IP Library Granted Patent US 9,406,897
Granted Patent B2
US 9,406,897 · App. 14/668,439 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Organic electroluminescent element and electronic device

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Patent No.
US 9,406,897
App. No.
14/668,439
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescent element includes a layer having a shallower LUMO and a higher T 1 than those of the first light-emitting layer on the anode side of the first light-emitting layer, and a layer which satisfies at least one of a deeper LUMO and includes a lower T 1 than those of the second light-emitting layer on the anode side of the second light-emitting layer, and provides the organic electroluminescent element capable of suppressing the lowering of display quality.

Claims (22)

1. An organic electroluminescent element comprising:

an anode,

a cathode,

a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer which are interposed between the anode and the cathode,

a layer which is in contact with the first light-emitting layer on the anode side and satisfies relations of having a shallower LUMO (Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital) and of having a higher minimum triplet excitation energy (T 1 ) than those of the first light-emitting layer, and

a layer which is in contact with the second light-emitting layer on the anode side

and satisfies at least any one of relations of having a deeper LUMO (Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital) and of having a lower minimum triplet excitation energy (T1) than those of the second light-emitting layer.

2. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein

the layer which is in contact with the second light-emitting layer satisfies both relations of having a deeper LUMO (Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital) and having a lower minimum triplet excitation energy (T 1 ) than those of the second light-emitting layer.

3. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein

a wavelength of the light-emitting light from the first light-emitting layer is shorter than a wavelength of the light-emitting light from the second light-emitting layer.

4. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein

a thickness of the second light-emitting layer is formed smaller than that of the first light-emitting layer.

5. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein

the first light-emitting layer is formed closer to the light extraction side of the organic electroluminescent element than the second light-emitting layer.

6. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , further comprising an intermediate connector layer between the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer.

7. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 6 , wherein

the intermediate connector layer is an electric charge-generating layer or a metal layer.

8. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third light-emitting layer together with the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer, and

a layer which is in contact with the third light-emitting layer on the anode side and satisfies at least one of relations of having a deeper LUMO (Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital) and of having a lower minimum triplet excitation energy (T 1 ) than those of the third light-emitting layer.

9. An electronic device comprising the organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: KONICA MINOLTA INC
To: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0075 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0146 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2015
From: OKAMOTO, KEN; TAKAHASHI, RIEKO; ARAI, KENJI
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 035254/0957 →