Photoelectric conversion device and imaging apparatus

A photoelectric conversion device comprising:

• a first electrode;
• a second electrode opposed to the first electrode;
• and
• a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity, wherein
• variation in a ratio between horizontally-oriented crystal and vertically-oriented crystal in the photoelectric conversion layer is three times or less between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature, and
• wherein
• the photoelectric conversion layer includes another organic semiconductor material, and
• the other organic semiconductor material is subphthalocyanine or a derivative thereof represented by the following general formula (2);
• R15 to R26 are each independently selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a straight-chain, branched, or cyclic alkyl group, a thioalkyl group, a thioaryl group, an arylsulfonyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an amino group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an acylamino group, an acyloxy group, a phenyl group, a carboxy group, a carboxamide group, a carboalkoxy group, an acyl group, a sulfonyl group, a cyano group, and a nitro group, and any adjacent ones of R15 to R26 may be a portion of a condensed aliphatic ring or a condensed aromatic ring, where the condensed aliphatic ring or the condensed aromatic ring may include one or more atoms other than carbon, where M is boron, divalent metal, or trivalent metal, and where X is a substituent selected from a group consisting of halogen, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, an imide group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, and a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group.

A photoelectric conversion device comprising:

• a first electrode;
• a second electrode opposed to the first electrode;
• and
• a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity, wherein
• a variation amount of an angle formed with an electrode surface of the first electrode is smaller than 10 degrees between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature,
• wherein the one organic semiconductor material has an aromatic skeleton and an aromatic substituent in a molecule, and
• wherein the aromatic substituent is any of the following formulae (A-1) to (A-50):

An imaging apparatus in which each pixel includes one or a plurality of organic photoelectric conversion sections,

• the organic photoelectric conversion section comprising:
• a first electrode;
• a second electrode opposed to the first electrode;
• and
• a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity, wherein
• variation in a ratio between horizontally-oriented crystal and vertically-oriented crystal in the photoelectric conversion layer is three times or less between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature,
• wherein the one organic semiconductor material has an aromatic skeleton and an aromatic substituent in a molecule, and
• wherein the aromatic substituent is any of the following formulae (A-1) to (A-50):

An imaging apparatus in which each pixel includes one or a plurality of organic photoelectric conversion sections,

• the photoelectric conversion device comprising:
• a first electrode;
• a second electrode opposed to the first electrode;
• and
• a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity, wherein
• a variation amount of an angle formed with an electrode surface of the first electrode is smaller than 10 degrees between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature,
• wherein the one organic semiconductor material has an aromatic skeleton and an aromatic substituent in a molecule, and
• wherein the aromatic substituent is any of the following formulae (A-1) to (A-50):

A photoelectric conversion device comprising:

• a first electrode;
• a second electrode opposed to the first electrode;
• and
• a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity, wherein
• a variation amount of an angle formed with an electrode surface of the first electrode is smaller than 10 degrees between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature,
• wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes another organic semiconductor material, and
• wherein the other organic semiconductor material is subphthalocyanine or a derivative thereof represented by the following general formula (2):
• R15 to R26 are each independently selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a straight-chain, branched, or cyclic alkyl group, a thioalkyl group, a thioaryl group, an arylsulfonyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an amino group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an acylamino group, an acyloxy group, a phenyl group, a carboxy group, a carboxamide group, a carboalkoxy group, an acyl group, a sulfonyl group, a cyano group, and a nitro group, and any adjacent ones of R15 to R26 may be a portion of a condensed aliphatic ring or a condensed aromatic ring, where the condensed aliphatic ring or the condensed aromatic ring may include one or more atoms other than carbon, where M is boron, divalent metal, or trivalent metal, and where X is a substituent selected from a group consisting of halogen, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, an imide group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, and a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group.

An imaging apparatus in which each pixel includes one or a plurality of organic photoelectric conversion sections,

• the organic photoelectric conversion section comprising:
• a first electrode;
• a second electrode opposed to the first electrode;
• and
• a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity, wherein
• variation in a ratio between horizontally-oriented crystal and vertically-oriented crystal in the photoelectric conversion layer is three times or less between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature,
• wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes another organic semiconductor material, and
• wherein the other organic semiconductor material is subphthalocyanine or a derivative thereof represented by the following general formula (2):
• R15 to R26 are each independently selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a straight-chain, branched, or cyclic alkyl group, a thioalkyl group, a thioaryl group, an arylsulfonyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an amino group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an acylamino group, an acyloxy group, a phenyl group, a carboxy group, a carboxamide group, a carboalkoxy group, an acyl group, a sulfonyl group, a cyano group, and a nitro group, and any adjacent ones of R15 to R26 may be a portion of a condensed aliphatic ring or a condensed aromatic ring, where the condensed aliphatic ring or the condensed aromatic ring may include one or more atoms other than carbon, where M is boron, divalent metal, or trivalent metal, and where X is a substituent selected from a group consisting of halogen, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, an imide group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, and a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group.

An imaging apparatus in which each pixel includes one or a plurality of organic photoelectric conversion sections,

• the photoelectric conversion device comprising:
• a first electrode;
• a second electrode opposed to the first electrode;
• and
• a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including at least one type of one organic semiconductor material having crystallinity, wherein
• a variation amount of an angle formed with an electrode surface of the first electrode is smaller than 10 degrees between a case where film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a first temperature and a case where the film formation of the one organic semiconductor material is performed at a second temperature, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature,
• wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes another organic semiconductor material, and
• wherein the other organic semiconductor material is subphthalocyanine or a derivative thereof represented by the following general formula (2):
• R15 to R26 are each independently selected from a group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a straight-chain, branched, or cyclic alkyl group, a thioalkyl group, a thioaryl group, an arylsulfonyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an amino group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an acylamino group, an acyloxy group, a phenyl group, a carboxy group, a carboxamide group, a carboalkoxy group, an acyl group, a sulfonyl group, a cyano group, and a nitro group, and any adjacent ones of R15 to R26 may be a portion of a condensed aliphatic ring or a condensed aromatic ring, where the condensed aliphatic ring or the condensed aromatic ring may include one or more atoms other than carbon, where M is boron, divalent metal, or trivalent metal, and where X is a substituent selected from a group consisting of halogen, a hydroxy group, a thiol group, an imide group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, and a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group.