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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2017
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Satoru Shiobara, Funabashi, JP;

Naoki Yamada, Inagi, JP;

Tetsuo Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Jun Kamatani, Tokyo, JP;

Yosuke Nishide, Kawasaki, JP;

Hirokazu Miyashita, Tokyo, JP;

Tomona Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Hironobu Iwawaki, Yokohama, JP;

Hiroki Ohrui, Kawasaki, JP;

Masumi Itabashi, Yamato, JP;

Norifumi Kajimoto, Zama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 51/42 (2006.01); H01L 27/30 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/42 (2013.01); H01L 27/307 (2013.01); H01L 51/0046 (2013.01); H01L 51/0054 (2013.01); H01L 51/0057 (2013.01); H01L 51/0059 (2013.01); H01L 51/0068 (2013.01); H01L 51/0069 (2013.01); H01L 51/0071 (2013.01); H01L 51/0085 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/38 (2013.01); H01L 51/0058 (2013.01); H01L 51/0061 (2013.01); H01L 51/4246 (2013.01); H01L 51/4253 (2013.01); H01L 51/4273 (2013.01); H01L 2251/552 (2013.01); Y02E 10/549 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a photoelectric conversion element including a lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and an upper electrode in this order; a voltage is applied between the lower electrode and the upper electrode; the photoelectric conversion layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound; the first organic compound has a lower oxidation potential than the second organic compound, and ΔE represented by the following formula (A) satisfies the following formula (B); where ΔE=oxidation potential of first organic compound−reduction potential of second organic compound (A)Δ≥1.79[]  (B).


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