IP Library Granted Patent US 11,239,439
Granted Patent B2
US 11,239,439 · App. 15/560,681 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Material for organic electroluminescent device, light-emitting material, and organic electroluminescent device

Inventors: Chihaya Adachi (Fukuoka, JP); Jun-Ichi Nishide (Kumamoto, JP); Yasuhide Hiraga (Kumamoto, JP); Takehiro Takahashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.; Hirata Corporation; Kyulux, Inc.
H01L51/5056C07D209/86C09K11/06H01L51/50H01L51/5072H01L51/5092
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Patent No.
US 11,239,439
App. No.
15/560,681
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a light-emitting material of a light emitting layer, particularly a dopant material or a host material of a light emitting layer emitting delayed fluorescence, or a material suitable for a hole blocking layer, as a material for an organic electroluminescent device having a high efficiency, and also to provide an organic photoluminescent device or an organic electroluminescent device having a high efficiency and a high luminance, particularly an organic EL device suppressed in the roll-off phenomenon, by using the material. A material for an organic electroluminescent device, containing a benzonitrile derivative of the following general formula (1), and an organic electroluminescent device containing a pair of electrodes and one layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer intervening between the electrodes, the organic electroluminescent device using the material.

Claims (26)

1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes and one layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer intervening between the electrodes, the light emitting layer containing as a constitutional material thereof a light-emitting material comprising a benzonitrile derivative of the following general formula (1),

wherein R 1 to R 5 may be the same or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, nitro, linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, cycloalkyl of 5 to 10 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, linear or branched alkenyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, linear or branched alkyloxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, cycloalkyloxy of 5 to 10 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, or a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and may bind to each other via a single bond, substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom, to form a ring, provided that at least one of R 1 to R 5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, or a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group,

wherein the light-emitting material is used as a dopant material of the light emitting layer, and

wherein the organic electroluminescent device emits delayed fluorescence.

2. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of R 1 to R 5 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

3. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of R 1 to R 5 of the general formula (1) is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group.

4. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of R 1 to R 5 of the general formula (1) is a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic group.

5. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of R 1 to R 5 of the general formula (1) is a monovalent group selected from substituted or unsubstituted phenoxazinyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenothiazinyl, substituted or unsubstituted acridinyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenazinyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl, and substituted or unsubstituted carbolinyl.

6. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein R 2 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

7. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein R 3 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

8. An organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes and one layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer intervening between the electrodes, the light emitting layer containing as a constitutional material thereof a light-emitting material comprising a benzonitrile derivative of the following general formula (1),

wherein R 1 to R 5 may be the same or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, nitro, linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, cycloalkyl of 5 to 10 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, linear or branched alkenyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, linear or branched alkyloxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, cycloalkyloxy of 5 to 10 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, or a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and may bind to each other via a single bond, substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom, to form a ring, provided that at least one of R 1 to R 5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, or a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group,

wherein the light-emitting material is used as a dopant material of the light emitting layer, and

wherein R 2 and R 3 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

9. An organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes and one layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer intervening between the electrodes, the light emitting layer containing as a constitutional material thereof a light-emitting material comprising a benzonitrile derivative of the following general formula (1),

wherein R 1 to R 5 may be the same or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, nitro, linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, cycloalkyl of 5 to 10 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, linear or branched alkenyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, linear or branched alkyloxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, cycloalkyloxy of 5 to 10 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, or a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and may bind to each other via a single bond, substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom, to form a ring, provided that at least one of R 1 to R 5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, or a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group,

wherein the light-emitting material is used as a dopant material of the light emitting layer, and

wherein R 2 , R 3 and R 4 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

10. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one of R 1 to R 5 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

11. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 8 , wherein R 2 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

12. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 8 , wherein R 3 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

13. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 8 , wherein the light-emitting material emits delayed fluorescence.

14. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one of R 1 to R 5 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

15. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 9 , wherein R 2 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

16. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 9 , wherein R 3 of the general formula (1) is a group selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, and a disubstituted amino group substituted with a group selected from an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, and a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

17. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 9 , wherein the light-emitting material emits delayed fluorescence.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 1, 2025
From: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.; HIRATA CORPORATION
To: KYULUX, INC.
Reel/Frame 071572/0509 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2019
From: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
To: KYULUX, INC.
Reel/Frame 051062/0685 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2017
From: NISHIDE, JUN-ICHI; HIRAGA, YASUHIDE; ADACHI, CHIHAYA; TAKAHASHI, TAKEHIRO
To: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD; HIRATA CORPORATION; KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043875/0055 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-059492 · Mar 23, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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