IP Library Granted Patent US 7,629,059
Granted Patent B2
US 7,629,059 · App. 10/580,052 · Granted Dec 8, 2009

Organo-electronic functional material and use thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,629,059
App. No.
10/580,052
Granted
Dec 8, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides an organo-electronic functional material comprising a tris(arylamino)benzene represented by the general formula (I) wherein A and B are each a group represented by the general formula (II) in which R is an alkyl group of 1-6 carbons or a cycloalkyl group of 5 or 6 carbon atoms and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, and A and B may be the same or different from each other, and exhibiting a cyclic voltamogram in which a deviation of peak current of cyclic curves as measured 50 times at a sweep rate of 20 mV/s falls within ±10% of the average of peak current. The organo-electronic functional material has an opto-electronic exchanging function, a reversible oxidation-reduction property and a high glass transition temperature, and can form amorphous film in itself. In addition, it is stable and exhibits only slight variation of peak current in repeated oxidation-reduction process so that it is suitable for use as, for example, a hole transporting material among others in various electronic devices including an organic electroluminescence element.

Claims (9)

1. An organo-electronic functional material comprising a tris(arylamino)benzene represented by the general formula (I)

wherein A and B are each a group represented by the general formula (II)

in which R is an alkyl group of 1-6 carbons or a cycloalkyl group of 5 or 6 carbon atoms and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, provided that n is 1, 2, or 3 in at least one of A and B, and exhibiting a cyclic voltamogram in which a deviation of peak current of cyclic curves as measured 50 times at a sweep rate of 20 mV/s falls within ±10% of the average of peak current.

2. The organo-electronic functional material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tris(arylamino)benzene comprises the group A, which is a biphenylyl or a terphenyl group that is substituted with an alkyl group of 1-6 carbons or a cycloalkyl group of 5 or 6 carbon atoms at the terminal phenyl group thereof and the group B, which is a phenyl group that is substituted with an alkyl group of 1-6 carbons or a cycloalkyl group having 5 or 6 carbons.

3. The organo-electronic functional material as claimed in claim 1 , in which the tris(arylamino)benzene is 1, 3, 5-tris(N-(4′-methyl-4-biphenylyl)-N-(p-tolyl)armino)benzene.

4. A hole transporting agent, the agent comprising the organo-electronic functional material as claimed in claim 1 .

5. An organic electroluminescence element, the element having a hole transporting layer containing the bole transporting agent as claimed in claim 4 .

6. An organic electroluminescence element, the element having a hole transporting layer containing the hole transporting agent as claimed in claim 4 and a hole injecting layer containing a hole injecting agent comprising a tris (4-(N,N-diarylamino)phenyl)amnine represented by the general formula (III)

wherein X and Y are each an aryl group and may be the same or different from each other.

Assignments (6)
MERGER Recorded Oct 21, 2020
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.; NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 20, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECT ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 028291 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S NAME. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.. Recorded Jul 30, 2012
From: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 028267 FRAME 0390. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR INTEREST. Recorded May 30, 2012
From: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2012
From: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.,
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2006
From: AKASHI, NOBUTAKA; SHIROTA, YASUHIKO
To: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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