layer corresponding to the pixel region, wherein the light-emitting layer is formed by an inkjet printing technique, and the light-emitting layer is formed by sputtering The plating technique forms the anode layer described above, and the remaining layers are formed by a slit coating technique. In the step of forming the above-described anode electrode layer, a hydrophilic light extraction solution is mixed with a material forming the anode electrode layer to form a mixed liquid, and a light extraction layer provided in the anode electrode layer is formed.
其中,形成上述裸露表面的材料为氟化聚酰亚胺,光提取溶液包括光提取溶液包括9wt%的TiO2,1wt%的聚噻吩和90wt%的甲酰胺,形成阴极电极层的材料为Ag,形成电子注入/传输层的材料为氧化锌,形成空穴注入层的材料为聚乙烯二氧噻吩:聚苯乙烯磺酸盐,形成空穴传输层的材料为聚乙烯咔唑,且阳极电极层为ITO阳极。Wherein, the material forming the exposed surface is fluorinated polyimide, and the light extraction solution comprises a light extraction solution comprising 9 wt% of TiO 2 , 1 wt% of polythiophene and 90 wt% of formamide, and the material forming the cathode electrode layer is Ag. The material forming the electron injecting/transporting layer is zinc oxide, the material forming the hole injecting layer is polyethylene dioxythiophene: polystyrene sulfonate, the material forming the hole transporting layer is polyvinyl carbazole, and the anode electrode The layer is an ITO anode.
像素隔离结构的中间像素区域中发光层的材料包括发射波长为635nm的红光量子点以及与该量子点表面配位的油酸配体,位于中间像素区域两侧的像素区域中发光层的材料包括发射波长为525nm绿色量子点。The material of the light-emitting layer in the intermediate pixel region of the pixel isolation structure comprises a red light quantum dot having an emission wavelength of 635 nm and an oleic acid ligand coordinated to the surface of the quantum dot, and the material of the light-emitting layer in the pixel region located on both sides of the intermediate pixel region includes The emission wavelength is 525 nm green quantum dots.
实施例4Example 4
本实施例制作的发光器件如图1所示,其制作方法与实施例1的区别在于:The light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is as shown in FIG. 1, and the manufacturing method thereof is different from that in the first embodiment in that:
像素隔离结构的裸露表面为疏水性表面,形成裸露表面的材料为氟化聚酰亚胺;The exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, and the material forming the exposed surface is fluorinated polyimide;
像素隔离结构中隔离基体的相邻侧壁的延伸面沿远离基板的方向相交,且相邻的侧壁之间的隔离基体为隔离条,隔离条的远离基板的一侧表面为向远离基板的方向凸起的弧面,且表面到阴极层的最大垂直距离为5μm;In the pixel isolation structure, the extending surfaces of the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate intersect in a direction away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer strip, and a side surface of the spacer strip away from the substrate is away from the substrate. a convex curved surface, and the maximum vertical distance from the surface to the cathode layer is 5 μm;
光提取溶液为亲水性溶液,且光提取溶液包括9wt%的TiO2,1wt%的聚氨酯丙烯酸酯和90wt%的丁酮。The light extraction solution was a hydrophilic solution, and the light extraction solution included 9 wt% of TiO 2 , 1 wt% of urethane acrylate, and 90 wt% of butanone.
