IP Library Granted Patent US 9,219,242
Granted Patent B2
US 9,219,242 · App. 14/414,199 · Granted Dec 22, 2015

Organic electroluminescent element

Inventors: Toshinari Ogiwara (Sodegaura, JP); Ryo Tsuchiya (Ichihara, JP)
Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
H01L51/5016H01L51/006H01L51/0067H01L51/0072H01L51/50H01L51/5012H01L51/0058H01L2251/5384H01L2251/552
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Patent No.
US 9,219,242
App. No.
14/414,199
Granted
Dec 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic EL device includes a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer between pair of electrodes. The organic compound layer includes an emitting layer including a first material, a second material and a third material, in which singlet energy EgS(H) of the first material, singlet energy EgS(H2) of the second material, and singlet energy EgS(D) of the third material satisfy a specific relationship.

Claims (45)

1. An organic electroluminescence devices, comprising:

a pair of electrodes, and

an organic compound layer in-between the pair of electrodes,

wherein

the organic compound layer comprises an emitting layer comprising: a first material; a second material; and a third material,

singlet energy EgS(H1) of the first material, singlet energy EgS(H2) of the second material, and singlet energy EgS(D) of the third material satisfy formulae (1) and (2) below,

a difference ΔST(H1) between the singlet energy EgS(H1) of the first material and an energy gap Eg 77K (H1) at 77K of the first material satisfies formula (3) below,

the second material is a compound comprising a fused aromatic hydrocarbon group comprising 10 to 30 ring carbon atoms or a fused aromatic heterocyclic group comprising 8 to 30 ring atoms, and

the third material is a fluorescent material:

EgS ( H 1)> EgS ( D )  (1)

EgS ( H 2)> EgS ( D )  (2)

Δ ST ( H 1)= EgS ( H 1)− Eg 77K ( H 1)<0.3[eV]  (3).

2. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein

the difference ΔST(H1) between the singlet energy EgS(H1) of the first material and the energy gap Eg 77K (H1) at 77K of the first material satisfies formula (4) below:

Δ ST ( H 1)= EgS ( H 1)− Eg 77K ( H 1)<0.2[eV]  (4).

3. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein

an energy gap Eg 77K (H2) at 77K of the second material and an energy gap Eg 77K (D) at 77K of the third material satisfy formula (5) below:

Eg 77K ( H 2)< Eg 77K ( D )  (5).

4. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein

the energy gap Eg 77K (H1) at 77K of the first material and an energy gap Eg 77K (H2) at 77K of the second material satisfy formula (6) below:

Eg 77K ( H 1)− Eg 77K ( H 2)>0.5[eV]  (6).

5. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein

the energy gap Eg 77K (H1) at 77K of the first material and an energy gap Eg 77K (D) at 77K of the third material satisfy formula (7) below:

Eg 77K ( H 1)− Eg 77K ( D )>0.5[eV]  (7).

6. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 ,

which exhibits a delayed fluorescence ratio larger than 37.5%.

7. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 ,

which exhibits a residual intensity ratio larger than 36.0% after an elapse of 1 μs after voltage removal in a transitional EL measurement.

8. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein

a half bandwidth of a photoluminescence spectrum of the first material is 50 nm or more.

9. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein

an emission peak wavelength of the third material is of from 500 nm to 600 nm.

10. An organic electroluminescence device, comprising:

a pair of electrodes, and

an organic compound layer in-between the pair of electrodes,

wherein

the organic compound layer comprises an emitting layer comprising: a first material; a second material; and a third material,

singlet energy EgS(H1) of the first material, singlet energy EgS(H2) of the second material, and singlet energy EgS(D) of the third material satisfy formulae (1) and (2) below,

a difference ΔST(H1) between the singlet energy EgS(H1) of the first material and an energy gap Eg 77K (H1) at 77K of the first material satisfies formula (3) below,

the energy gap Eg 77K (H1) at 77K of the first material and an energy gap Eg 77K (H2) at 77K of the second material satisfy formula (6) below, and

the third material is a fluorescent material:

EgS ( H 1)> EgS ( D )  (1)

EgS ( H 2)> EgS ( D )  (2)

Δ ST ( H 1)= EgS ( H 1)− Eg 77K ( H 1)<0.3[eV]  (3)

Eg 77K ( H 1)− Eg 77K ( H 2)>0.5[eV]  (6).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2015
From: OGIWARA, TOSHINARI; TSUCHIYA, RYO
To: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034681/0607 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-162013 · Jul 20, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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