IP Library Granted Patent US 11,800,796
Granted Patent B2
US 11,800,796 · App. 15/738,335 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Luminescent material for delayed fluorescence and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same

Inventors: Jeong-Hwan Jeon (Gwangju-si, KR); Hong Yeop Na (Hwaseong, KR); Hee-Choon Ahn (Seoul, KR)
H10K85/6572C07D401/04C07D401/14C07D403/04C07D403/14C07D405/14C07D409/14C07D413/04C07D413/14C07D471/04C07D487/04C07D491/147C09K11/06H10K85/654H10K85/657H10K85/6574H10K85/6576C09K2211/1018H10K50/11H10K85/636
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Patent No.
US 11,800,796
App. No.
15/738,335
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a luminescent material for delayed fluorescence and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By using the luminescent material for delayed fluorescence according to the present invention, an organic electroluminescent device having long lifespan, low driving voltage, excellent color purity, and significantly improved luminous efficiency such as current efficiency is provided.

Claims (32)

1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising a luminescent material for delayed fluorescence comprising a compound of the following formula 1 as a dopant material, and further comprising a compound of the following formula 8 as a host material:

wherein

R 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C30)alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl, or CN; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;

X 1 represents —CR 3 or N;

X 2 represents —CR 6 or N;

R 3 and R 6 each independently represent hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C30)alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl, or CN; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;

E is represented by the following formulae 2-1 to 2-5, 2-9 to 2-13, 2-15, 2-19 to 2-28, 2-30, and 2-32 to 2-35;

wherein

X and Y each independently are selected from O, S, NR 4 , Si(R 4 ) 2 , C(R 4 ) 2 , PO(R 4 ) 2 , SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;

R 4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl; where there are two R 4 's, each of the two R 4 's may be the same or different, and the two R 4 's may be linked to each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted 11- to 60-membered polycyclic ring; and

R each independently represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl; and

* represents a bonding site between the ring comprising X 1 and X 2 , and E;

independently represents N or CR 11 ;

R 11 independently represents hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C30)alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl, or CN; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;

Het represents a 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl(ene);

L represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;

i represents an integer of 1 or 2; and

j represents an integer of 1 to 5; where j is an integer of 2 or more, each of L may be the same or different.

2. The organic electroluminescent device comprising the luminescent material for delayed fluorescence according to claim 1 , wherein formula 1 is selected from the following formulas 1-1 to 1-16:

wherein

Z is selected from O, S, NR 8 , Si(R 8 ) 2 , C(R 8 ) 2 , PO(R 8 ) 2 , SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;

R 8 represents a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl; and

Ph represents phenyl, and E is as defined in claim 1 .

3. The organic electroluminescent device comprising the luminescent material for delayed fluorescence according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by formula 1 is selected from the group consisting of:

4. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by formula 8 is represented by the following formula 9:

wherein

X 11 independently represents N or CR 11 ;

X 12 independently represents N or CR 12 ;

R 11 and R 12 each independently represent hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C30)alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl, or CN; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ; and

L independently represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 .

5. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 4 , wherein X 12 independently represents N or CH.

6. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by formula 8 is selected from the group consisting of:

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2024
From: ROHM & HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS KOREA LTD
To: DUPONT SPECIALTY MATERIALS KOREA LTD
Reel/Frame 069185/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2023
From: AHN, HEE-CHOON; JEON, JEONG-HWAN; NA, HONG-YEOP
To: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS KOREA LTD.
Reel/Frame 064526/0583 →