实施例5Example 5
本实施例制作的发光器件如图3所示,其制作方法与实施例2的区别在于: The light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is shown in FIG. 3, and the manufacturing method thereof is different from that in Embodiment 2 in that:
像素隔离结构的裸露表面为疏水性表面,形成裸露表面的材料为氟化聚酰亚胺;The exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, and the material forming the exposed surface is fluorinated polyimide;
像素隔离结构中隔离基体的相邻侧壁的延伸面沿远离基板的方向相交,且相邻的侧壁之间的隔离基体为隔离条,隔离条的远离基板的一侧表面为向远离基板的方向凸起的弧面,且表面到阴极层的最大垂直距离为1μm;In the pixel isolation structure, the extending surfaces of the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate intersect in a direction away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer strip, and a side surface of the spacer strip away from the substrate is away from the substrate. a convex curved surface, and the maximum vertical distance from the surface to the cathode layer is 1 μm;
光提取溶液为亲水性溶液,且光提取溶液包括9wt%的TiO2,1wt%的聚吡咯,90wt%的丁酮。The light extraction solution was a hydrophilic solution, and the light extraction solution included 9 wt% of TiO 2 , 1 wt% of polypyrrole, and 90 wt% of butanone.
实施例6Example 6
本实施例制作的发光器件如图2所示,其制作方法与实施例3的区别在于:The light-emitting device produced in this embodiment is shown in FIG. 2, and the manufacturing method thereof is different from that in Embodiment 3 in that:
像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面,形成裸露表面的材料为聚酰亚胺;The exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface, and the material forming the exposed surface is polyimide;
像素隔离结构中隔离基体的相邻侧壁的延伸面沿远离基板的方向相交,且相邻的侧壁之间的隔离基体为隔离条,隔离条的远离基板的一侧表面为向远离基板的方向凸起的弧面,且表面到阴极层的最大垂直距离为4μm;In the pixel isolation structure, the extending surfaces of the adjacent sidewalls of the isolation substrate intersect in a direction away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer strip, and a side surface of the spacer strip away from the substrate is away from the substrate. a convex curved surface, and the maximum vertical distance from the surface to the cathode layer is 4 μm;
光提取溶液为疏水性溶液,且光提取溶液包括光提取溶液包括9wt%的TiO2,1wt%的聚吡咯和90wt%的苯甲酸乙酯。The light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and the light extraction solution includes a light extraction solution including 9 wt% of TiO 2 , 1 wt% of polypyrrole, and 90 wt% of ethyl benzoate.
对比例1Comparative example 1
本对比例制作的发光器件如图1所示,其制作方法与实施例4的区别在于:The light-emitting device produced by the present comparative example is as shown in FIG. 1, and the manufacturing method thereof is different from that of the embodiment 4 in that:
像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面,形成上述裸露表面的材料为聚酰亚胺。The exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface, and the material forming the exposed surface is polyimide.
采用F STAR Optical Measurement Systems,对上述各实施例与对比例中制作的发光器件的性能进行测试,测试得到的像素光谱图如图4所示,图中横坐标为波长(400~800nm),纵坐标为在1mA/cm2的电流密度下光的强度。从图中可以看出,实施例1至6均仅在600~700nm之间有峰,从而不存在混色现象;而对比例1不仅在600-700nm之间有峰,而且在500~600nm之间也存在波峰,即由于存在混色的现象而同时出现了红光和绿光。The performance of the light-emitting device fabricated in each of the above examples and comparative examples was tested by F STAR Optical Measurement Systems. The pixel spectrum of the test was as shown in FIG. 4, and the abscissa is the wavelength (400-800 nm). The coordinates are the intensity of light at a current density of 1 mA/cm 2 . As can be seen from the figure, each of Examples 1 to 6 has a peak only between 600 and 700 nm, so that there is no color mixing phenomenon; and Comparative Example 1 has a peak not only between 600 and 700 nm but also between 500 and 600 nm. There are also peaks, that is, red and green light appear simultaneously due to the phenomenon of color mixing.
