Patents by Inventor Yasunori Uetani
Yasunori Uetani 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).
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Patent number: 10916720Abstract: An organic photoelectric conversion device having an anode, a cathode, an active layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole injection layer disposed between the anode and the active layer, wherein the anode is an electrode containing an electrically conductive nanosubstance and the hole injection layer is a layer showing a of 80% or more in measurement of the residual film rate after a water rinse treatment.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yasunori Uetani
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Publication number: 20180075978Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion device having high durability against light irradiation including a cathode, an anode, an active layer that is provided between the cathode and the anode and contains a perovskite compound, and an electron transport layer that is provided between the cathode and the active layer and contains a fullerene derivative represented by Formula (1) below: wherein, in Formula (1), Ring A represents a fullerene skeleton; R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, a monovalent heterocyclic group, or a group represented by Formula (2) below; and n represents an integer of 1 or more; wherein, in Formula (2), m represents an integer of 1 to 6; q represents an integer of 1 to 4; X represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; when m is plurally present, a plurality of ms may be the same or different.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITYInventors: Yasunori UETANI, Toshiyuki ITOH
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Publication number: 20170365417Abstract: Provided are a photoelectric conversion device giving high photoelectric conversion efficiency and a production method thereof. A photoelectric conversion device having an anode, a cathode, an active layer containing a perovskite compound disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole injection layer disposed between the anode and the active layer, wherein hole injection layer is a layer having a residual film rate of 80% or more in measurement of the residual film rate after a water rinse treatment, and the material of the hole injection layer is at least one material selected from the group consisting of polythiophene and derivatives thereof, aromatic amine compounds, and polymer compounds having an aromatic amine residue containing a phenyl group having at least three substituents as a repeating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yasunori UETANI
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Publication number: 20170229667Abstract: An organic photoelectric conversion device having an anode, a cathode, an active layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole injection layer disposed between the anode and the active layer, wherein the anode is an electrode containing an electrically conductive nanosubstance and the hole injection layer is a layer showing a of 80% or more in measurement of the residual film rate after a water rinse treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yasunori UETANI
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Publication number: 20170162808Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device comprising a layer A having a hue value of h1 in the L*C*h color system calculated from the transmittance spectrum and a layer B having a hue value of h2 in the L*C*h color system calculated from the transmittance spectrum, wherein the above-described h1 and the above-described h2 satisfy h1+100?h2?h1+260.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yasunori UETANI
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Patent number: 9412950Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit represented by the formula (A) and a repeating unit represented by the formula (B) manifests large absorbance of light having long wavelength, and can be used in an organic photoelectric conversion device and an organic thin film transistor. [in the formula (A) and the formula (B), R represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group optionally substituted by a fluorine atom, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a group represented by the formula (2a) or a group represented by the formula (2b). A plurality of R may be the same or mutually different. Ar1 and Ar2 represent an optionally substituted tri-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms or a trivalent heterocyclic group having 4 to 60 carbon atoms.].Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Ken Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9362515Abstract: Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion element comprising an anode, a cathode, and an active layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the active layer includes an n-type semiconductor and a p-type semiconductor, and an area of a p-n junction between the n-type semiconductor and the p-type semiconductor is 100 ?m2 or more per 1 ?m3 of the active layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Yoshiaki Honda, Yukiko Takenaka
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Publication number: 20160111669Abstract: An organic photoelectric conversion device having an anode, a cathode, an active layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole injection layer disposed between the anode and the active layer, wherein the cathode is an electrode containing an electrically conductive nano-substance, and the hole injection layer is a layer having a residual film rate of 80% or more in measurement of the residual film rate after water rinse treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yasunori UETANI
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Patent number: 9318719Abstract: A method for producing an organic photoelectric conversion device, including a step of forming an anode, a step of forming an active layer on the above-described anode, a step of forming an oxide layer comprising a zinc oxide doped with at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gallium, aluminum, indium and boron on the above-described active layer, and a step of forming a cathode on the above-described oxide layer by a vacuum film formation method.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yasunori Uetani
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Patent number: 9184393Abstract: A composition containing a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following formula (2), and a fullerene with a carbon number of 70 or more or a fullerene derivative having a fullerene skeleton with a carbon number of 70 or more: wherein, Q, R, R1 and R2 each independently denote a hydrogen atom, and so on.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yasunori Uetani
