IP Library Granted Patent US 7,745,017
Granted Patent B2
US 7,745,017 · App. 11/166,158 · Granted Jun 29, 2010

Organic electroluminescent device and method for producing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,745,017
App. No.
11/166,158
Granted
Jun 29, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescent device and a method for producing the same, the organic electroluminescent device including a luminescent layer produced by a vapor-deposition method disposed between a pair of electrodes, the luminescent layer containing at least one host material and at least one metal complex including a partial structure represented by formula (I): wherein M represents a metal atom, R 1 , R 2 and R 4 to R 8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and R 3 represents a group represented by formula (II), an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group: wherein R 11 to R 13 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that at least two of them each independently represent an alkyl group or an aryl group.

Claims (14)

1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising a luminescent layer produced by a vapor-deposition method disposed between a pair of electrodes, the luminescent layer containing at least one host material and at least one metal complex including a partial structure represented by formula (I):

Formula (I)

wherein R 3 represents a tertiary alkyl group having 5 to 8 carbon atoms;

wherein the metal complex is a complex wherein all three ligands are the same.

2. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the luminescent layer contains only materials having a molecular weight of 3,000 or less.

3. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the luminescent layer contains only materials having a molecular weight of from 200 to 2,000.

4. The organic electroluminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one host material comprises a carbazole derivative.

5. A method for producing an organic electroluminescent device comprising a luminescent layer disposed between a pair of electrodes, the method comprising vapor-depositing at least one host material and at least one metal complex including a partial structure represented by formula (I) to form the luminescent layer:

Formula (I)

wherein R 3 represents a tertiary alkyl group having 5 to 8 carbon atoms;

wherein the metal complex is a complex wherein all three ligands are the same.

6. The method for producing an organic electroluminescent device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one host material and the at least one metal complex each have a molecular weight of 3,000 or less.

7. The method for producing an organic electroluminescent device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one host material and the at least one metal complex each have a molecular weight of from 200 or more and 2,000 or less.

8. The method for producing an organic electroluminescent device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one host material comprises a carbazole derivative.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2012
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
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