IP Library Granted Patent US 9,660,211
Granted Patent B2
US 9,660,211 · App. 14/738,112 · Granted May 23, 2017

Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, display device, electronic appliance, and lighting device

Inventors: Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuyoshi Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Ishisone (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/504H01L51/5016H01L51/5206H01L51/5221H01L51/0084H01L51/0085H01L51/0087H01L51/5012H01L2251/5376H01L2251/5384
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Patent No.
US 9,660,211
App. No.
14/738,112
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multicolor light-emitting element using fluorescence and phosphorescence, which has a small number of manufacturing steps owing to a relatively small number of layers to be formed and is advantageous for practical application can be provided. In addition, a multicolor light-emitting element using fluorescence and phosphorescence, which has favorable emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element which includes a light-emitting layer having a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer exhibiting light emission from a first exciplex and a second light-emitting layer exhibiting phosphorescence is provided.

Claims (51)

1. A light-emitting element comprising:

a first electrode,

a second electrode, and

an electroluminescence layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the electroluminescence layer comprises a light-emitting layer in which a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer are stacked,

wherein the first light-emitting layer contains a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a fluorescent substance,

wherein the second light-emitting layer contains a third organic compound and a phosphorescent substance,

wherein a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms a first exciplex,

wherein the first light-emitting layer is a fluorescent layer,

wherein the second light-emitting layer is a phosphorescent layer, and

wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound are mixed in the first light-emitting layer to form a single light-emitting layer.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a light emission spectrum of the first exciplex has a peak on a shorter wavelength side than a light emission spectrum of the phosphorescent substance.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference in energy between a triplet excited level and a singlet excited level of the first exciplex is greater than or equal to 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein white light emission is exhibited.

5. A light-emitting module comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 1 , and

a means controlling the light-emitting element.

6. A light-emitting device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 1 , and

a means controlling the light-emitting element.

7. An electronic appliance comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 .

8. A light-emitting element comprising:

a first electrode,

a second electrode, and

an electroluminescence layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the electroluminescence layer comprises a light-emitting layer in which a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer are stacked,

wherein the first light-emitting layer contains a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a fluorescent substance,

wherein the second light-emitting layer contains a third organic compound, a fourth organic compound, and a phosphorescent substance,

wherein a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms a first exciplex,

wherein a combination of the third organic compound and the fourth organic compound forms a second exciplex,

wherein the first light-emitting layer is a fluorescent layer, and

wherein the second light-emitting layer is a phosphorescent layer.

9. The light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein a light emission spectrum of the first exciplex has a peak on a shorter wavelength side than a light emission spectrum of the phosphorescent substance.

10. The light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein a difference in energy between a triplet excited level and a singlet excited level of the first exciplex is greater than or equal to 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein a lowest-energy-side absorption band of the phosphorescent substance overlaps with an emission spectrum of the second exciplex.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein a difference in equivalent energy values between a peak wavelength of a lowest-energy-side absorption band of the phosphorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the second exciplex is less than or equal to 0.2 eV.

13. The light-emitting element according to claim 8 ,

wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is a material having an electron-transport property and the other is a material having a hole -transport property, and

wherein one of the third organic compound and the fourth organic compound is a material having an electron-transport property and the other is a material having a hole-transport property.

14. The light-emitting element according to claim 13 ,

wherein one of the first electrode and the second electrode functions as an anode and the other functions as a cathode,

wherein one of the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer, which is positioned on the side where the electrode functioning as the anode is formed, contains a large amount of the material having the hole-transport property, and

wherein the other of the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer, which is positioned on the side where the electrode functioning as the cathode is formed, contains a large amount of the material having the electron-transport property.

15. The light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is the same as a combination of the third organic compound and the fourth organic compound.

16. The light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein a light emission spectrum of the first exciplex has a peak on a shorter wavelength side than a light emission spectrum of the second exciplex.

17. The light-emitting element according to claim 8 , wherein white light emission is exhibited.

18. A light-emitting module comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 8 , and

a means controlling the light-emitting element.

19. A light-emitting device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 8 , and a means controlling the light-emitting element.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-173027 · Aug 3, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13955904 · Jul 31, 2013
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