IP Library Granted Patent US 10,109,800
Granted Patent B2
US 10,109,800 · App. 15/340,520 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Organic electroluminescent element, display device and lighting device

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Patent No.
US 10,109,800
App. No.
15/340,520
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer.

Claims (16)

1. An organic electroluminescent element comprising a substrate having thereon at least an anode and a cathode, and a light emitting layer between the aforesaid anode and the aforesaid cathode, wherein at least one light emitting layer incorporates a compound represented by Formula (A):

wherein A1 and A2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a nitrogen-atom containing substituent, provided that at least one of A1 and A2 represents one selected from the group consisting of a carbazolyl group, a carbolinyl group; represented by Formula (a), and a diarylamino group; X and Y each represents O; L1 and L2 each represent a divalent linking group; and L3 represents a divalent linking group selected from the group consisting of carboline ring, a diazacarbazole ring, a triazole ring, a pyrrole ring, a pyridine ring, a pyrazine ring, a quinoxaline ring, a triophene ring, an oxadiazole ring, and an indole ring; n represents an integer of 1 or 2; n1 and n2 each represent an integer of 1 or 2; and n3 and n4 each represent 0 or 1;

Wherein X 1 -X 8 each represent a nitrogen atom or —C(Ra)═; at least one of the aforesaid X 1 -X 8 represents —C(Ra)═, wherein Ra is a hydrogen atom; and Ra and Rb each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

2. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of A1 and A2 represents a carbazolyl group or a diarylamino group.

3. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 ,

wherein L3 represents a divalent linking group selected from the group consisting of a pyridine ring and an oxadiazole ring.

4. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 , wherein L3 represents a divalent linking group derived from a pyridine ring.

5. The organic electroluminescent element of any claim 1 , wherein the aforesaid light emitting layer incorporates a phosphorescence emitting metal complex.

6. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 4 , wherein the aforesaid phosphorescence emitting metal complex is an Ir complex.

7. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 4 , wherein the aforesaid phosphorescence emitting metal complex is represented by Formula (B):

wherein R 1 represents a substituent; Z represents a group of non-metal atoms necessary for forming a 5-7 numbered ring; n 1 represents an integer of 0 -5; B 1 - B5 each represents a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom and at least one represents a nitrogen atom; M 1 represents a metal of Groups 8 -10 in the element periodic table; X 1 and X 2 each represents a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or an oxygen atom; L 1 represents a group of atoms which form a bidentate ligand with X 1 and X 2 ; m1 represents 1, 2, or 3; and m2 represents 0, 1, or 2, provided that a sum of m1 and m2 is 2 or 3.

8. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 6 , wherein m2 of the phosphorescence emitting metal complex represented by the aforesaid Formula (B) is 0.

9. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 7 , wherein a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring formed by phosphorescence emitting metal complexes B 1 -B 5 in the aforesaid Formula (B) is an imidazole ring.

10. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 , emitting white light.

11. A display device provided with the organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 .

12. An illuminating device provided with the organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: KONICA MINOLTA INC
To: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0075 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0146 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2016
From: OTSU, SHINYA; KATOH, EISAKU; TANAKA, TATSUO
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 040188/0765 →