Patents by Inventor Eun Joo Jang

Eun Joo Jang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11793011
    Abstract: A quantum dot device includes: a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; a quantum dot layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electron auxiliary layer between the quantum dot layer and the second electrode, the electron auxiliary layer including a first nanoparticle and a second nanoparticle which is larger than the first nanoparticle, wherein a work function of the first electrode is greater than a work function of the second electrode, and wherein a difference between a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the quantum dot layer and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the electron auxiliary layer is less than about 1.1 electronvolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Woo Kim, Tae Ho Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Hongkyu Seo, Sang Jin Lee, Dae Young Chung, Oul Cho
  • Patent number: 11784282
    Abstract: A quantum dot display device includes a substrate, a quantum dot diode disposed on the substrate and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a quantum dot layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an encapsulation film disposed on a surface of the quantum dot diode, wherein a water vapor transmission rate of the encapsulation film is about 0.001 to about 1 gram per square meter per day at 1 atmosphere of pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Oul Cho, Eun Joo Jang, Tae Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11781063
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Sook Jang, Yuho Won, Sungwoo Hwang, Ji Yeong Kim, Eun Joo Jang
  • Publication number: 20230313038
    Abstract: A quantum dot comprising a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal comprising zinc, selenium, and optionally tellurium; and a shell disposed on the core and comprising a second semiconductor nanocrystal having a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, and comprising zinc and at least one of sulfur and selenium, wherein the shell comprises at least three branches extending from the core, wherein at least one of the branches has a length of greater than or equal to about 2 nm, the quantum dot emits blue light comprising a maximum emission peak at a wavelength of less than or equal to about 470 nm, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum emission peak is less than about 35 nm, and the quantum dot does not comprise cadmium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Woo KIM, Jin A. KIM, Tae Hyung KIM, Jeong Hee LEE, Eun Joo JANG
  • Publication number: 20230313031
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a core including a quaternary alloy semiconductor nanocrystal and not including cadmium, a composition and a quantum dot polymer composite including the same, and an electronic device including the same. The quaternary alloy semiconductor nanocrystal comprises indium (In), phosphorous (P), zinc (Zn), and selenium (Se), and in the core, a ratio of the zinc with respect to the indium is less than or equal to about 0.5:1 and in the core, a ratio of selenium with respect to zinc is less than or equal to about 0.6:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Soo Kyung KWON, Yong Wook KIM, Jihyun MIN, Eun Joo JANG
  • Publication number: 20230303924
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a core and a shell disposed on an outer surface of the core. The core includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group II-VI compound. The shell includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal. An effective mass of the second semiconductor nanocrystal is about 0.5 times to about 2.0 times an effective mass of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jihyun MIN, Soo Kyung KWON, Seon-Yeong KIM, Yong Wook KIM, Ji-Yeong KIM, Eun Joo JANG, Sungwoo HWANG
  • Patent number: 11767472
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal particle including zinc (Zn), tellurium (Te) and selenium (Se), a method of producing the same, and an electronic device including the same are disclosed. In the semiconductor nanocrystal particle, an amount of the tellurium is less than an amount of the selenium, the particle includes a core including a first semiconductor material including zinc, tellurium, and selenium and a shell disposed on at least a portion of the core and including a second semiconductor material having a different composition from the first semiconductor material, and the semiconductor nanocrystal particle emits blue light including a maximum peak emission at a wavelength of less than or equal to about 470 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Hee Lee, Eun Joo Jang, Hyun A Kang, Tae Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11765918
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes an emission layer including a plurality of quantum dots, and an electron auxiliary layer disposed on the emission layer, the electron auxiliary layer to transport electrons to the emission layer, wherein the electron auxiliary layer includes a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles, wherein the metal oxide nanoparticles include zinc and a dopant metal, wherein the dopant metal includes Mg, Mn, Ni, Sn, Al, Y, Ga, Zr, Ni, Li, Co, or a combination thereof, wherein the dopant metal in at least one of the metal oxide nanoparticles is included in the metal oxide nanoparticle to have a concentration gradient of the dopant metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun Su Park, Chan Su Kim, Kwanghee Kim, Eun Joo Jang
  • Publication number: 20230287269
    Abstract: A core-shell quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal, the first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and selenium, sulfur, or a combination thereof and a production thereof are disclosed, wherein the core-shell quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, wherein the core-shell quantum dot(s) includes chlorine, wherein in the core-shell quantum dot, a mole ratio of chlorine with respect to tellurium is greater than or equal to about 0.01:1 and wherein a quantum efficiency of the core-shell quantum dot is greater than or equal to about 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Seon-Yeong KIM, Soo Kyung KWON, Yong Wook KIM, Ji-Yeong KIM, Jihyun MIN, Sungwoo HWANG, Eun Joo JANG
  • Publication number: 20230287231
    Abstract: A quantum dot ink composition including a plurality of quantum dots, and a mixed solvent including a Solvent a and a Solvent b, a quantum dot electroluminescent device including a light emitting layer formed from the quantum dot composition, and a method of making the quantum dot electroluminescent device are provided, where Solvent a is a cycloalkane compound with at least one ring carbon having a linear C4 to C16 alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon compound having a linear C2 to C12 alkyl group, or a combination thereof, and Solvent b is a fluorinated alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroko ENDO, Keigo FURUTA, Takao MOTOYAMA, Yukika YAMADA, Tomoyuki KIKUCHI, Eun Joo JANG, Hyo Sook JANG, Jun-Mo YOO, Tae Ho KIM, Yuho WON
  • Patent number: 11758746
