IP Library Granted Patent US 8,723,164
Granted Patent B2
US 8,723,164 · App. 12/995,457 · Granted May 13, 2014

Electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,723,164
App. No.
12/995,457
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device comprising a substrate, a first electrode, at least one organic functional layer, and a second electrode is indicated. The organic functional layer comprises a first, a second, and a third matrix material, wherein the first matrix material has a larger band gap than the second and the third matrix materials.

Claims (35)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode;

at least one organic functional layer; and

a second electrode, wherein the at least one organic functional layer is located between the first electrode and the second electrode, and wherein the at least one organic functional layer has at least a first matrix material, a second matrix material, and a third matrix material, and the third matrix material has a Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO), which is energetically lower than the LUMO of the second matrix material and the LUMO of the first matrix material, and wherein the second matrix material has a Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO), which is energetically higher than the HOMO of the first matrix material and the HOMO of the third matrix material,

wherein the organic functional layer is an emission layer and is doped with at least one emitter material.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first matrix material has a LUMO which is energetically higher than the LUMO of the second matrix material and the LUMO of the third matrix material, and a HOMO which is energetically lower than the HOMO of the second matrix material and the HOMO of the third matrix material.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second matrix material has a LUMO which is energetically higher than the LUMO of the third matrix material, and a HOMO which is energetically higher than the HOMO of the third matrix material.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first matrix material has a charge carrier mobility which is lower than the charge carrier mobilities of the second and third matrix materials.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second matrix material comprises a hole transport material.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the third matrix material comprises an electron transport material.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic functional layer is selected from a group which comprises emission layers, electron transport layers, hole transport layers, electron blocking layers, hole blocking layers, hole injection layers, electron injection layers, and intermediate layers.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the emitter material in the emission layer has a concentration of ≦10 wt %.

9. The electronic device according claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the emitter material in the emission layer has a gradient.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the LUMO of the emitter material is energetically lower than the LUMO of the first, second, and third matrix materials, and the HOMO of the emitter material is energetically higher than the HOMO of the first, second, and third matrix materials.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , which is constructed as a radiation-emitting device.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the device is selected from a group which comprises an organic light-emitting device, a solar cell, and a transistor.

13. A method for the production of an electronic device according to claim 1 , comprising the steps of:

A) preparation of a substrate;

B) preparation of a first electrode and a second electrode; and

C) placement of at least one organic functional layer between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein in method step C), at least the first matrix material, the second matrix material, and the third matrix material are simultaneously applied.

14. A method according to claim 13 , wherein in the method step C), the first matrix material, the second matrix material, and the third matrix material are applied by evaporation coating.

15. An electronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode;

at least one organic functional layer; and

a second electrode, wherein the at least one organic functional layer is located between the first electrode and the second electrode, and wherein the at least one organic functional layer has at least a first matrix material, a second matrix material, and a third matrix material, and the third matrix material has a Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO), which is energetically lower than the LUMO of the second matrix material and the LUMO of the first matrix material, and wherein the second matrix material has a Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO), which is energetically higher than the HOMO of the first matrix material and the HOMO of the third matrix material,

wherein the first matrix matrial has a LUMO which is energetically higher than the LUMO of the second matrix material and the LUMO of the third matrix material, and a HOMO which is energetically lower than the HOMO of the second matrix material and the HOMO of the third matrix material.

16. An electronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode;

at least one organic functional layer; and

a second electrode, wherein the at least one organic functional layer is located between the first electrode and the second electrode, and wherein the at least one organic functional layer has at least a first matrix material, a second matrix material, and a third matrix material, and the third matrix material has a Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO), which is energetically lower than the LUMO of the second matrix material and the LUMO of the first matrix material, and wherein the second matrix material has a Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO), which is energetically higher than the HOMO of the first matrix material and the HOMO of the third matrix material,

wherein the first matrix material has a charge carrier mobility which is lower than the charge carrier mobilities of the second and third matrix materials.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2024
From: OSRAM OLED GMBH
To: PICTIVA DISPLAYS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 066394/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2016
From: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 037567/0993 →