IP Library Granted Patent US 9,911,936
Granted Patent B2
US 9,911,936 · App. 14/837,083 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

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

Inventors: Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Nobuharu Ohsawa (Kanagawa, JP); Shunsuke Hosoumi (Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Ishisone (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5016H01L51/5012H01L2251/552
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Patent No.
US 9,911,936
App. No.
14/837,083
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element having high emission efficiency which includes a fluorescent material as a light-emitting substance is provided. A light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes and an EL layer between the pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer includes a host material and a guest material. The host material has a difference of more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level. The guest material is capable of emitting fluorescence. The triplet excitation energy level of the host material is higher than a triplet excitation energy level of the guest material.

Claims (82)

1. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes; and

an electroluminescence layer between the pair of electrodes,

wherein the electroluminescence layer comprises a light-emitting layer,

wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a host material and a guest material,

wherein the guest material is capable of emitting fluorescence,

wherein a difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level of the host material is more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV, and

wherein the triplet excitation energy level of the host material is higher than a triplet excitation energy level of the guest material.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the singlet excitation energy level of the host material is higher than a singlet excitation energy level of the guest material.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the lowest singlet excitation energy level and the lowest triplet excitation energy level in the host material is more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the host material is capable of exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature, and

wherein a thermally activated delayed fluorescence emission energy of the host material is higher than a phosphorescence emission energy of the guest material.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the host material is a first organic compound, and

wherein the guest material is a second organic compound.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the guest material to the host material is more than 0 and less than or equal to 0.05.

7. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the electroluminescence layer comprises at least one selected from a hole-injection layer, a hole-transport layer, an electron-transport layer, and an electron-injection layer.

8. A display device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 1 ; and

a color filter overlapping with the light-emitting element.

9. An electronic device comprising:

the display device according to claim 8 ; and

a housing or a touch sensor.

10. A lighting device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 1 ; and

a housing or a touch sensor.

11. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes; and

an electroluminescence layer between the pair of electrodes,

wherein the electroluminescence layer comprises a light-emitting layer,

wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a third organic compound,

wherein a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is capable of constituting an exciplex,

wherein the third organic compound is capable of emitting fluorescence,

wherein a difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level in the exciplex is more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV, and

wherein the triplet excitation energy level of the exciplex is higher than a triplet excitation energy level of the third organic compound.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein the singlet excitation energy level of the exciplex is higher than a singlet excitation energy level of the third organic compound.

13. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein a difference between the lowest singlet excitation energy level and the lowest triplet excitation energy level in the exciplex is more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV.

14. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 ,

wherein the exciplex is capable of exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature, and

wherein a thermally activated delayed fluorescence emission energy of the exciplex is higher than a phosphorescence emission energy of the third organic compound.

15. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein a triplet excitation energy level of each of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is higher than the triplet excitation energy level of the exciplex.

16. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein a singlet excitation energy level of each of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is higher than the singlet excitation energy level of the exciplex.

17. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein a weight ratio of the third organic compound to the combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is more than 0 and less than or equal to 0.05.

18. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein the electroluminescence layer further comprises one selected from a hole-injection layer, a hole-transport layer, an electron-transport layer, and an electron-injection layer.

19. A display device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 11 ; and

a color filter.

20. An electronic device comprising:

the display device according to claim 19 ; and

a housing or a touch sensor.

21. A lighting device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 11 ; and

a housing or a touch sensor.

22. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes;

a first electroluminescence layer and a second electroluminescence layer between the pair of electrodes; and

a charge generation layer between the first electroluminescence layer and the second electroluminescence layer,

wherein the first electroluminescence layer comprises a first light-emitting layer,

wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a third organic compound,

wherein a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is capable of constituting an exciplex,

wherein the third organic compound is capable of emitting fluorescence,

wherein a difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level in the exciplex is more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV, and

wherein the triplet excitation energy level of the exciplex is higher than a triplet excitation energy level of the third organic compound.

23. The light-emitting element according to claim 22 , wherein the singlet excitation energy level of the exciplex is higher than a singlet excitation energy level of the third organic compound.

24. The light-emitting element according to claim 22 , wherein a difference between the lowest singlet excitation energy level and the lowest triplet excitation energy level in the exciplex is more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV.

25. The light-emitting element according to claim 22 ,

wherein the exciplex is capable of exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature, and

wherein a thermally activated delayed fluorescence emission energy of the exciplex is higher than a phosphorescence emission energy of the third organic compound.

26. The light-emitting element according to claim 22 , wherein a triplet excitation energy level of each of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is higher than the triplet excitation energy level of the exciplex.

27. The light-emitting element according to claim 22 , wherein a singlet excitation energy level of each of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is higher than the singlet excitation energy level of the exciplex.

28. The light-emitting element according to claim 22 , wherein a weight ratio of the third organic compound to the combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is more than 0 and less than or equal to 0.05.

29. The light-emitting element according to claim 22 , wherein the first electroluminescence layer further comprises one selected from a hole-injection layer, a hole-transport layer, an electron-transport layer, and an electron-injection layer.

30. A display device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 22 ; and

a color filter.

31. An electronic device comprising:

the display device according to claim 30 ; and

a housing or a touch sensor.

32. A lighting device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 22 ; and

a housing or a touch sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2015
From: SEO, SATOSHI; OHSAWA, NOBUHARU; HOSOUMI, SHUNSUKE; ISHISONE, TAKAHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036475/0439 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2014-175163 · Aug 29, 2014 · national
JP 2014-240985 · Nov 28, 2014 · national
JP 2015-108786 · May 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160064684A1 · Mar 3, 2016