Granted Patent B2

US 8,178,870 · App. 12/665,147 · Granted May 15, 2012

Abstract

Claims (20)

1. An organic electroluminescence element, comprising:

an anode;

a cathode that is a transparent electrode;

an organic luminescent layer located between the anode and the cathode;

an electron injection layer located between the cathode and the organic luminescent layer, the electron injection layer including at least one of an alkali metal and an alkali earth metal to inject electrons into the organic luminescent layer; and

a cathode buffer layer located between the electron injection layer and the cathode, the cathode buffer layer including a hole transporting organic material,

wherein the cathode buffer layer further comprises a material that makes the hole-transporting organic material electron-deficient, and

wherein the material that makes the hole-transporting organic material electron-deficient is an organic material having an absolute value of an energy level of a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of at least 4 eV with respect to a vacuum level.

2. The organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , wherein the material that makes the hole-transporting organic material electron-deficient is an organic compound having one of a cyano group and an organic compound having a structure of a cyclic molecule, the structure of the cyclic molecule including a carbon nitrogen double bond.

3. The organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , wherein the electron injection layer is stacked in contact with the organic luminescent layer and on a surface of the organic luminescent layer.

4. The organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , wherein the organic luminescent layer comprises a polymeric organic compound.

5. The organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , wherein the anode, the organic luminescent layer, the electron injection layer, the cathode buffer layer, and the cathode are stacked in order on a substrate, the cathode transmitting light, and the electron injection layer having a thickness in the range of approximately 1 nm to approximately 20 nm.

6. A display panel comprising the organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 .

7. A method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence element that includes an anode, an organic luminescent layer, an electron injection layer, a cathode buffer layer, and a transparent electrode cathode, the method comprising:

stacking the organic luminescent layer on the anode;

stacking the electron injection layer on the organic luminescent layer, the electron injection layer including at least one of an alkali metal and an alkali earth metal to inject electrons into the organic luminescent layer;

stacking the cathode buffer layer on the electron injection layer, the cathode buffer layer including a hole-transporting organic material; and

stacking the transparent electrode cathode on the cathode buffer layer,

wherein the cathode buffer layer further comprises a material that makes the hole-transporting organic material electron-deficient, and

wherein the material that makes the hole-transporting organic material electron-deficient is an organic material having an absolute value of an energy level of a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of at least 4 eV with respect to a vacuum level.

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