IP Library Granted Patent US 10,056,576
Granted Patent B2
US 10,056,576 · App. 15/815,551 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Organic light-emitting device and method for producing the organic light-emitting device

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Patent No.
US 10,056,576
App. No.
15/815,551
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting device and a method for producing an organic light-emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment, the OLED includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, at least one first organic functional layer stack disposed on the first electrode, the first organic functional layer stack configured to emit radiation in a first wavelength range, a second electrode disposed on the first organic functional layer stack and a filter layer arranged in a beam path of the first organic functional layer stack, wherein the first wavelength range comprises a low-energy sub-range and a high-energy sub-range and wherein the filter layer comprises an absorption range containing the low-energy or the high-energy sub-range of the first wavelength range.

Claims (48)

1. An organic light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode disposed on the substrate;

at least one first organic functional layer stack disposed on the first electrode, the first organic functional layer stack configured to emit radiation in a first wavelength range;

a second electrode disposed on the first organic functional layer stack; and

a filter layer arranged in a beam path of the first organic functional layer stack,

wherein the first wavelength range comprises a low-energy sub-range and a high-energy sub-range,

wherein the filter layer comprises an absorption range containing the low-energy or the high-energy sub-range of the first wavelength range, and

wherein the filter layer is arranged between the substrate and the first electrode.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the filter layer contains a material which is selected from the group consisting of metal-containing and metal-free tetraazaporphyrin derivatives (TAPs).

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the metal-containing tetraazaporphyrin derivatives are selected from the group consisting of CoTAP, NiTAP, CuTAP, MgTAP, TiOTAP, VOTAP, ZnTAP, AlTAP, FeTAP, SnOTAP and MnTAP.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the filter layer has a thickness between 1 nm and 50 nm.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first wavelength range comprises a red spectral range.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the absorption range of the filter layer contains the high-energy sub-range of the first wavelength range.

7. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second organic functional layer stack configured to emit radiation in a second wavelength range, the second organic functional layer stack is disposed between the first electrode and the first organic functional layer stack; and

a charge carrier generation layer stack disposed between the second organic functional layer stack and the first organic functional layer stack.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the charge carrier generation layer stack comprises at least one hole-transporting layer and an electron-transporting layer, and wherein the filter layer is arranged between the hole-transporting layer and the electron-transporting layer.

9. The device according to claim 7 , further comprising an outcoupling layer between the substrate and the first electrode.

10. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the second wavelength range comprises a low-energy sub-range and a high-energy sub-range, and wherein the absorption range of the filter layer contains the low-energy or the high-energy sub-range of the second wavelength range.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the second wavelength range comprises a red spectral range.

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the absorption range of the filter layer contains the high-energy sub-range of the second wavelength range.

13. A method for producing a device, wherein the device comprises a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, at least one first organic functional layer stack disposed on the first electrode, the first organic functional layer stack configured to emit radiation in a first wavelength range, a second electrode disposed on the first organic functional layer stack and a filter layer arranged in a beam path of the first organic functional layer stack, wherein the first wavelength range comprises a low-energy sub-range and a high-energy sub-range and wherein the filter layer comprises an absorption range containing the low-energy or the high-energy sub-range of the first wavelength range, the method comprising:

arranging the first electrode on the substrate;

forming the at least one first organic functional layer stack on the first electrode;

arranging the second electrode on the first organic functional layer stack; and

arranging the filter layer in the beam path of the first organic functional layer stack while or after arranging the first electrode on the substrate.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the filter layer is arranged by vapor deposition or by applying a solution.

15. An organic light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode disposed on the substrate;

at least one first organic functional layer stack disposed on the first electrode and configured to emit radiation in a first wavelength range;

a second electrode disposed on the first organic functional layer stack; and

a filter layer arranged in a beam path of the first organic functional layer stack between the first electrode and the first organic functional layer stack,

wherein the first wavelength range comprises a low-energy sub-range and a high-energy sub-range, and

wherein the filter layer comprises an absorption range containing the low-energy or the high-energy sub-range of the first wavelength range.

16. An organic light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode disposed on the substrate;

at least one first organic functional layer stack disposed on the first electrode, the first organic functional layer stack configured to emit radiation in a first wavelength range;

a second electrode disposed on the first organic functional layer stack; and

a filter layer arranged in a beam path of the first organic functional layer stack;

a second organic functional layer stack configured to emit radiation in a second wavelength range, the second organic functional layer stack located between the first electrode and the first organic functional layer stack; and

a charge carrier generation layer stack located between the second organic functional layer stack and the first organic functional layer stack,

wherein the first wavelength range comprises a low-energy sub-range and a high-energy sub-range,

wherein the charge carrier generation layer stack comprises at least one hole-transporting layer and an electron-transporting layer,

wherein the filter layer comprises an absorption range containing the low-energy or the high-energy sub-range of the first wavelength range, and

wherein the filter layer is arranged between the hole-transporting layer and the electron-transporting layer.

Assignments (2)
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 →