从以上的描述中,可以看出,本发明上述的实施例实现了如下技术效果:From the above description, it can be seen that the above-described embodiments of the present invention achieve the following technical effects:
1、在形成光提取层的步骤中光提取溶液不会残留在像素隔离结构的上表面或者侧壁,而是在重力作用下回流到像素区域中,进而有效地防止相邻像素区域之间的混色,提高了发光器件的发光效率;1. In the step of forming the light extraction layer, the light extraction solution does not remain on the upper surface or the sidewall of the pixel isolation structure, but flows back into the pixel region under the action of gravity, thereby effectively preventing the adjacent pixel regions from being Color mixing improves the luminous efficiency of the light emitting device;
2、像素隔离结构的裸露表面能够直接具备亲水性或疏水性,从而不仅能够防止相邻像素区域之间的混色,还省去了制备上述隔离膜的工艺步骤,简化了发光器件的工艺流程;2. The exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure can directly have hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, thereby not only preventing color mixing between adjacent pixel regions, but also eliminating the process steps of preparing the above isolation film, simplifying the process flow of the light emitting device. ;
3、本发明通过使光提取层形成于功能层组中,从而省去了单独制备光提取层的步骤,进一步简化了发光器件的工艺流程。 3. The present invention further simplifies the process flow of the light-emitting device by forming the light extraction layer in the functional layer group, thereby eliminating the step of separately preparing the light extraction layer.
以上所述仅为本发明的优选实施例而已,并不用于限制本发明,对于本领域的技术人员来说,本发明可以有各种更改和变化。凡在本发明的精神和原则之内,所作的任何修改、等同替换、改进等,均应包含在本发明的保护范围之内。 The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

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  1. 一种发光器件的制作方法,其特征在于,包括以下步骤:A method for fabricating a light emitting device, comprising the steps of:
    在基板上形成像素隔离结构,所述像素隔离结构具有多个相互隔离的像素区域,且所述像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面或疏水性表面;Forming a pixel isolation structure on the substrate, the pixel isolation structure having a plurality of mutually isolated pixel regions, and the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophilic surface or a hydrophobic surface;
    在与所述像素区域对应的所述基板上设置光提取溶液,形成光提取层,所述光提取溶液包括基体材料、散射粒子和溶剂,且当所述像素隔离结构的裸露表面为亲水性表面时,所述光提取溶液为疏水性溶液,当所述像素隔离结构的裸露表面为疏水性表面时,所述光提取溶液为亲水性溶液。Providing a light extraction solution on the substrate corresponding to the pixel region to form a light extraction layer, the light extraction solution comprising a base material, scattering particles and a solvent, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is hydrophilic When the surface is a surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophobic solution, and when the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure is a hydrophobic surface, the light extraction solution is a hydrophilic solution.
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的制作方法,其特征在于,形成所述像素隔离结构的步骤包括:The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the pixel isolation structure comprises:
    形成隔离基体,所述隔离基体的裸露表面构成所述像素隔离结构的裸露表面。An isolation substrate is formed, the exposed surface of the isolation substrate forming the exposed surface of the pixel isolation structure.
  3. 根据权利要求1所述的制作方法,其特征在于,形成所述像素隔离结构的步骤包括:The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the pixel isolation structure comprises:
    形成隔离基体;Forming an isolation matrix;
    形成设置于所述隔离基体上表面和侧表面的隔离膜,所述隔离膜的表面构成所述像素隔离结构的裸露表面。A separator is disposed on the upper surface and the side surface of the isolation substrate, and a surface of the separator constitutes a bare surface of the pixel isolation structure.
  4. 根据权利要求2所述的制作方法,其特征在于,The manufacturing method according to claim 2, wherein
    当所述裸露表面为亲水性表面时,形成所述裸露表面的材料为亲水性光刻胶;When the exposed surface is a hydrophilic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophilic photoresist;
    当所述裸露表面为疏水性表面时,形成所述裸露表面的材料为疏水性树脂。When the exposed surface is a hydrophobic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophobic resin.
  5. 根据权利要求3所述的制作方法,其特征在于,The manufacturing method according to claim 3, wherein
    当所述裸露表面为亲水性表面时,形成所述裸露表面的材料为氧化硅和/或氮化硅;When the exposed surface is a hydrophilic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is silicon oxide and/or silicon nitride;
    当所述裸露表面为疏水性表面时,形成所述裸露表面的材料为疏水性树脂。When the exposed surface is a hydrophobic surface, the material forming the exposed surface is a hydrophobic resin.
