IP Library Granted Patent US 7,592,075
Granted Patent B2
US 7,592,075 · App. 11/516,285 · Granted Sep 22, 2009

Organic electroluminescence element

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Patent No.
US 7,592,075
App. No.
11/516,285
Granted
Sep 22, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescence element is disclosed which comprises a hole transporting layer containing a hole transporting material, a light emission layer containing a host compound and a phosphorescent compound, a hole blocking layer, and an electron transporting layer, the host compound having a band gap of from 3.3 eV to 5 eV, and having a molecular weight of not less than 500, and relationship c<d being satisfied, wherein c (eV) represents a difference between energy level of LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) in the hole blocking layer and energy level of LUMO in the light emission layer and d (eV) represents a difference between energy level of HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) in the hole blocking layer and energy level of HOMO in the light emission layer.

Claims (5)

1. An organic electroluminescence element comprising a hole transporting layer containing a hole transporting material, a light emission layer containing a host compound and a phosphorescent compound, a hole blocking layer, and an electron transporting layer, the light emission layer being in physical contact with the hole transporting layer, the hole transporting material having a ratio N/C of a nitrogen atom number N to a carbon atom number C of from 0.05 to 0.10, and relationship c<d being satisfied, wherein c (eV) represents a difference between energy level of LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) in the hole blocking layer and energy level of LUMO in the light emission layer and d (eV) represents a difference between energy level of HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) in the hole blocking layer and energy level of HOMO in the light emission layer, and relationship a≧b+0.2 being satisfied, wherein a (eV) represents a difference between energy level of LUMO in the light emission layer and energy level of LUMO in the hole transporting layer and b (eV) represents a difference between energy level of HOMO in the light emission layer and energy level of HOMO in the hole transporting layer.

2. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 , wherein relationship 0.0<c/d≦0.4 is satisfied.

3. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 , wherein the phosphorescent compound is an iridium complex, an osmium complex or a platinum complex.

4. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 3 , wherein the phosphorescent compound is an iridium complex.

5. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 3 , wherein the phosphorescent compound is an osmium complex or a platinum complex.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: KONICA MINOLTA INC
To: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0075 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0146 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: KONICA CORPORATION
To: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 052206/0435 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 052207/0010 →