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Publication number: 20150287943Abstract: A method for producing an organic photoelectric conversion device, comprising a step of forming an anode, a step of forming an active layer on the above-described anode, a step of forming an oxide layer comprising a zinc oxide doped with at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gallium, aluminum, indium and boron on the above-described active layer, and a step of forming a cathode on the above-described oxide layer by a vacuum film formation method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Yasunori Uetani
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Publication number: 20150047708Abstract: An organic-inorganic hybrid photoelectric conversion device comprising: an inorganic photoelectric conversion device comprising an inorganic semiconductor; and an organic photoelectric conversion device which is connected in series to the inorganic photoelectric conversion device and is superimposed on the inorganic photoelectric conversion device, wherein the organic photoelectric conversion device comprises an active layer comprising an electron-accepting compound and an electron-donating compound and has an absorption edge at a wavelength shorter than that at which the inorganic photoelectric conversion device has. This photoelectric conversion device is capable of obtaining high open end voltage, and can be fabricated simply.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Masahiko Hata
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Publication number: 20140373912Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit represented by the formula (A) and a repeating unit represented by the formula (B) manifests large absorbance of light having long wavelength, and can be used in an organic photoelectric conversion device and an organic thin film transistor. [in the formula (A) and the formula (B), R represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group optionally substituted by a fluorine atom, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a group represented by the formula (2a) or a group represented by the formula (2b). A plurality of R may be the same or mutually different. Ar1 and Ar2 represent an optionally substituted tri-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms or a trivalent heterocyclic group having 4 to 60 carbon atoms.].Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Ken Yoshimura
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Patent number: 8871359Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device wherein a light emitting layer exists between electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode, a layer (L) containing a polymer compound exists between the light emitting layer and the anode and the polymer compound contains a repeating unit of formula (1): wherein, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 represent each independently an arylene group or divalent heterocyclic group; E1, E2 and E3 represent each independently aryl group (A) or heterocyclic group (B); a and b represent each independently 0 or 1, and 0?a+b?1; aryl group (A) is an aryl group having three or more substituents; and heterocyclic group (B) is a monovalent heterocyclic group having one or more substituents in which the sum of the number of the substituents and the number of hetero atoms of the heterocycle is 3 or more.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Jun Oguma, Makoto Anryu
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Patent number: 8723163Abstract: Disclosed is an organic photoelectric conversion device including a pair of electrodes, at least one of which is transparent or semi-transparent, and an organic layer arranged between the electrodes and containing a conjugated polymer compound and a sulfur-containing heterocyclic compound, wherein the sulfur-containing heterocyclic compound has a condensed polycyclic structure or a bithiophene structure. Examples of the sulfur-containing heterocyclic compound include a compound represented by formula (1): (wherein, a plurality of R1's may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an arylalkyl group, an arylalkoxy group or an arylalkylthio group, and a hydrogen atom or atoms contained in these groups may be substituted by a fluorine atom or atoms; and m represents an integer of 0 to 10) or the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventor: Yasunori Uetani
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Patent number: 8673958Abstract: A fullerene derivative having a partial structure represented by formula (1): wherein R represents a monovalent group, and r represents an integer of 0 to 4, in particular, a fullerene derivative, which has one to four structures represented by formula (1), can be applied to an organic photoelectric conversion element having a high open-circuit voltage and is therefore suitable for an organic thin-film solar cell or an organic photosensor, and thus it is extremely useful.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Jun Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20140008747Abstract: An organic photoelectric conversion device can be easily produced by a method of producing an organic photoelectric conversion device, comprising forming an anode, forming an active layer on the anode, then, forming a cathode on the active layer by a coating method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yasunori Uetani
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Publication number: 20130200351Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit represented by the formula (1) is useful for an organic photoelectric conversion device: [wherein, Q, R and T are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an alkyl group optionally substituted by a fluorine atom, an alkoxy group optionally substituted by a fluorine atom, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted heteroaryl group or a group represented by the formula (2). Two Qs may be the same or different. Two Rs may be the same or different. Four Ts may be the same or different. (wherein, m1 represents an integer of 0 to 6 and m2 represents an integer of 0 to 6. R? represents an alkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group.)].Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Yasunori Uetani, Ken Yoshimura, Jun Fujiwara
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Patent number: 8440109Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic photoelectric conversion device comprising a layer comprising a fullerene derivative represented by formula (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, National University Corporation Tottori UniversityInventors: Toshiyuki Itoh, Yasunori Uetani
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Publication number: 20130005072Abstract: Disclosed is an organic photoelectric conversion element including an anode, a cathode, an active layer, and a functional layer, wherein the anode contains a metal, the anode and the functional layer are adjacent to each other, and the functional layer is formed using a solution having a pH value of 5 to 9. Examples of the metal include aluminum, magnesium, titanium, chromium, iron, nickel, copper, zinc, gallium, zirconium, molybdenum, silver, indium, and tin. Preferably, the active layer contains a conjugated polymer compound and a fullerene derivative.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yasunori UETANI