IP Library Granted Patent US 7,745,990
Granted Patent B2
US 7,745,990 · App. 12/050,480 · Granted Jun 29, 2010

White light emitting organic electroluminescent element and lighting device

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Patent No.
US 7,745,990
App. No.
12/050,480
Granted
Jun 29, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A white light-emitting organic electroluminescent element is disclosed, containing a substrate having thereon: an anode; a cathode; and a plurality of light emitting layers between the anode and the cathode, wherein the plurality of light emitting layers contains: a first light emitting layer which emits a light having a predetermined wavelength; a second light emitting layer which is located at a nearer position to the anode than the first light emitting layer and emits a light having a complementary color to the light having the predetermined wavelength; and a third light emitting layer which is located at a nearer position to the cathode than the first light emitting layer and emits the light having the complementary color to the light having the predetermined wavelength.

Claims (17)

1. A white light-emitting organic electroluminescent element comprising a substrate having thereon:

an anode;

a cathode; and

a plurality of light emitting layers between the anode and the cathode,

wherein the plurality of light emitting layers comprises:

a first light emitting layer which emits a light having a predetermined wavelength;

a second light emitting layer which is located at a nearer position to the anode than the first light emitting layer and emits a light having a complementary color to the light having the predetermined wavelength; and

a third light emitting layer which is located at a nearer position to the cathode than the first light emitting layer and emits the light having the complementary color to the light having the predetermined wavelength.

2. The white light-emitting organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 ,

wherein one of the first light emitting layer, the second light emitting layer and the third light emitting layer is a blue light emitting layer which emits a light having a maximum luminescent wavelength of 480 nm or less.

3. The white light-emitting organic electroluminescent element of claim 2 ,

wherein both the second light emitting layer and the third light emitting layer comprise:

a green light-emitting material which emits a light having a maximum luminescent wavelength of 510-570 nm; and

a red light-emitting material which emits a light having a maximum luminescent wavelength of 590-650 mm.

4. The white light-emitting organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 ,

wherein at least two of the first light emitting layer, the second light emitting layer and the third light emitting layer comprise a host compound having the same chemical structure.

5. A lighting device comprising the white light-emitting organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 .

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 MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 052207/0010 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2008
From: KONDO, TOSHIYA; NAKAYAMA, TOMOYUKI; HIYAMA, KUNIMASA
To: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 020667/0304 →