Composite material, and light emitting element and light emitting device using the composite material
View Patent ↗An object is to provide a light emitting element with low drive voltage which contains an organic compound and an inorganic compound. One feature of a light emitting element of the present invention is to include a layer containing a light emitting material between a pair of electrodes, in which the layer containing a light emitting material has a layer containing a carbazole derivative represented by General Formula (1) and an inorganic compound which exhibits an electron accepting property to the carbazole derivative represented by General Formula (1). With such a structure, the inorganic compound accepts electrons from the carbazole derivative, carriers are generated internally, and a drive voltage of the light emitting element can be reduced.
1. A composite material comprising:
a carbazole derivative represented by General Formula (1); and
an inorganic compound which exhibits an electron accepting property to the carbazole derivative represented by General Formula (1),
wherein R 11 and R 13 are either the same or different, and each of which represents any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group having 5 to 9 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group, and an acyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms; Ar 11 represents one of an aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms and a heteroaryl group having 5 to 9 carbon atoms; R 12 represents any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms; and R 14 represents any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a substituent represented by General Formula (2),
wherein R 15 represents any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group having 5 to 9 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group, and an acyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms; Ar 12 represents one of an aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms and a heteroaryl group having 5 to 9 carbon atoms; and R 16 represents any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms,
wherein the carbazole derivative represented by General Formula (1) and the inorganic compound are mixed, and
wherein the inorganic compound is any one or more of titanium oxide, vanadium oxide, molybdenum oxide, tungsten oxide, rhenium oxide, ruthenium oxide, chromium oxide, zirconium oxide, hafnium oxide, tantalum oxide, and silver oxide.
2. A composite material according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of R 11 and R 13 is an aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms or a heteroaryl group having 5 to 9 carbon atoms.
3. A composite material according to claim 1 , wherein one of R 11 and R 13 is phenyl.
4. A composite material according to claim 1 , wherein each of R 11 and R 13 is an aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms.
5. A composite material according to claim 1 , wherein each of R 11 and R 13 is a heteroaryl group having 5 to 9 carbon atoms.
6. A composite material according to claim 1 , wherein each of R 11 and R 13 is phenyl.
7. A composite material according to claim 1 , wherein R 12 is any one of hydrogen, tert-butyl, phenyl, and biphenyl.
8. A composite material according to claim 1 , wherein R 14 is any one of hydrogen, tert-butyl, phenyl, and biphenyl.
9. A composite material according to claim 1 , wherein R 16 is any one of hydrogen, tert-butyl, phenyl, and biphenyl.
10. A composite material according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic compound is oxide of transition metal.
11. A light emitting element comprising a layer containing a light emitting material between a pair of electrodes, wherein the layer containing the light emitting material has a layer containing the composite material according to claim 1 .
12. A light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein the layer containing the composite material is provided so as to be in contact with an electrode functioning an anode of the pair of electrodes.
13. A light emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein the layer containing the composite material is provided so as to be in contact with an electrode functioning a cathode of the pair of electrodes.
14. A light emitting device comprising the light emitting element according to claim 11 , and a control means to control light emission of the light emitting element.
15. An electric appliance comprising a display portion, wherein the display portion is provided with the light emitting element according to claim 11 and the control means to control light emission of the light emitting element.
16. A light emitting element comprising a layer containing a light emitting material between a pair of electrodes, wherein the layer containing the light emitting material has a plurality of layers containing the composite material according to claim 1 .
17. A light emitting element according to claim 16 , wherein a first layer of the plurality of layers containing the composite material is provided so as to be in contact with one of the pair of electrodes and a second layer of the plurality of layers containing the composite material is provided so as to be in contact with the other one of the pair of electrodes.
18. A light emitting device comprising the light emitting element according to claim 16 , and a control means to control light emission of the light emitting element.
19. An electric appliance comprising a display portion, wherein the display portion is provided with the light emitting element according to claim 16 and the control means to control light emission of the light emitting element.