IP Library Granted Patent US 10,581,019
Granted Patent B2
US 10,581,019 · App. 15/715,800 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Organic EL element having reduced electric power consumption by optimizing film thicknesses thereof and method of manufacturing same

Inventors: Hideyuki Shirahase (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Ajiki (Tokyo, JP); Jun Hashimoto (Tokyo, JP); Masaki Nishimura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JOLED INC.
H01L51/5265H01L27/3244H01L51/5008H01L51/5012H01L51/5076H01L51/5092H01L51/5218H01L51/5234H01L51/56H01L27/3211H01L2251/301H01L2251/308H01L2251/5315H01L2251/558
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Patent No.
US 10,581,019
App. No.
15/715,800
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescence element includes an anode, a light-emitting layer disposed over the anode, a functional layer disposed on the light-emitting layer in contact with the light-emitting layer and including a first metal, a light-transmitting conductive layer disposed on the functional layer in contact with the functional layer and composed of a metallic oxide, and a cathode disposed on the light-transmitting conductive layer in contact with the light-transmitting conductive layer and composed of a metal. The functional layer has a film thickness of 15 to 35 nm. A surface of the anode on the light-emitting layer side and an interface between the cathode and the light-transmitting conductive layer are spaced from each other by not less than 150 nm.

Claims (32)

1. An organic electroluminescence element, comprising:

an anode;

a hole injection layer disposed on the anode;

a partition wall layer disposed on a region of the hole injection layer;

a light-emitting layer disposed over the hole injection layer, wherein the light-emitting layer is in contact with the partition wall layer;

a functional layer disposed on the light-emitting layer and including a first metal;

an intermediate layer disposed between the light-emitting layer and the functional layer in contact with the light-emitting layer and the functional layer, the intermediate layer including a fluoride of a second metal, the second metal being an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal;

a light-transmitting conductive layer disposed on the functional layer in contact with the functional layer and composed of a metallic oxide; and

a cathode disposed on the light-transmitting conductive layer in contact with the light-transmitting conductive layer and composed of a third metal, wherein

the functional layer has a film thickness of 15 to 35 nm, and

a surface of the anode on a side of the light-emitting layer and an interface between the cathode and the light-transmitting conductive layer are spaced from each other by not less than 150 nm.

2. The organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal is sodium.

3. The organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , further comprising a substrate, wherein

the anode is disposed over the substrate in a light emitting direction of the organic electroluminescence element, and

the light-emitting layer is disposed over the hole injection layer in the light emitting direction of the organic electroluminescence element.

4. The organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a substrate;

an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the substrate in a light emitting direction of the organic electroluminescence element, wherein the anode is disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; and

a hole transport layer disposed on the hole injection layer in the light emitting direction of the organic electroluminescence element, wherein the partition wall layer is in contact with the interlayer insulating layer, the anode, the hole injection layer, and the hole transport layer.

5. A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence element, the method comprising:

forming an anode;

forming a hole injection layer on the anode;

forming a partition wall layer on a region of the hole injection layer;

forming a light-emitting layer over the hole injection layer, wherein the light-emitting layer is in contact with the partition wall layer;

forming an intermediate layer on the light-emitting layer in contact with the light-emitting layer;

forming a functional layer on the intermediate layer in contact with the intermediate layer, the functional layer including a metallic material;

forming a light-transmitting conductive layer on the functional layer in contact with the functional layer, the light-transmitting conductive layer composed of a metallic oxide; and

forming a cathode on the light-transmitting conductive layer in contact with the light-transmitting conductive layer, the cathode composed of a first metal, wherein

the intermediate layer is formed such as to include a fluoride of a second metal, the second metal being an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal,

the functional layer is formed such as to have a film thickness of 15 to 35 nm, and

the light-transmitting conductive layer is formed such that a surface of the anode on a side of the light-emitting layer and an interface between the cathode and the light-transmitting conductive layer are spaced from each other by not less than 150 nm.

6. The method of manufacturing the organic electroluminescence element according to claim 5 , wherein the second metal of the intermediate layer is sodium.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2017
From: SHIRAHASE, HIDEYUKI; AJIKI, HIROYUKI; HASHIMOTO, JUN; NISHIMURA, MASAKI
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 043703/0411 →