IP Library Granted Patent US 9,362,516
Granted Patent B2
US 9,362,516 · App. 14/732,267 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

Organic light emitting device

Inventors: Ji-Hwan Yoon (Yongin, KR); Kwan-Hee Lee (Yongin, KR); Sung-Jun Bae (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5004B82Y10/00H01L51/0047H01L51/506H01L51/5008H01L51/5012H01L51/5064H01L51/5088H01L51/5096H01L51/5206H01L51/5221H01L51/006H01L51/0046H01L51/0059H01L51/0072H01L51/0077H01L51/0085H01L51/5048H01L2251/301H01L2251/308H01L2251/552
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Patent No.
US 9,362,516
App. No.
14/732,267
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting device including a plurality of organic layers between a first electrode and an emitting layer, wherein the organic layer includes an electron blocking layer. In one embodiment, a first organic layer, an electron blocking layer, a second organic layer and an emitting layer are formed on the first electrode. The electron blocking layer has a Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) level which is lower than that of the first organic layer. Thus, the electron blocking layer traps excess electrons injected from the emitting layer, thereby improving lifetime characteristics of the OLED.

Claims (62)

1. An organic light emitting device (OLED) comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

an emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a hole injection layer between the emitting layer and the first electrode; and

an interlayer between the emitting layer and the hole injection layer and having a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level lower than that of the hole injection layer,

wherein the interlayer is directly on the hole injection layer.

2. The OLED of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer comprises a fullerene compound.

3. An organic light emitting device (OLED) comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

an emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a plurality of hole injection layers between the first electrode and the emitting layer; and

an interlayer between the plurality of hole injection layers, wherein the interlayer comprises a fullerene compound,

wherein the interlayer is directly on the hole injection layer,

wherein the plurality of hole injection layers comprise a first hole injection layer on the first electrode and a second hole injection layer on the first hole injection layer; and

wherein the interlayer is between the first hole injection layer and the second hole injection layer and has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level lower than that of the first hole injection layer.

4. The OLED of claim 3 , wherein the interlayer is not in direct contact with the first electrode.

5. The OLED of claim 3 , further comprising a hole transport layer between the second hole injection layer and the emitting layer.

6. The OLED of claim 3 , further comprising a first hole transport layer and a second hole transport layer,

wherein the plurality of hole injection layers comprise a first hole injection layer, and a second hole injection layer, and

the interlayer comprises a first interlayer between the first hole injection layer and the second hole injection layer, a second interlayer formed between the second hole injection layer and the first hole transport layer, and a third interlayer formed between the first hole transport layer and the second hole transport layer.

7. The OLED of claim 6 , wherein the first interlayer has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level lower than that of the first hole injection layer.

8. The OLED of claim 6 , wherein the second interlayer has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level lower than that of the first hole injection layer or the first hole transport layer.

9. An organic light emitting device (OLED) comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

an emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a hole injection layer between the emitting layer and the first electrode; and

an interlayer between the emitting layer and the hole injection layer and having a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level lower than that of the hole injection layer, wherein the interlayer is a single layer, and

wherein the interlayer is directly on the hole injection layer.

10. An organic light emitting device (OLED) comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

an emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a hole injection layer between the emitting layer and the first electrode; and

an electron trapping layer between the emitting layer and the hole injection layer and having a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level lower than that of the hole injection layer,

wherein the electron trapping layer is directly on the hole injection layer.

11. The OLED of claim 10 , wherein the electron trapping layer comprises a fullerene compound.

12. An organic light emitting device (OLED) comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

an emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a plurality of hole injection layers between the first electrode and the emitting layer; and

an electron trapping layer between the plurality of hole injection layers, wherein the electron trapping layer comprises a fullerene compound,

wherein the electron trapping layer is directly on the hole injection layer,

wherein the plurality of hole injection layers comprise a first hole injection layer on the first electrode and a second hole injection layer on the first hole injection layer; and

wherein the electron trapping layer is between the first hole injection layer and the second hole injection layer and has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level lower than that of the first hole injection layer.

13. The OLED of claim 12 , wherein the electron trapping layer is not in direct contact with the first electrode.

14. The OLED of claim 12 , further comprising a hole transport layer between the second hole injection layer and the emitting layer.

15. The OLED of claim 12 , further comprising a first hole transport layer and a second hole transport layer,

wherein the plurality of hole injection layers comprise a first hole injection layer, and a second hole injection layer, and

the electron trapping layer comprises a first electron trapping layer between the first hole injection layer and the second hole injection layer, a second electron trapping layer formed between the second hole injection layer and the first hole transport layer, and a third electron trapping layer formed between the first hole transport layer and the second hole transport layer.

16. The OLED of claim 15 , wherein the first electron trapping layer has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level lower than that of the first hole injection layer.

17. The OLED of claim 15 , wherein the second electron trapping layer has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level lower than that of the first hole injection layer or the first hole transport layer.

18. An organic light emitting device (OLED) comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

an emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a hole injection layer between the emitting layer and the first electrode; and

an electron trapping layer between the emitting layer and the hole injection layer and having a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level lower than that of the hole injection layer, wherein the electron trapping layer is a single layer, and

wherein the electron trapping layer is directly on the hole injection layer.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER FROM 14/732,264 TO 14/732,267 AS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 036244 FRAME 0398. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APPLICATION NUMBER AS 14/732,267. Recorded Sep 16, 2015
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036619/0604 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2015
From: YOON, JI-HWAN; LEE, KWAN-HEE; BAE, SUNG-JUN
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036232/0461 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 31, 2015
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036244/0398 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2008-0014906 · Feb 19, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12368184 · Feb 9, 2009
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