Cyclometalated transition metal complex and organic electroluminescence device using the same
View Patent ↗Provided is a cyclometalated transition metal complex represented by Formula 1, Formula 2 or Formula 3: By including a new ancillary ligand, the cyclometalated transition metal complex can efficiently emit red light using a phosphor by intersystem crossing (ISC) of excitons to triplet states and then metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT). An organic light emitting device prepared using the transition metal compound shows high luminous efficiency and high external quantum efficiency.
1. A cyclometalated transition metal complex represented by one of Formulae 2 and 3:
wherein M is Rh, Ir, Pt, or Au;
is a first mono anionic bidentate chelating ligand;
is a third mono anionic bidentate chelating ligand;
is a di-anionic tetradentate chelating ligand;
X is C, S, O, or N;
CY1, CY2, CY3, CY4 and CY5 are each independently an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic ring or an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic ring; and
n is 1 or 2.
2. The cyclometalated transition metal complex of claim 1 , wherein the first mono anionic bidentate chelating ligand is selected from the group consisting of ligands represented by formulae below:
where Z is S, O, NR 8 , and
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , and R 8 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, OH, CF 3 , CN, silyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, or arylene, wherein adjacent Rs may be fused together to form a five to seven membered aliphatic or aromatic ring.
3. The cyclometalated transition metal complex of claim 1 , wherein the third mono anionic bidentate chelating ligand is selected from the group consisting of ligands represented by formulae below:
where Z is C;
q is an integer from 0 to 5; and
R 1 and R 2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, OH, CF 3 , CN, silyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, or arylene, wherein adjacent Rs may be fused together to form a five-to seven-membered aliphatic or aromatic ring.
4. The cyclometalated transition metal complex of claim 1 , wherein the di-anionic tetradentate chelating ligand is selected from the group consisting of ligands represented by formulae below:
where Z is C;
q is an integer from 0 to 5; and
R 1 and R 2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, OH, CF 3 , CN, silyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, or arylene, wherein adjacent Rs may be fused together to form a five to seven membered aliphatic or aromatic ring.
5. The cyclometalated transition metal complex of claim 1 , wherein the di-anionic tetradentate chelating ligand is selected from the group consisting of ligands represented by formulae below:
6. The cyclometalated transition metal complex of claim 1 , wherein M is Ir.
7. The cyclometalated transition metal complex of claim 1 being a complex represented by one of the following Formulae 7 and 8:
8. The cyclometalated transition metal complex of claim 1 being a complex represented by one of the following formulae 9 and 10 below:
9. The cyclometalated transition metal complex of claim 1 being a complex represented by Formula 7:
10. An organic light emitting device comprising an organic layer interposed between a pair of electrodes, the organic layer comprising the cyclometalated transition metal complex of claim 1 .
11. The organic light emitting device of claim 10 , wherein the organic layer further comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of at least one kind of polymer host, a mixture of a polymer host and a low molecular weight host, a low molecular weight host, and a non-luminous polymer matrix.
12. The organic light emitting device of claim 10 , wherein the organic layer further comprises a green light emitting material or a blue light emitting material.
13. A cyclometalated transition metal complex represented by one of Formulae 2 and 3:
where M is a transition metal; and
n is 1 or 2;
is a first mono anionic bidentate chelating ligand selected from the group consisting of ligands represented by formulae below:
where Z is S, O, or NR 8 , and
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , and R 8 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, OH, CF 3 , CN, silyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, or arylene, wherein adjacent Rs may be fused together to form a five to seven membered aliphatic or aromatic ring;
is a third mono anionic bidentate chelating ligand selected from the group consisting of ligands represented by formulae below:
where Z is C;
q is an integer from 0 to 5; and
R 1 and R 2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, OH, CF 3 , CN, silyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, or arylene, wherein adjacent Rs may be fused together to form a five- to seven-membered aliphatic or aromatic ring; and
is a di-anionic tetradentate chelating ligand selected from the group consisting of ligands represented by formulae below:
where Z is C;
q is an integer from 0 to 5; and
R 1 and R 2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, OH, CF 3 , CN, silyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, or arylene, wherein adjacent Rs may be fused together to form a five to seven membered aliphatic or aromatic ring.
14. An organic light emitting device comprising an organic layer interposed between a pair of electrodes, the organic layer comprising the cyclometalated transition metal complex of claim 13 .
15. An organic light emitting device comprising:
a pair of electrodes; and
an emission layer interposed between the pair of electrodes, the organic layer comprising a cyclometalated transition metal complex represented by one of Formulae 2 and 3:
where M is a transition metal;
is a first mono anionic bidentate chelating ligand;
is a third mono anionic bidentate chelating ligand;
is a di-anionic tetradentate chelating ligand;
X is C, S, O, or N;
CY1, CY2, CY3, CY4 and CY5 are each independently an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic ring or an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic ring; and
n is 1 or 2.
16. The organic light emitting device of claim 15 , wherein the amount of the cyclometalated transition metal complex is in the range of 1 to 30 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the emission layer.
17. A cyclometalated transition metal complex represented by one of Formulae 2 and 3:
where M is a transition metal; and
n is 1 or 2;
is a first mono anionic bidentate chelating ligand selected from the group consisting of ligands represented by formulae below:
where Z is S, O, or NR 8 , and
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , and R 8 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, OH, CF 3 , CN, silyl, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, or arylene, wherein adjacent Rs may be fused together to form a five to seven membered aliphatic or aromatic ring;
is a third mono anionic bidentate chelating ligand; and
is a di-anionic tetradentate chelating ligand;
CY3, CY4 and CY5 are each independently an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic ring or an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic ring; and
n is 1 or 2.