IP Library Granted Patent US 7,161,294
Granted Patent B2
US 7,161,294 · App. 10/913,532 · Granted Jan 9, 2007

Organic lights-emitting device with doped emission layer

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Patent No.
US 7,161,294
App. No.
10/913,532
Granted
Jan 9, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An OLED has a doped emission layer (EML). The OLED comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and an EML having a host material and a light-emitting dopant and interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light-emitting dopant has a concentration gradient between a first surface close to the first electrode of the EML and a second surface opposite to the first surface. As a result, luminous efficiency of the OLED can be enhanced and a driving voltage can also be reduced.

Claims (20)

1. An organic light-emitting device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode; and

an emission layer having a host material and a light-emitting dopant interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the emission layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface,

wherein the light-emitting dopant has a continuous concentration gradient between the first surface and the second surface; and

wherein the light-emitting dopant is a phosphorous dopant.

2. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer is formed by a laser induced thermal imaging method.

3. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the light-emitting dopant decreases from the first surface to the second surface.

4. The organic light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein the concentration of the light-emitting dopant is 50% by weight or less in the first surface and 0% by weight or more in the second surface.

5. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the light-emitting dopant increases from the first surface to the second surface.

6. The organic light-emitting device of claim 5 , wherein the concentration of the light-emitting dopant is 0% by weight or more in the first surface and 50% by weight or less in the second surface.

7. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the phosphorus dopant is any one selected from a group consisting of PtOEP, PQIr(acac), Btp 2 lr(acac), lr(ppy) 3 , RD61 and Flrpic.

8. The organic light-emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the host material is any one of CBP and mCP.

9. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising: when one of the first electrode and the second electrode is an anode and the other is a cathode,

a hole transporting layer interposed between the anode and the emission layer; and

an electron transporting layer interposed between the emission layer and the cathode.

10. The organic light-emitting device of claim 9 , further comprising a hole blocking layer between the emission layer and the electron transporting layer.

11. The organic light-emitting device of claim 10 , where the host material is doped with at least one of lr(ppy) 3 , RD61, PtOEP, PQIr(acac), Btp 2 lr(acac), Flrpic and substantially similar material.

12. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer is formed by codepositing the host material and the light-emitting dopant.

13. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer is formed by a laser induced thermal imaging method.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028884/0453 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022024/0026 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2004
From: CHIN, BYUNG-DOO; SUH, MIN-CHUL; KIM, MU-HYUN; YANG, NAM-CHOUL; LEE, SEONG-TAEK
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015672/0179 →