IP Library Granted Patent US 9,559,313
Granted Patent B2
US 9,559,313 · App. 15/051,910 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Light-emitting element

Inventors: Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuyoshi Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/0072C09K11/02C09K11/06H01L51/006H01L51/0051H01L51/0054H01L51/0061H01L51/0074H01L51/0079H01L51/5004H01L51/5012H01L51/5016C09K2211/1007C09K2211/1011C09K2211/1014C09K2211/1029C09K2211/1044C09K2211/1092H01L51/0056H01L2251/552
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Patent No.
US 9,559,313
App. No.
15/051,910
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a light-emitting element which uses a fluorescent material as a light-emitting substance and has higher luminous efficiency. To provide a light-emitting element which includes a mixture of a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a fluorescent material. By making the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance overlap with an absorption band on the longest wavelength side in absorption by the fluorescent material in an S 1 level of the fluorescent material, energy at an S 1 level of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance can be transferred to the S 1 of the fluorescent material. Alternatively, it is also possible that the Si of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is generated from part of the energy of a T 1 level of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance, and is transferred to the S 1 of the fluorescent material.

Claims (19)

1. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes; and

an EL layer between the pair of electrodes,

wherein the EL layer comprises a light-emitting layer,

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

wherein the organic compound exhibits thermally activated delayed fluorescence,

wherein an emission spectrum of the organic compound is overlapped with an absorption band on the longest wavelength side of the fluorescent material,

wherein the organic compound is a heterocyclic compound having a π-electron rich heteroaromatic ring and a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring, and

wherein the π-electron rich heteroaromatic ring is directly bonded to the π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein, in the organic compound, a difference between a levels of a triplet excited state and a singlet excited state is 0.2 eV or less.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein an energy is transferred to from a level of a singlet excited state of the organic compound to a level of a singlet excited state of the fluorescent material.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the organic compound generates a singlet excited state from a triplet excited state, and

wherein an energy is transferred to from a level of the singlet excited state of the organic compound to a level of a singlet excited state of the fluorescent material.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a concentration of the fluorescent material is 5 wt % or lower.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference in energy between a peak wavelength of the absorption band on the lowest energy side of the fluorescent material and a peak wavelength of the organic compound is 0.2 eV or less.

7. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between a peak wavelength of light emission of the organic compound and a peak wavelength of light emission of the fluorescent material is 30 nm or less.

8. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 .

9. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 .

10. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 .

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-172830 · Aug 3, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13957612 · Aug 2, 2013
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