  6. 根据权利要求2或3所述的制作方法,其特征在于,形成所述隔离基体的步骤包括:The manufacturing method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the step of forming the isolation substrate comprises:
    在所述基板的表面上依次设置第一电极层和光刻胶;Forming a first electrode layer and a photoresist on the surface of the substrate;
    对所述光刻胶进行光刻工艺,以使所述第一电极层的部分表面露出以形成所述像素区域,剩余的所述光刻胶形成所述隔离基体,所述隔离基体的相邻侧壁的沿远离所述基板方向的延伸面相交,且相邻的所述侧壁之间的隔离基体为隔离条。Performing a photolithography process on the photoresist to expose a portion of the surface of the first electrode layer to form the pixel region, and the remaining photoresist forms the isolation substrate, adjacent to the isolation substrate The sidewalls intersect in an extending direction away from the substrate, and the isolation substrate between the adjacent sidewalls is a spacer.
  7. 根据权利要求6所述的制作方法,其特征在于,在所述光刻工艺之后,形成所述隔离基体的步骤还包括:The manufacturing method according to claim 6, wherein after the photolithography process, the step of forming the isolation substrate further comprises:
    刻蚀掉部分所述隔离条,以使所述隔离条的远离所述基板的一侧表面为向远离所述基板的方向凸起的非平面,所述非平面由与所述第一电极层的上表面具有夹角的平面段和/或弧面段组成,且具有弧形拱顶。 Etching a portion of the spacer strip such that a side surface of the spacer strip away from the substrate is a non-planar surface protruding away from the substrate, the non-planar layer and the first electrode layer The upper surface is composed of a planar section having an angle and/or a curved section, and has an arcuate dome.
  8. 根据权利要求7所述的制作方法,其特征在于,所述隔离条的远离所述第一电极层的一侧表面到所述第一电极层或所述基板的垂直距离为1~4μm。The manufacturing method according to claim 7, wherein a vertical distance of a side surface of the spacer strip away from the first electrode layer to the first electrode layer or the substrate is 1 to 4 μm.
  9. 根据权利要求1至5中任一项所述的制作方法,其特征在于,所述光提取溶液包括质量百分比为1~20%的基体材料、1~30%的散射粒子和50~98%的溶剂。The manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the light extraction solution comprises a matrix material having a mass percentage of 1 to 20%, 1 to 30% of scattering particles, and 50 to 98%. Solvent.
  10. 根据权利要求1至5中任一项所述的制作方法,其特征在于,在形成所述像素隔离结构的步骤之前,所述制作方法还包括在所述基板的表面上设置第一电极层的步骤,此时形成所述光提取层的步骤包括:The manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein before the step of forming the pixel isolation structure, the fabricating method further comprises disposing a first electrode layer on a surface of the substrate Step, the step of forming the light extraction layer at this time includes:
    在与所述像素区域对应的部分所述第一电极层上或全部所述第一电极层上顺序层叠功能层组和第二电极层,与所述像素区域对应的部分或全部所述第一电极层、所述功能层组和所述第二电极层构成发光结构,且所述第一电极层和所述第二电极层不同且分别选自阴极层和阳极层中的一种;And sequentially stacking the functional layer group and the second electrode layer on the first electrode layer or all of the first electrode layers corresponding to the pixel region, and partially or all of the first electrode corresponding to the pixel region The electrode layer, the functional layer group and the second electrode layer constitute a light emitting structure, and the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are different and are respectively selected from one of a cathode layer and an anode layer;
    在所述第二电极层的远离所述功能层组的表面上设置所述光提取溶液,形成所述光提取层。The light extraction solution is disposed on a surface of the second electrode layer remote from the functional layer group to form the light extraction layer.
