IP Library Granted Patent US 10,608,197
Granted Patent B2
US 10,608,197 · App. 15/752,570 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Organic light-emitting component and lamp

Inventors: Dominik Pentlehner (Burghausen, DE); Carola Diez (Regensburg, DE); Ulrich Niedermeier (Leiblfing, DE); Andreas Rausch (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
H01L51/5044H01L51/5278H01L51/0078H01L2251/301H01L2251/558
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Patent No.
US 10,608,197
App. No.
15/752,570
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an organic light-emitting component ( 100 ), comprising a functional layer stack ( 9 ) between two electrodes ( 1, 8 ), wherein the functional layer stack ( 9 ) has at least two organic light-emitting layers ( 2, 7 ) and at least one charge carrier generation zone ( 3 ), which is arranged between the two organic light-emitting layers ( 2, 7 ), wherein the charge carrier generation zone ( 3 ) comprises an electron-conducting organic layer ( 31 ) and a hole-conducting organic layer ( 32 ), between which an intermediate region ( 4 ) is arranged, wherein the intermediate region ( 4 ) comprises at least one organic intermediate layer ( 6 ) which has a first charge carrier transport mechanism and an inorganic intermediate layer ( 5 ) which has a second charge carrier transport mechanism, wherein the inorganic intermediate layer ( 5 ) is arranged between the organic intermediate layer ( 6 ) and the electron-conducting organic layer ( 31 ), and wherein the first charge carrier transport mechanism is at least partially different to the second charge carrier transport mechanism.

Claims (35)

1. An organic light-emitting component comprising

a functional layer stack arranged between two electrodes,

wherein the functional layer stack comprises at least two organic light-emitting layers and at least one charge carrier generation zone, which is arranged between the two organic light-emitting layers,

wherein the charge carrier generation zone comprises an electron-conducting organic layer and a hole-conducting organic layer, between which an intermediate region is arranged,

wherein the intermediate region comprises at least one organic intermediate layer having a first charge carrier transport mechanism and an inorganic intermediate layer having a second charge carrier transport mechanism,

wherein the inorganic intermediate layer is arranged between the organic intermediate layer and the electron-conducting organic layer, and

wherein the first charge carrier transport mechanism differs at least partially from the second charge carrier transport mechanism,

wherein the organic intermediate layer has at least one material selected from a group consisting of phthalocyanine, phthalocyanine derivative, naphthalocyanine, naphthalocyanine derivative, porphyrin and porphyrin derivative,

wherein the inorganic intermediate layer comprises at least one metal or semi-metal, which is selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, B, Al, Ag, Yb, Ga, In, Tl and combinations thereof, and

wherein the at least two organic light-emitting layers are each designed to emit radiation from the red wavelength range,

wherein the organic light-emitting layers extend along a main direction (x) in each case at a position (P) according to the following formula, with a tolerance of at most λ/(10 n): P=λ/(4 n)+k λ/(2 n), wherein n is the average refractive index of the functional layer stack for the wavelength λ and k is a natural number greater than or equal to zero.

2. An organic light-emitting component comprising

a functional layer stack arranged between two electrodes,

wherein the functional layer stack comprises at least two organic light-emitting layers and at least one charge carrier generation zone, which is arranged between the two organic light-emitting layers,

wherein the charge carrier generation zone comprises an electron-conducting organic layer and a hole-conducting organic layer, between which an intermediate region is arranged,

wherein the intermediate region comprises at least one organic intermediate layer having a first charge carrier transport mechanism and an inorganic intermediate layer having a second charge carrier transport mechanism,

wherein the inorganic intermediate layer is arranged between the organic intermediate layer and the electron-conducting organic layer, and

wherein the first charge carrier transport mechanism differs at least partially from the second charge carrier transport mechanism,

wherein the organic intermediate layer has at least one material selected from a group consisting of phthalocyanine, phthalocyanine derivative, naphthalocyanine, naphthalocyanine derivative, porphyrin and porphyrin derivative, and

wherein the inorganic intermediate layer comprises at least one metal or semi-metal, which is selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, B, Al, Ag, Yb, Ga, In, Tl and combinations thereof, and

wherein the organic light-emitting layers extend along a main direction (x) in each case at a position (P) according to the following formula, with a tolerance of at most λ/(10 n): P=λ/(4 n)+k λ/(2 n), wherein n is the average refractive index of the functional layer stack for the wavelength λ and k is a natural number greater than or equal to zero.

3. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , which has an applied and/or generated voltage in operation, wherein the applied and/or generated voltage is lower compared to a voltage which is applied to a component which comprises, as an intermediate region, either an inorganic intermediate layer or an organic intermediate layer.

4. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , wherein the organic intermediate layer comprises at least one phthalocyanine and/or a phthalocyanine derivative, wherein the phthalocyanine and/or the phthalocyanine derivative are each coordinated to a metal or a metal compound, wherein the metal or the metal compound is selected from the group consisting of Cu, Zn, Co, Al, Ni, Fe, SnO, Mn, Mg, VO and TiO.

5. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , wherein the inorganic intermediate layer comprises a non-noble metal and is designed as an n-type dopant.

6. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , wherein the organic intermediate layer comprises a phthalocyanine or phthalocyanine derivative and the inorganic intermediate layer comprises aluminum.

7. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , wherein the organic intermediate layer comprises a phthalocyanine or phthalocyanine derivative and the inorganic intermediate layer comprises calcium.

8. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , wherein the organic intermediate layer comprises a phthalocyanine or phthalocyanine derivative and the inorganic intermediate layer comprises magnesium.

9. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , wherein the organic intermediate layer comprises a phthalocyanine or phthalocyanine derivative and the inorganic intermediate layer comprises ytterbium.

10. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , wherein the dominant wavelength of the red wavelength range is 625 nm+/3 nm.

11. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , wherein the one electrode is transparent and the further electrode is formed to be reflective, so that the light emitted in the organic light-emitting layers is coupled out in the main direction (x) via the transparent electrode.

12. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , wherein the organic and inorganic intermediate layers each have a layer thickness of between 0.5 nm and 10 nm inclusive, wherein the layer thickness of the inorganic intermediate layer is smaller than or equal to the layer thickness of the organic intermediate layer.

13. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , wherein the charge carrier generation zone has a total thickness of less than or equal to 240 nm.

14. The organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 , which is stable with respect to degradation at a temperature of greater than 75° C.

15. A lamp, which comprises an organic light-emitting component according to claim 2 .

16. The lamp according to claim 15 , which is a tail light of an automobile.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2020
From: OSRAM OLED GMBH
To: DOLYA HOLDCO 5 LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053464/0374 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 11/658.772 REPLACED 11/658.772 PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 053464 FRAME: 0395. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 11, 2020
From: DOLYA HOLDCO 5 LIMITED
To: PICTIVA DISPLAYS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053464/0395 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2018
From: PENTLEHNER, DOMINIK; DIEZ, CAROLA; NIEDERMEIER, ULRICH; RAUSCH, ANDREAS
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 045603/0454 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 114 084 · Aug 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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