IP Library Granted Patent US 7,233,105
Granted Patent B2
US 7,233,105 · App. 11/020,394 · Granted Jun 19, 2007

Organic electroluminescent display device having plural carrier transportation layers

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Patent No.
US 7,233,105
App. No.
11/020,394
Granted
Jun 19, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an organic EL device disclosed, there are stacked sequentially on a glass substrate an anode, a first carrier transportation layer, a second carrier transportation layer, a light emission layer, a third carrier transportation layer, a fourth carrier transportation layer, an electron transportation layer, and a cathode. The first carrier transportation layer is formed from a material having an ionization potential Ip lower than the ionization potential Ip of the second carrier transportation layer, and the third carrier transportation layer is formed from a material having an electron affinity Ea less than the electron affinity Ea of the fourth carrier transportation layer.

Claims (60)

1. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:

a light emission layer formed between an anode and a cathode that face each other;

a first carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the light emission layer facing the anode;

a second carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the first carrier transportation layer facing the cathode and in contact with the first carrier transportation layer; and

two or more stacks of layers formed alternately comprising the first carrier transportation layer and the second carrier transportation layer,

wherein an ionization potential IP P1 of the first carrier transportation layer and an ionization potential IP P2 of the second carrier transportation layer satisfy

IP P1 <IP P2 .

2. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in the claim 1 , wherein the first carrier transportation layer uses a NPD, and the second carrier transportation layer uses 2-TNATA.

3. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in the claim 1 , wherein an energy gap Eg EML of the light emission layer and an energy gap Eg P2 of the second carrier transportation layer satisfy

Eg EML <Eg P2 .

4. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:

a light emission layer formed between an anode and a cathode that face each other;

a first carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the light emission layer facing the cathode;

a second carrier transportation layer formed to be in contact with a side of the first carrier transportation layer facing the cathode; and

two or more stacks of layers formed alternately comprising the first carrier transportation layer and the second carrier transportation layer,

wherein an electron affinity Ea P1 of the first carrier transportation layer and an electron affinity Ea P2 of the second carrier transportation layer satisfy

Ea P1 <Ea P2 .

5. The organic electro luminescence device as claimed in the claim 4 , wherein an energy gap Eg EML of the light emission layer and an energy gap Eg P1 of the first carrier transportation layer satisfy

Eg EML <Eg P1 .

6. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:

a light emission layer formed between an anode and a cathode that face each other;

a first carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the light emission layer facing the anode;

a second carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the first carrier transportation layer facing the cathode and in contact with the first carrier transportation layer;

two or more stacks of layers formed alternately comprising the first carrier transportation layer and the second carrier transportation layer;

a third carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the light emission layer facing the cathode;

a fourth carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the third carrier transportation layer facing the cathode and in contact with the third carrier transportation layer; and

two or more stacks of layers formed alternately comprising the third carrier transportation layer and the fourth carrier transportation layer,

wherein an ionization potential IP P1 of the first carrier transportation layer and an ionization potential IP P2 of the second carrier transportation layer satisfy

IP P1 <IP P2 , and

an electron affinity Ea P3 of the third carrier transportation layer and an electron affinity Ea P4 of the fourth carrier transportation layer satisfy

Ea P3 <Ea P4 .

7. The organic electro luminescence device as claimed in the claim 6 , wherein an energy gap Eg EML of the light emission layer, an energy gap Eg P2 of the second carrier transportation layer, and an energy gap Eg P3 of the third carrier transportation layer satisfy

Eg EML <Eg P2 , and

Eg EML <Eg P3 .

8. An organic electroluminescent display comprising an organic electroluminescent device, said organic electroluminescent device including:

a light emission layer formed between an anode and a cathode that face each other;

a first carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the light emission layer facing the anode;

a second carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the first carrier transportation layer facing the cathode and in contact with the first carrier transportation layer; and

two or more stacks of layers formed alternately comprising the first carrier transportation layer and the second carrier transportation layer,

wherein an ionization potential IP P1 of the first carrier transportation layer and an ionization potential IP P2 of the second carrier transportation layer satisfy

IP P1 <IP P2 .

9. An organic electroluminescent display comprising an organic electroluminescent device, said organic electroluminescent device including:

a light emission layer formed between an anode and a cathode that face each other;

a first carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the light emission layer facing the cathode; and

a second carrier transportation layer formed to be in contact with a side of the first carrier transportation layer facing the cathode;

two or more stacks of layers formed alternately comprising the first carrier transportation layer and the second carrier transportation layer,

wherein an electron affinity Ea P1 of the first carrier transportation layer and an electron affinity Ea P2 of the second carrier transportation layer satisfy

Ea P1 <Ea P2 .

10. An organic electroluminescent display comprising an organic electroluminescent device, said organic electroluminescent device including:

a light emission layer formed between an anode and a cathode that face each other;

a first carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the light emission layer facing the anode;

a second carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the first carrier transportation layer facing the cathode and in contact with the first carrier transportation layer;

two or more stacks of layers formed alternately comprising the first carrier transportation layer and the second carrier transportation layer;

a third carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the light emission layer facing the cathode;

a fourth carrier transportation layer formed on a side of the third carrier transportation layer facing the cathode and in contact with the third carrier transportation layer; and

two or more stacks of layers formed alternately comprising the third carrier transportation layer and the fourth carrier transportation layer,

wherein an ionization potential IP P1 of the first carrier transportation layer and an ionization potential IP P2 of the second carrier transportation layer satisfy

IP P1 <IP P2 , and

an electron affinity Ea P3 of the third carrier transportation layer and an electron affinity Ea P4 of the fourth carrier transportation layer satisfy

Ea P3 <Ea P4 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2012
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028889/0636 →