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US 7,906,897 · App. 11/896,434 · Granted Mar 15, 2011

Organic electroluminescent element and device

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Patent No.
US 7,906,897
App. No.
11/896,434
Granted
Mar 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescent (EL) element includes at least a positive hole transport layer, a light emitting layer and an electron transport layer between at least a pair of electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer contains therein at least two light emitting materials having different Ea values or Ip values and emitting phosphorescence having the same color as each other, and among the two light emitting materials, a light emitting material having a larger Ea value or Ip value is contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the positive hole transport layer, while a light emitting material having a smaller Ea value or Ip value is contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the electron transport layer.

Claims (17)

1. An organic electroluminescent element comprising at least a positive hole transport layer, a light emitting layer and an electron transport layer between at least a pair of electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer contains therein at least two light emitting materials having different electron affinity (Ea values) or ionization potentials (Ip values) and emitting phosphorescence having the same color as each other, and among the two light emitting materials, a light emitting material having a larger Ea value or Ip value is contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the positive hole transport layer, while a light emitting material having a smaller Ea value or Ip value is contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the electron transport layer.

2. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein Ea values of the two light emitting materials are different from each other.

3. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 2 , wherein the difference between the Ea values of the two light emitting materials is 0.1 eV to 0.5 eV.

4. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein Ip values of the two light emitting materials are different from each other.

5. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 4 , wherein the difference between the Ip values of the two light emitting materials is 0.1 eV to 0.5 eV.

6. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein both Ea values and Ip values of the two light emitting materials are different from each other.

7. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 6 , wherein the difference between the Ea values of the two light emitting materials is 0.1 eV to 0.5 eV, and the difference between the Ip values of the two light emitting materials is 0.1 eV to 0.5 eV.

8. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between peak wavelengths of light emission of the two light emitting materials is 30 nm or less.

9. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting material contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the positive hole transport layer is a platinum compound, and the light emitting material contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the electron transport layer is an iridium compound.

10. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 9 , wherein the light emitting layer comprises at least two layers, and a first light emitting layer in the vicinity of the positive hole transport layer contains the platinum compound, and a second light emitting layer in the vicinity of the electron transport layer contains the iridium compound.

11. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 9 , wherein the platinum compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing platinum as a central metal.

12. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 11 , wherein the platinum compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing a tridentate ligand or a higher polydenate ligand.

13. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 9 , wherein the iridium compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing iridium as a central metal.

14. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 13 , wherein the iridium compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing a bidentate ligand or a higher polydenate ligand.

15. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 9 , wherein the platinum compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing platinum as a central metal, and the iridium compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing iridium as a central metal.

16. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 15 , wherein the platinum compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing a tridentate ligand or a higher polydenate ligand, and the iridium compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing a bidentate ligand or a higher polydenate ligand.

17. A passive-matrix drive display device using the organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 .

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