Abstract:
A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from each other, and, a light emitting film between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light emitting film has a first surface facing the second electrode and a second surface opposite thereto, the light emitting film includes a quantum dot layer including a plurality of quantum dots and a matrix including a metal chalcogenide, the plurality of quantum dots includes selenium, the matrix covers at least a portion of the quantum dot layer, the metal chalcogenide comprises zinc and sulfur, and in an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis of the first surface of the light emitting film, a mole ratio of zinc with respect to selenium is greater than or equal to about 2:1 and a mole ratio of sulfur with respect to selenium is greater than or equal to about 1.1:1.
Abstract:
A composition comprising: a plurality of quantum dots; a plurality of luminous carbon nanoparticles; a carboxylic acid group-containing binder; a polymerizable monomer including a carbon-carbon double bond; and an initiator, wherein the plurality of quantum dots comprises a Group II-VI compound, a Group III-V compound, a Group IV-VI compound, or a combination thereof, the plurality of luminous carbon nanoparticles have a size of less than or equal to about 10 nanometers, and exhibit both a D band and a G band in a Raman spectrum thereof, and at least a portion of the plurality of luminous carbon nanoparticles absorb light having a wavelength of greater than or equal to about 400 nanometers and a maximum luminous peak wavelength thereof is greater than or equal to about 480 nanometers.
Abstract:
A cadmium free quantum dot including a semiconductor nanocrystal core and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium and includes indium and zinc, the quantum dot has a maximum photoluminescence peak in a red light wavelength region, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum photoluminescence peak is less than or equal to about 40 nanometers (nm), an ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectrum of the quantum dot includes a valley between about 450 nm to a center wavelength of a first absorption peak, and a valley depth (VD) defined by the following equation is greater than or equal to about 0.2, a quantum dot polymer composite including the same, and a display device including the quantum dot-polymer composite: (Absfirst−Absvalley)/Absfirst=VD.
Abstract:
A process for preparing a quantum dot of a core-shell structure including obtaining a first mixture including first precursor including a first metal, a ligand compound, and a solvent; adding a second precursor and a particle including a first semiconductor nanocrystal to the first mixture to obtain a second mixture; and heating the second mixture up to a reaction temperature and performing a reaction between the first precursor and the second precursor to form a layer of a shell including a crystalline or amorphous material, during formation of the layer of the shell or after formation of the layer of the shell, wherein the process includes adding an organic solution including an ammonium fluorinated salt including a solid salt having a melting point of greater than or equal to about 110° C. to the second mixture.
Abstract:
A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device, the backlight unit including: an light emitting diode (“LED”) light source; a light conversion layer disposed separate from the LED light source to convert light emitted from the LED light source to white light and to provide the white light to the liquid crystal panel; and a light guide panel disposed between the LED light source and the light conversion layer, wherein the light conversion layer includes a semiconductor nanocrystal and a polymer matrix, and wherein the polymer matrix includes a first polymerized polymer of a first monomer including at least two thiol (—SH) groups, each located at a terminal end of the first monomer, and a second monomer including at least two unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds, each located at a terminal end of the second monomer.
Abstract:
A process of synthesizing Ga—Se nanocrystals is provided, the process including: contacting a first precursor containing gallium with a second precursor containing selenium to obtain a Ga—Se single precursor; and reacting the Ga—Se single precursor in a solvent in the presence of a ligand compound, and optionally with a third precursor including an element (A) other than gallium and selenium, to prepare a Ga—Se nanocrystal represented by Chemical Formula 1: GaSexAy [Chemical Formula 1] wherein x is about 1.1 to 3, and y is about 0.1 to 4.
Abstract:
A process of synthesizing nanocrystals, the process including contacting a first precursor, a ligand compound, and a second precursor in a solvent having a boiling point of less than or equal to about 150° C. and a polarity index of less than or equal to 5, and performing a thermal decomposition reaction between the first precursor and the second precursor at a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure and at a higher temperature than a boiling point of the solvent, wherein at least one of the first precursor and the second precursor is a metal-containing precursor.
Abstract:
A process of synthesizing nanocrystals, the process including: obtaining a metal precursor, a non-metal precursor, a ligand compound, and an ionic liquid; and contacting the metal precursor, the non-metal precursor, the ligand compound, and the ionic liquid to form a mixture and synthesize a first semiconductor nanocrystal.
Abstract:
A semiconductor nanocrystal-polymer composite including a semiconductor nanocrystal, a polymer comprising a plurality of carboxylate anion groups (—COO−) bindable to a surface of the semiconductor nanocrystal, and a metal cation bindable to a carboxylate anion group of the plurality of carboxylate anion groups.
Abstract:
A light emitting device and a production method thereof. The light emitting device includes a light emitting layer including a plurality of quantum dots, and an electron auxiliary layer disposed on the light emitting layer, the electron auxiliary layer configured to transport electrons, inject electrons into the light emitting layer, or a combination thereof, wherein the electron auxiliary layer includes a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles and a nitrogen-containing metal complex. The metal oxide nanoparticles include zinc and optionally a dopant metal, the dopant metal includes Mg, Co, Ga, Ca, Zr, W, Li, Ti, Y, Al, Co, or a combination thereof and a mole ratio of nitrogen to zinc in the electron auxiliary layer is greater than or equal to about 0.001:1.