IP Library Granted Patent US 7,572,523
Granted Patent B2
US 7,572,523 · App. 11/109,804 · Granted Aug 11, 2009

Organic electroluminescent device

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Patent No.
US 7,572,523
App. No.
11/109,804
Granted
Aug 11, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescent device including a pair of electrodes and at least one organic compound layer including a luminescent layer between the pair of electrodes, in which the luminescent layer contains at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent material, and the concentration of the phosphorescent material changes periodically in the depth direction of the luminescent layer.

Claims (16)

1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising:

a pair or electrodes; and

at least one organic compound layer including a luminescent layer between the pair of electrodes,

wherein the luminescent layer contains at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent material, and

wherein the luminescent layer is a layer formed by alternately laminating a layer of high phosphorescent material concentration and a layer of low phosphorescent material concentration at least two times, and wherein the number of layers of high phosphorescent material concentration is at least two and the number of layers of low phosphorescent material concentration is at least two.

2. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the layers of high phosphorescent material concentration and the layers of low phosphorescent material concentration each have a thickness of 1 nm to 20 nm.

3. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the phosphorescent material concentration of each layer of high phosphorescent material concentration is 4 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less and the phosphorescent material concentration of each layer of low phosphorescent material concentration is 0.1 mass % or more and less than 4 mass %.

4. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 2 , wherein the phosphorescent material concentration of each layer of high phosphorescent material concentration is 4 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less and the phosphorescent material concentration of each layer of low phosphorescent material concentration is 0.1 mass % or more and less than 4 mass %.

5. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the luminescent layer is a layer formed by alternately vapor-depositing a layer of high phosphorescent material concentration and a layer of low phosphorescent material concentration.

6. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 2 , wherein the luminescent layer is a layer formed by alternately vapor-depositing a layer of high phosphorescent material concentration and a layer of low phosphorescent material concentration.

7. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 3 , wherein the luminescent layer is a layer formed by alternately vapor-depositing a layer of high phosphorescent material concentration and a layer of low phosphorescent material concentration.

8. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 4 , wherein the luminescent layer is a layer formed by alternately vapor-depositing a layer of high phosphorescent material concentration and a layer of low phosphorescent material concentration.

9. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , further comprising an electron transport layer containing a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound.

10. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the layer of high phosphorescent material concentration is greater than the thickness of the layer of low phosphorescent material concentration.

11. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the layer of high phosphorescent material concentration is at least 1.5 times greater than the thickness of the layer of low phosphorescent material concentration.

12. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the layer of high phosphorescent material concentration is at least two times greater than the thickness of the layer of low phosphorescent material concentration.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2012
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028889/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018934/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018898/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2005
From: IGARASHI, TATSUYA
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016496/0042 →