Organic light-emitting diode with high efficiency and low voltage

1. An organic light-emitting diode, comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode facing the first electrode; and

a light-emitting layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the light-emitting layer comprises at least one of the amine compounds represented by the following Chemical Formula B, and the compound represented by the following Chemical Formula C:

wherein,

A 1 , A 2 , E, and F may be the same or different, and are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring of 6 to 50 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic ring of 2 to 40 carbon atoms wherein two adjacent carbon atoms of the aromatic ring Ai and two adjacent carbon atoms of the aromatic ring A 2 form a 5-membered fused ring together with a carbon atom to which the substituents R 1 and R 2 are bonded;

linkers L 1 to L 12 may be the same or different, and are each independently a direct bond or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene of 6 to 60 carbon atoms;

M is any one selected from among N-R 3 , CR 4 R 5 , O, and S;

R 1 to R 5 , and Ar 1 to Ar 8 may be the same or different, and are each independently any one selected from among hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl of 6 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl of 3 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl of 2 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsilyl of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylsilyl of 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a cyano, a nitro, and a halogen, with the proviso that R 1 and R 2 together may form a mono- or polycyclic aliphatic or aromatic ring, which may be a heterocyclic ring containing a heteroatom selected from among N, O, P, Si, and S as a ring member;

p1 to p4, R 1 to R 4 , and s1 to s4 are each independently an integer of 1 to 3, with the proviso that when any of them is 2 or greater, the corresponding linkers may be the same or different,

x is 1, and y and z may be the same or different, and are each independently an integer of 0 or 1; and

Ar 1 may form a ring with Ar 2 , Ar 3 may form a ring with Ar 4 , Ar 5 may form a ring with Ar 6 , and Ar 7 may form a ring with Ar 8 , and

two adjacent carbon atoms of the Ai ring moiety of Chemical Formula B may occupy respective positions * of structural Formula Q 2 to form a fused ring,

wherein,

Ar 21 is selected from among a substituted or unsubstituted aryl of 6 to 50 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl of 3 to 50 carbon atoms containing O, N or S as a heteroatom:

L 21 is a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene of 6 to 50 carbon atoms;

R 11 and R 18 may be the same or different, and are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl of 3 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl of 6 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl of 3 to 50 carbon atoms containing O, N or S as a heteroatom, a nitrile, a nitro, and a halogen;

R 12 and R 16 may form a saturated or unsaturated ring with R 13 and R 17 , respectively

X is a substituent represented by the following Structural Formula A,

wherein,

Y and Z may be the same or different, and are each independently an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom,

R 21 to R 38 may be the same or different, and are each independently selected from among a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl of 6 to 50 carbon atoms, a cyano, and a halogen,

two adjacent substituents of R 21 to R 24 occupy respective positions ‘*’ of P1 or P2, and any one substituent of R 25 to R 28 represents a single bond connected to the linker L 21 ,

wherein the term ‘substituted’ in the expression ‘substituted or unsubstituted’ for Chemical Formulas B and C means having at least one sub stituent selected from the group consisting of a deuterium, a cyano, a halogen, a nitro, an alkyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, a halogenated alkyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, an aryl of 6 to 24 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl of 6 to 24 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl of 2 to 24 carbon atoms or a heteroarylalkyl of 2 to 24 carbon atoms, an alkylsilyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and an arylsilyl of 6 to 24 carbon atoms.

2. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a host and a dopant, the amine compound of Chemical Formula B serving as the dopant, the compound of Chemical Formula C serving as the host.

3. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein A 1 , A 2 , E, and F of Chemical Formula B may be identical or different, and are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring of 6 to 50 carbon atoms.

4. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 3 , wherein the substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring of 6 to 50 carbon atoms is selected from among compounds represented by [Structural Formula 10] to [Structural Formula 21]:

[Structural Formula 19] [Structural Formula 20] [Structural Formula 21]

wherein,

“-*” denotes a bonding site for forming a 5-membered ring containing the carbon atom connected to both the substituents R 1 and R 2 , or a bonding site for forming a 5-membered ring containing M of the structural Formula Q 1 and Q 2 with moiety A l or A 2 ,

when one of the aromatic hydrocarbon rings of [Structural Formula 10] to [Structural Formula 21] for A l or Az is bonded to Structural Formula Qi or Structural Formula Q 2 , two adjacent carbon atoms of the aromatic hydrocarbon ring occupy respective positions * of Structural Formula Q 1 or Q 2 to form a fused ring; and

R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a deuterium, a cyano, a halogen, a nitro, an alkyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, an aryl of 6 to 24 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl of 7 to 24 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl of 2 to 24 carbon atoms, a heteroarylalkyl of 2 to 24 carbon atoms, an alkylsilyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and an arylsilyl of 6 to 24 carbon atoms,

m is an integer of 1 to 8, with the proviso that when m is 2 or greater or two or more R's exist, the corresponding R's may be the same or different.

5. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein the substituent Aril on the compound of Chemical Formula C is a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula C-1:

wherein,

R 41 to R 45 may be the same or different, and are each as defined for R 11 to R 18 in claim 1 ; and may form a saturated or unsaturated ring with respective adjacent substituents.

6. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 1 ,

wherein

the linkers L 1 to L 12 of Chemical Formula B represent single bonds, or are each any one selected from the following [Structural Formula 22], [Structural Formula 23], [Structural Formula 25], [Structural Formula 27], [Structural Formula 28], and [Structural Formula 30],

p1 to p4, r1 to r4, and s1 to s4 are each 1 or 2, and

x is 1:

wherein hydrogen or deuterium may be positioned on a carbon atom as a member in aromatic rings of the linkers.

7. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein the linker L 21 in Chemical Formula C is a single bond.

8. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein x and y are each 1 and z is 0 in Chemical Formula B.

9. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein the amine compound is any one selected from among the compounds represented by [Chemical Formula 25] to [Chemical Formula 32], [Chemical Formula 85], [Chemical Formula 91], [Chemical Formula 92], [Chemical Formula 97], [Chemical Formula 98], [Chemical Formula 102], [Chemical Formula 117], [Chemical Formula 142] to [Chemical Formula 149], [Chemical Formula 160], [Chemical Formula 162], [Chemical Formula 164], [Chemical Formula 165], [Chemical Formula 197] to [Chemical Formula 201], [Chemical Formula 210], [Chemical Formula 222] to [Chemical Formula 224], [Chemical Formula 227] to [Chemical Formula , [Chemical Formula 239]:

10. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula C is any one selected from among the compounds represented by [Cpd 201] to [Cpd 275]:

11. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein the organic light-emitting diode comprises at least one of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a functional layer capable of both hole injection and hole transport, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer, in addition to the light-emitting layer.

12. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the layers is formed using a deposition process or a solution process.

13. The organic light-emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein organic light-emitting diode is used for a device selected from among a flat display device, a flexible display device, a monochrome or white flat illumination device, and a monochrome or white flexible illumination device.