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; a hole transport layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a light emitting layer including a first light emitting layer disposed between the hole transport layer and the second electrode and including a first quantum dot and a second light emitting layer between the first light emitting layer and the second electrode and including a second quantum dot; and an electron transport layer between the light emitting layer and the second electrode. Each of the first and second light emitting layers emits first light, hole transport capability per unit area and electron transport capability per unit area of the first quantum dot are greater than hole transport capability per unit area and electron transport capability per unit area of the second quantum dot, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sujin Park, Yuho Won, Eun Joo Jang, Dae Young Chung, Sung Woo Kim, Jin A Kim, Yong Seok Han
  • Patent number: 11753589
    Abstract: A quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite, and an electronic device including the same. The quantum dot includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal; a first shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-VI compound on the core; and a second shell including a third semiconductor nanocrystal having a composition different from that of the second semiconductor nanocrystal on the first shell; wherein one of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the third semiconductor nanocrystal includes a Group III-V compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihyun Min, Eun Joo Jang, Yong Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 11746289
    Abstract: The invention relates to InP-based nanoclusters that include indium and phosphorus and further include zinc, chlorine, or a combination thereof, and to a method of preparing the InP-based nanoparticles including heating the InP-based nanoclusters in the presence of zinc, chlorine, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., POSTECH, RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yong Wook Kim, Yong Ju Kwon, Sungjee Kim, Jihyun Min, Yuho Won, Eun Joo Jang, Hyo Sook Jang, Eunjae Lee, Kyuhyun Bang, Anastasia Agnes, Jeongmin Kim
  • Patent number: 11746290
    Abstract: A nanocrystal particle including at least one semiconductor material and at least one halogen element, the nanocrystal particle including: a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal; and a shell surrounding the core and comprising a crystalline or amorphous material, wherein the halogen element is present as being doped therein or as a metal halide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunki Kim, Shin Ae Jun, Eun Joo Jang, Yongwook Kim, Tae Gon Kim, Yuho Won, Taekhoon Kim, Hyo Sook Jang
  • Publication number: 20230276643
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first electrode and a second electrode with a surface facing the first electrode; an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a quantum dot (e.g., a plurality of quantum dots); and an electron auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode. The electron auxiliary layer includes a first layer including a first metal oxide, and a second layer disposed on the first layer and including a second metal oxide. A roughness of an interface between the second layer and the second electrode is less than about 10 nm as determined by an electron microscopy analysis. An absolute value of a difference between a conduction band edge energy level of the second layer and a work function of the second electrode may be less than or equal to about 0.5 eV, and a conduction band edge energy level of the first layer may be less than the conduction band edge energy level of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Heejae LEE, Sung Woo KIM, Eun Joo JANG, Dae Young CHUNG, Moon Gyu HAN
  • Publication number: 20230272277
    Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor nanocrystal particle including indium (In), zinc (Zn), and phosphorus (P), wherein a mole ratio of the zinc relative to the indium is greater than or equal to about 25:1, and the semiconductor nanocrystal particle includes a core including a first semiconductor material including indium, zinc, and phosphorus and a shell disposed on the core and including a second semiconductor material including zinc and sulfur, a method of producing the same, and an electronic device including the same. The semiconductor nanocrystal particle emits blue light having a maximum peak emission at a wavelength of less than or equal to about 470 nanometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Tae Hyung KIM, Hyun A KANG, Eun Joo JANG, Dae Young CHUNG
  • Patent number: 11744096
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including quantum dots, a first charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the first electrode, and a second charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer comprises a first emission layer contacting the first charge auxiliary layer, a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, and a third emission layer disposed on the second emission layer. The hole mobility of the first emission layer decreases sequentially from the first emission layer to the third emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Young Chung, Kwanghee Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Tae Hyung Kim, Hongkyu Seo, Heejae Lee, Jaejun Chang
  • Patent number: 11742443
    Abstract: A nanocrystal including a core including a Group III element and a Group V element, and a monolayer shell on the surface of the core, the shell including a compound of the formula ZnSexS(1-x), wherein 0?x?1, and wherein an average mole ratio of Se:S in the monolayer shell ranges from about 2:1 to about 20:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Ae Jun, Eun Joo Jang, Soo Kyung Kwon, Taek Hoon Kim, Won Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 11739263
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot includes zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and lithium. A full width at half maximum of a maximum luminescent peak of the cadmium free quantum dot is less than or equal to about 50 nanometers and the cadmium free quantum dot has a quantum efficiency of greater than 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Wook Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Hyo Sook Jang, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11737301
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device including a first electrode, a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode, a first emission layer disposed on the hole transport layer, the first emission layer including a first light emitting particle on which a first ligand and a second ligand having a hole transporting property are attached, a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, the second emission layer including a second light emitting particle on which a first ligand and a third ligand having an electron transporting property are attached, an electron transport layer disposed on the second emission layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer, wherein a solubility of the second ligand in a solvent is different than a solubility of the third ligand in the solvent and a display device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Young Chung, Moon Gyu Han, Oul Cho, Tae Hyung Kim, Sujin Park, Hongkyu Seo, Eun Joo Jang