  11. 根据权利要求1至5中任一项所述的制作方法,其特征在于,在形成所述像素隔离结构的步骤之前,所述制作方法还包括在所述基板的表面上设置第一电极层的步骤,此时形成所述光提取层的步骤包括:The manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein before the step of forming the pixel isolation structure, the fabricating method further comprises disposing a first electrode layer on a surface of the substrate Step, the step of forming the light extraction layer at this time includes:
    将所述光提取溶液与形成功能层组中任一层或多层的溶液混合形成混合液,将所述混合液设置在与所述像素区域对应的部分所述第一电极层上或全部所述第一电极层上,形成具有所述光提取层的所述功能层组,或And mixing the light extraction solution with a solution forming any one or more of the functional layer groups to form a mixed solution, and setting the mixed liquid on a part of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or all Forming the functional layer group having the light extraction layer on the first electrode layer, or
    在与所述像素区域对应的部分所述第一电极层的表面或全部所述第一电极层的表面设置所述光提取溶液,形成所述光提取层,或Providing the light extraction solution on a surface of the first electrode layer or a surface of all of the first electrode layers corresponding to the pixel region to form the light extraction layer, or
    在与所述像素区域对应的部分所述第一电极层的表面上或全部所述第一电极层的表面上形成功能层组的一层功能层或多层功能层,在所述功能层上设置光提取溶液,形成所述光提取层,或Forming a functional layer or a plurality of functional layers of the functional layer group on a portion of the first electrode layer or a surface of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region, on the functional layer Setting a light extraction solution to form the light extraction layer, or
    在与所述像素区域对应的部分所述第一电极层的表面上或全部所述第一电极层的表面上形成功能层组,在所述功能层组上设置光提取溶液,形成所述光提取层;Forming a functional layer group on a surface of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region or on a surface of all of the first electrode layers, and setting a light extraction solution on the functional layer group to form the light Extraction layer
    在所述光提取层上形成第二电极层,且所述第二电极层和所述第一电极层不同且分别选自阴极层和阳极层中的一种,Forming a second electrode layer on the light extraction layer, and the second electrode layer and the first electrode layer are different and are respectively selected from one of a cathode layer and an anode layer,
    其中,形成的所述光提取层为具有导电性的光提取层。The light extraction layer formed is a light extraction layer having conductivity.
  12. 根据权利要求11所述的制作方法,其特征在于,形成所述功能层组的过程包括:The manufacturing method according to claim 11, wherein the forming the functional layer group comprises:
    在与所述像素区域对应的部分所述第一电极层上顺序设置第一注入层、第一传输层、发光层、第二注入层和第二传输层。 A first implant layer, a first transfer layer, a light emitting layer, a second implant layer, and a second transfer layer are sequentially disposed on a portion of the first electrode layer corresponding to the pixel region.
  13. 一种发光器件,其特征在于,所述发光器件由权利要求1至12中任一项所述的制作方法制作而成。A light emitting device, which is produced by the manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.
  14. 根据权利要求13所述的发光器件,其特征在于,所述发光器件包括基板、设置于所述基板上的像素隔离结构和设置于所述基板上的光提取层,所述像素隔离结构具有多个相互隔离的像素区域,光提取层设置在所述像素区域中,且所述光提取层的上表面与所述基板的上表面之间的最大距离为H1,所述像素隔离结构的上表面与所述基板的上表面之间的最小距离为H2,且H1小于H2。 The light emitting device according to claim 13, wherein the light emitting device comprises a substrate, a pixel isolation structure disposed on the substrate, and a light extraction layer disposed on the substrate, the pixel isolation structure having a plurality of a mutually isolated pixel region, a light extraction layer is disposed in the pixel region, and a maximum distance between an upper surface of the light extraction layer and an upper surface of the substrate is H1, an upper surface of the pixel isolation structure The minimum distance from the upper surface of the substrate is H2, and H1 is less than H2.
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