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Granted Patent B2
US 10,062,861 · App. 15/049,402 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

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

Inventors: Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Ishisone (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/504H01L51/006H01L51/0067H01L51/0072H01L51/0074H01L2251/5384H01L2251/55
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Patent No.
US 10,062,861
App. No.
15/049,402
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency which includes fluorescent materials is provided. The light-emitting element includes a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting layer includes a first fluorescent material and a first host material, and the second light-emitting layer includes a second fluorescent material and a second host material. The second host material includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex. A singlet excited energy level of the first host material is higher than a singlet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material, and a triplet excited energy level of the first host material is lower than a triplet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material.

Claims (64)

1. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes,

a first light-emitting layer; and

a second light-emitting layer,

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

wherein a second fluorescent material, a first organic compound and a second organic compound are mixed in the second light-emitting layer

wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex, and

wherein an emission spectrum of the exciplex overlaps with an absorption band of the second fluorescent material on the longest wavelength side.

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

wherein the exciplex is configured to supply excited energy to the second fluorescent material.

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

wherein 20% or more of light emitted from the exciplex is a delayed fluorescence component.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , further comprising a region in which the first light-emitting layer is in contact with the second light-emitting layer.

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

wherein a spectrum of emission from the first light-emitting layer comprises a region on a short wavelength side of a spectrum of emission from the second light-emitting layer.

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

wherein the first fluorescent material has a function of emitting light in a blue region.

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

wherein the first fluorescent material has a function of emitting light having a peak in a region of longer than or equal to 400 nm and shorter than 490 nm.

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

wherein the second light-emitting layer further comprises a third fluorescent material.

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

wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a function of transporting electrons, and

wherein the other of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a function of transporting holes.

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

wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring skeleton, and

wherein the other of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a π-electron rich heteroaromatic ring skeleton or an aromatic amine skeleton.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the first host material comprises an anthracene skeleton.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the first fluorescent material comprises a pyrene skeleton.

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

wherein a spectrum of emission from the third fluorescent material is different from a spectrum of emission from the second fluorescent material.

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

wherein the second fluorescent material has a function of emitting light in a green region, and

wherein the third fluorescent material has a function of emitting light in a red region.

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

wherein the second fluorescent material has a function of emitting light having an emission spectrum peak in a region of longer than or equal to 490 nm and shorter than 580 nm, and

wherein the third fluorescent material has a function of emitting light having an emission spectrum peak in a region of longer than or equal to 580 nm and shorter than or equal to 680 nm.

16. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes,

a first light-emitting layer; and

a second light-emitting layer,

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

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

wherein a singlet excited energy level of the host material is higher than a singlet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material,

wherein a triplet excited energy level of the host material is lower than a triplet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material, and

wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.

17. The light-emitting element according to claim 16 , further comprising a region in which the first light-emitting layer is in contact with the second light-emitting layer.

18. The light-emitting element according to claim 16 , wherein the host material comprises an anthracene skeleton.

19. The light-emitting element according to claim 16 , wherein the first fluorescent material comprises a pyrene skeleton.

20. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes,

a first light-emitting layer; and

a second light-emitting layer,

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

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

wherein a triplet excited energy level of the host material is lower than a triplet excited energy level of the first organic compound,

wherein a triplet excited energy level of the host material is lower than a triplet excited energy level of the second organic compound, and

wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.

21. The light-emitting element according to claim 20 ,

wherein a singlet excited energy level of the host material is higher than a singlet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material, and

wherein the triplet excited energy level of the host material is lower than a triplet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material.

22. The light-emitting element according to claim 20 , further comprising a region in which the first light-emitting layer is in contact with the second light-emitting layer.

23. The light-emitting element according to claim 20 , wherein the host material comprises an anthracene skeleton.

24. The light-emitting element according to claim 20 , wherein the first fluorescent material comprises a pyrene skeleton.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2016
From: SEO, SATOSHI; ISHISONE, TAKAHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038207/0592 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-033617 · Feb 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160248032A1 · Aug 25, 2016
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