IP Library Granted Patent US 8,274,212
Granted Patent B2
US 8,274,212 · App. 12/133,824 · Granted Sep 25, 2012

Organic light emitting device including first hole injection layer and second hole injection layer

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Patent No.
US 8,274,212
App. No.
12/133,824
Granted
Sep 25, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting device includes a first electrode; a second electrode; an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first hole injection layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second hole injection layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first hole injection layer includes a metal fluoride and a first organic hole injection layer forming compound, and the second hole injection layer includes a metal oxide and a second organic hole injection layer forming compound.

Claims (44)

1. An organic light emitting device, comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a first hole injection layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a second hole injection layer, wherein the first hole injection layer comprises a metal fluoride and a first organic hole injection layer forming compound, wherein the metal fluoride comprises a metal that is one of a Group 1 element and a Group 2 element, and the second hole injection layer comprises a metal oxide and a second organic hole injection layer forming compound, wherein the second hole injection layer is disposed between the first hole injection layer and the emissive layer, and wherein a thickness ratio of the first hole injection layer to the second hole injection layer is in a range of 1:99 to 1:9; and

wherein the first hole injection layer is disposed between the second hole injection layer and an anode so that the second hole injection layer comprising the metal oxide is separate from the anode.

2. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a mixing molar ratio of the metal fluoride and the first organic hole injection layer forming compound is in a range of 1:1 to 3:1.

3. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a mixing molar ratio of the metal oxide and the second organic hole injection layer forming compound is in a range of 1:1 to 3:1.

4. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide is selected from a group consisting of tungsten oxide, tin oxide, indium oxide, and magnesium oxide.

5. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first organic hole injection layer forming compound and the second organic hole injection layer forming compound are each independently selected from a group consisting of copper phthalocyanine, 1,3,5-tricarbazolylbenzene, 4,4′-biscarbazolylbiphenyl, polyvinylcarbazole, m-biscarbazolylphenyl, 4,4′-biscarbazolyl-2,2′-dimethylbiphenyl, 4,4′,4″-tri(N-carbazolyl)triphenylamine (TCTA), 4,4′,4″-tris(3-methylphenylamino)triphenylamine(m-MTDATA), 1,3,5-tri(2-carbazolylphenyl)benzene, 1,3,5-tris(2-carbazolyl-5-methoxyphenyl)benzene, bis(4-carbazolylphenyl)silane, N,N′-bis(3-methylphenyl)-N,N′-diphenyl-4,4′diamine (TPD), N,N′-di(naphthalene-1-yl)-N,N′-diphenyl benzidine (α-NPD), N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(1-naphthyl)-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diamine (NPB), poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-N-(4-butylphenyl)diphenylamine) (TFB), and poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-bis-N,N-phenyl-1,4-phenylenediamine (PFB).

6. An organic light emitting device, comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a first hole injection layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a second hole injection layer, wherein the first hole injection layer comprises a metal fluoride and a first organic hole injection layer forming compound, wherein the metal fluoride comprises a metal that is one of a Group 1 element and a Group 2 element, and the second hole injection layer comprises a metal oxide and a second organic hole injection layer forming compound, wherein the first electrode is an anode and the second electrode is a cathode, wherein the second hole injection layer is disposed between the first hole injection layer and the emissive layer, and wherein a thickness ratio of the first hole infection layer to the second hole injection layer is in a range of 1:99 to 1:9; and

wherein the first hole injection layer is disposed between the second hole injection layer and an anode so that the second hole injection layer comprising the metal oxide is separate from the anode.

7. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one layer selected from a group consisting of a hole transport layer, an electron blocking layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer.

8. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , having one of the following structures:

first electrode/first hole injection layer/second hole injection layer/hole transport layer/emissive layer/electron transport layer/second electrode;

first electrode/first hole injection layer/second hole injection layer/hole transport layer/emissive layer/electron transport layer/electron injection layer/second electrode; or

first electrode/first hole injection layer/second hole injection layer/hole transport layer/emissive layer/hole blocking layer/electron transport layer/electron injection layer/second electrode.

9. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first hole injection layer is disposed directly on the first electrode.

10. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the second hole injection layer is spaced-apart from the first electrode by the first hole injection layer.

11. The organic light emitting device of claim 6 , wherein the first hole injection layer is arranged directly on the first electrode.

12. The organic light emitting device of claim 6 , wherein a mixing molar ratio of the metal fluoride and the first organic hole injection layer forming compound is in a range of 1:1 to 3:1.

13. The organic light emitting device of claim 6 , wherein a mixing molar ratio of the metal oxide and the second organic hole injection layer forming compound is in a range of 1:1 to 3:1.

14. An organic light emitting device, comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a first hole injection layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a second hole injection layer, wherein the first hole injection layer comprises a metal fluoride and a first organic hole injection layer forming compound, wherein the metal fluoride comprises a metal that is one of a Group 1 element and a Group 2 element, and the second hole injection layer comprises a metal oxide and a second organic hole injection layer forming compound, wherein the first electrode is an anode and the second electrode is a cathode, wherein the second hole injection layer is disposed between the first hole injection layer and the emissive layer;

wherein a mixing molar ratio of the metal fluoride and the first organic hole injection layer forming compound is in a range of 1:1 to 3:1; and

wherein the first hole injection layer is disposed between the second hole injection layer and the anode so that the second hole injection layer comprising the metal oxide is separate from the anode.

15. An organic light emitting device, comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a first hole injection layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a second hole injection layer, wherein the first hole injection layer comprises a metal fluoride and a first organic hole injection layer forming compound, wherein the metal fluoride comprises a metal that is one of a Group 1 element and a Group 2 element, and the second hole injection layer comprises a metal oxide and a second organic hole injection layer forming compound, wherein the first electrode is an anode and the second electrode is a cathode, wherein the second hole injection layer is disposed between the first hole injection layer and the emissive layer;

wherein a mixing molar ratio of the metal oxide and the second organic hole injection layer forming compound is in a range of 1:1 to 3:1; and

wherein the first hole injection layer is disposed between the second hole injection layer and the anode so that the second hole injection layer comprising the metal oxide is separate from the anode.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029241/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022010/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2008
From: SONG, WON-JUN; SUNG, YEUN-JOO; KIM, MU-HYUN
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021091/0400 →