Organic light-emitting device
View Patent ↗An organic light-emitting device including a first electrode, a plurality of hole transport layers, a plurality of intermediate layers, an emission layer, a plurality of electron transport layers, and a second electrode. The emission layer may include a host, an emitting dopant, and an auxiliary dopant. The host and the auxiliary dopant are able to transport different types of carriers.
1. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:
a first electrode;
at least three hole transport layers;
a plurality of intermediate charge generating layers, each of the intermediate charge generating layers consisting essentially of at least one material selected from the group consisting of 1,4,5,8,9,12-hexaazatriphenylenehexanitrile and tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ), a first of the intermediate charge generating layers positioned between a first and a second of the hole transport layers and a second of the intermediate charge generating layers positioned between the second and a third of the hole transport layers;
an emission layer;
a plurality of electron transport layers; and
a second electrode,
wherein the emission layer comprises a host, an emitting dopant and an auxiliary dopant, the host and the auxiliary dopant able to transport different types of carriers, and
wherein the emission layer comprises at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a red emission layer, a blue emission layer and a green emission layer.
2. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer comprises a red emission layer and a host of the red emission layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of bis{2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazolate}zinc and bis-(2-methyl-8-quinolinolate)-4-(phenylphenolate)aluminum.
3. The organic light-emitting device of claim 2 , wherein an emitting dopant of the red emission layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of an iridium complex and a platinum complex.
4. The organic light-emitting device of claim 2 , wherein an auxiliary dopant of each of the red emission layer, the blue emission layer and the green emission layer comprises a phenylamine derivative.
5. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer comprises a blue emission layer and/or a green emission layer and a host of each of the blue emission layer and the green emission layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of an anthracene derivative and a carbazole-based compound.
6. The organic light-emitting device of claim 5 , wherein an emitting dopant of the blue emission layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of 2,5,8,11-tetra-tert-butylphenylene and a styryl derivative.
7. The organic light-emitting device of claim 5 , wherein an emitting dopant of the green emission layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of an iridium complex and an anthracene derivative.
8. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein an amount of the emitting dopant in the emission layer is in a range of about 0.1 to about 49 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the host, and an amount of the auxiliary dopant in the emission layer is in a range of about 0.1 to about 49 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the host.
9. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of electron transport layers comprises at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a first electron transport layer including a first electron transport material, and a second electron transport layer including a second electron transport material and a metal compound represented by Formula 1 below:
X a Y b Formula 1
wherein
X is an alkali metal, an alkali earth metal or a transition metal;
Y is a Group 17 element or a C1-C20 organic group;
a is an integer from 1 to 3; and
b is an integer from 1 to 3.
10. The organic light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein the metal compound of Formula 1 comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of lithium quinolate, sodium quinolate, lithium acetoacetate, magnesium acetoacetate, lithium fluoride, cesium fluoride, and sodium fluoride.
11. The organic light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein an amount of the metal compound of Formula 1 is in a range of about 20 to about 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the second electron transport layer.
12. The organic light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein each of the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material comprises independently at least one material selected from the group consisting of bis(10-hydroxybenzo[h]quinolinato)beryllium(Bebq2) represented by Formula 2 below, a derivative thereof, 8-hydroxyquinoline zinc (Znq2) and (8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum (Alq3).
Formula 2
13. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein each of the hole transport layers comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of N,N′-diphenyl-N,N-di(1-naphthyl)-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine and N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-di(3-methylphenyl)-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine.
14. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a metal reflection layer.
15. The organic light-emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the metal reflection layer comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of silver (Ag) and aluminum (Al).
16. The organic light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising an electron injection layer.