Organic electroluminescent device and display including the same

1. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:

a first electrode;

a hole transport region on the first electrode;

an emission layer on the hole transport region;

an electron transport region on the emission layer; and

a second electrode on the electron transport region,

wherein:

the electron transport region includes a first electron transport layer on the emission layer, and a second electron transport layer on the first electron transport layer,

an absolute value of difference between a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level of the emission layer and a HOMO energy level of the first electron transport layer is about 0.3 eV to about 1.5 eV,

the first electron transport layer includes a first electron transport material and a first n-type dopant, and

the second electron transport layer includes a second electron transport material and a second n-type dopant.

2. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an absolute value of difference between a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of the emission layer and a LUMO energy level of the first electron transport layer is about 0 eV to about 0.2 eV.

3. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an absolute value of difference between the LUMO energy level of the first electron transport layer and a LUMO energy level of the second electron transport layer is about 0 eV to about 0.2 eV.

4. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the absolute value of difference between the HOMO energy level of the emission layer and the HOMO energy level of the first electron transport layer is about 0.5 eV to about 1.5 eV.

5. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first electron transport layer contacts the emission layer, and

the second electron transport layer contacts the first electron transport layer.

6. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material are the same as each other.

7. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:

the first n-type dopant and the second n-type dopant are the same as each other, and

a weight percent (wt %) of the first n-type dopant based on a total weight of the first electron transport layer and a weight percent (wt %) of second n-type dopant based on a total weight of the second electron transport layer are different from each other.

8. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the wt % of the second n-type dopant based on the total weight of the second electron transport layer is less than the wt % of the first n-type dopant based on the a total weight of the first electron transport layer.

9. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first n-type dopant and the second n-type dopant are different from each other.

10. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material each include at least one selected from the group of an anthracene derivative, a phosphine oxide derivative, a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound, and tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)aluminum (Alq 3 ).

11. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first n-type dopant and the second n-type dopant each independently include at least one selected from the group of lithium quinolate (Liq), LiF, Li 2 O, CsF, BaF, BaO, Al 2 O 3 , NaCl, RbCl, RbI, Ca, Cs and Yb.

12. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the emission layer includes an anthracene derivative represented by following Formula 1:

wherein, in Formula 1,

R1 to R3 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 2 to 30 ring carbon atoms;

a and b are each independently an integer from 0 to 5;

c is an integer from 0 to 8; and

a plurality of adjacent R1 to R3 are separate or combine with one another to form a saturated or unsaturated ring.

13. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein:

a is 2, and

two adjacent R1 s combine with each other and form a benzene ring fused with the benzene ring to which the two adjacent R1 s are attached.

14. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first electron transport layer is about 10 Å to about 150 Å.

15. The organic electroluminescent device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hole transport region includes:

a hole injection layer on the first electrode; and

a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer, and

the electron transport region further includes an electron injection layer between the second electron transport layer and the second electrode.

16. An organic electroluminescent display, comprising:

a plurality of pixels, which respectively include:

a first electrode;

a hole transport region on the first electrode;

an emission layer on the hole transport region;

an electron transport region on the emission layer; and

a second electrode on the electron transport region, wherein the electron transport region includes:

a first electron transport layer on the emission layer, and

a second electron transport layer on the first electron transport layer, wherein:

an absolute value of a difference between a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level of the emission layer and a HOMO energy level of the first electron transport layer is about 0.3 eV to about 1.5 eV,

the first electron transport layer includes a first electron transport material and a first n-type dopant, and

the second electron transport layer includes a second electron transport material and a second n-type dopant.

17. The organic electroluminescent display as claimed in claim 16 , wherein:

an absolute value of a difference between a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of the emission layer and a LUMO energy level of the first electron transport layer is about 0 eV to about 0.2 eV, and

an absolute value of a difference between the LUMO energy level of the first electron transport layer and a LUMO energy level of the second electron transport layer is about 0 eV to about 0.2 eV.

18. The organic electroluminescent display as claimed in claim 16 , wherein:

the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material are the same as each other;

the first n-type dopant and the second n-type dopant are the same as each other; and

the weight percent (wt %) of the second n-type dopant based on a total weight of the second electron transport layer is lower than the weight percent (wt %) of the first n-type dopant based on a total weight of the first electron transport layer.

19. The organic electroluminescent display as claimed in claim 16 , wherein:

the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material are the same as each other; and

the first n-type dopant and the second n-type dopant are different from each other.