IP Library Granted Patent US 7,649,211
Granted Patent B2
US 7,649,211 · App. 11/807,267 · Granted Jan 19, 2010

Organic light emitting element

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,649,211
App. No.
11/807,267
Granted
Jan 19, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a light-emitting element including an electron-transporting layer and a hole-transporting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a first layer and a second layer between the electron-transporting layer and the hole-transporting layer, wherein the first layer includes a first organic compound and an organic compound having a hole-transporting property, the second layer includes a second organic compound and an organic compound having an electron-transporting property, the first layer is formed in contact with the first electrode side of the second layer, the first organic compound and the second organic compound are the same compound, and a voltage is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode, so that both of the first organic compound and the second organic compound emit light.

Claims (29)

1. A light emitting element comprising:

a first layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, and

a second layer between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the first layer includes a first light-emitting organic compound and an organic compound having a hole-transporting property,

wherein the second layer includes a second light-emitting organic compound and an organic compound having an electron-transporting property,

wherein the first layer is formed in contact with the second layer, and is located between the second layer and the first electrode,

wherein the first light-emitting organic compound and the organic compound having a hole-transporting property are mixed,

wherein the second light-emitting organic compound and the organic compound having an electron-transporting property are mixed,

wherein the first light-emitting organic compound and the second light-emitting organic compound are the same compound, and

wherein the organic compound having the hole-transporting property and the organic compound having the electron-transporting property comprises at least one of a tricyclic condensed aromatic compound, a tetracyclic condensed aromatic compound, a pentacyclic condensed aromatic compound, and a hexacyclic condensed aromatic compound.

2. A light emitting element comprising:

a first layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, and

a second layer between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the first layer includes a first light-emitting organic compound and an organic compound having a hole-transporting property,

wherein the second layer includes a second light-emitting organic compound and an organic compound having an electron-transporting property,

wherein the first layer is formed in contact with the second layer, and is located between the second layer and the first electrode,

wherein the first light-emitting organic compound and the organic compound having a hole-transporting property are mixed,

wherein the second light-emitting organic compound and the organic compound having an electron-transporting property are mixed,

wherein the first light-emitting organic compound and the second light-emitting organic compound are the same compound, and

wherein the organic compound having the hole-transporting property and the organic compound having the electron-transporting property are anthracene derivatives.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising:

an electron-transporting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a hole-transporting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the first layer is located between the electron-transporting layer and the hole-transporting layer, and

wherein the second layer is located between the electron-transporting layer and the hole-transporting layer.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 or 2 ,

wherein the light-emitting element is configured to being applied a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode such that a potential of the first electrode is higher than that of the second electrode, so that both of the first light-emitting organic compound included in the first layer and the second light-emitting organic compound included in the second layer emit light.

5. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 or 2 , and control means for controlling light-emission of the light-emitting element.

6. An electronic device comprising a display portion, the display portion including the light-emitting element according to claim 1 or 2 , and control means for controlling light-emission of the light-emitting element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2007
From: OHSAWA, NOBUHARU
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019398/0452 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2006-154077 · Jun 1, 2006 · national
JP 2007-012700 · Jan 23, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080006822A1 · Jan 10, 2008