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).

  • Patent number: 10916720
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasunori Uetani
  • Publication number: 20180075978
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasunori UETANI, Toshiyuki ITOH
  • Publication number: 20170365417
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasunori UETANI
  • Publication number: 20170229667
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasunori UETANI
  • Publication number: 20170162808
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasunori UETANI
  • Patent number: 9412950
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Ken Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 9362515
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Yoshiaki Honda, Yukiko Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20160111669
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasunori UETANI
  • Patent number: 9318719
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasunori Uetani
  • Patent number: 9184393
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasunori Uetani
  • Publication number: 20150287943
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunori Uetani
  • Publication number: 20150047708
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Masahiko Hata
  • Publication number: 20140373912
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Ken Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8871359
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Jun Oguma, Makoto Anryu
  • Patent number: 8723163
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Yasunori Uetani
  • Patent number: 8673958
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Jun Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20140008747
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasunori Uetani
  • Publication number: 20130200351
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Ken Yoshimura, Jun Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8440109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic photoelectric conversion device comprising a layer comprising a fullerene derivative represented by formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, National University Corporation Tottori University
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Itoh, Yasunori Uetani
  • Publication number: 20130005072
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasunori UETANI