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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2023
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Yosuke Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Bando, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukio Kaneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiki Moriwaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode including a plurality of electrodes; a second electrode opposed to the first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer including an organic material provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first semiconductor layer provided between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and including an n-type semiconductor material; and a second semiconductor layer provided between the second electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, and including at least one of a carbon-containing compound having an electron affinity larger than a work function of the first electrode or an inorganic compound having a work function larger than the work function of the first electrode.