IP Library Granted Patent US 9,090,819
Granted Patent B2
US 9,090,819 · App. 13/378,120 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Organic electroluminescent element, display device, illuminating device and condensed polycyclic heterocyclic compound

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Patent No.
US 9,090,819
App. No.
13/378,120
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which is characterized in that constituent layers including at least a phosphorescent light-emitting layer are provided between a pair of electrodes, and at least one of the constituent layers contains a compound represented by general formula (1). (In the formula, A 1 , A 2 and A 3 each represents a substituent; n1 and n2 each represents an integer of 0-3; X 1 and X 2 each represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkylene group, an imino group, a carbonyl group, a sulfoxide group or a sulfonyl group, or alternatively X 2 represents a bonding hand; and Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 and Z 4 each represents an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic ring or an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, provided that all of the Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 and Z 4 are not aromatic hydrocarbon rings at the same time.)

Claims (12)

1. An organic electroluminescence element comprising a pair of electrodes and constituting layers which includes a phosphorescence emitting layer sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, wherein at least one of the constituting layers contains a compound represented by Formula (4):

wherein, A 1 , A 2 and A 3 each represent a substituent; n1 and n2 each represent an integer of 0 to 3; and Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 and Z 4 each represent an aromatic heterocycle or an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, both of which may have a substituent, and

wherein each of the Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 , and Z 4 is a six membered ring containing a maximum of two nitrogen atoms and at least two of the Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 and Z 4 contain at least one nitrogen atom.

2. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 , wherein Z 2 and Z 4 in Formula (4) each represent an aromatic heterocycle.

3. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 , wherein the phosphorescence emitting layer contains the compound represented by Formula (4).

4. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the constituting layers is a hole blocking layer and the hole blocking layer contains the compound represented by Formula (4).

5. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 , emitting a blue light.

6. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 , emitting a white light.

7. A display device comprising the organic electroluminescence element of claim 6 .

8. A lighting device comprising the organic electroluminescence element of claim 6 .

9. A display device comprising the lighting device of claim 8 and a liquid crystal element as a display means.

10. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 , wherein Z 1 represents a pyridine ring, Z 2 represents a phenyl ring, Z 3 represents a phenyl ring and Z4 represents a pyridine ring.

Assignments (5)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 10, 2026
From: MERCK PATENT GMBH
To: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
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NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: KONICA MINOLTA INC
To: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
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NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
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MERGER Recorded Jun 18, 2015
From: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2011
From: SUGITA, SHUICHI; KATOH, EISAKU; SUGINO, MOTOAKI; KATAKURA, RIE
To: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
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