IP Library Granted Patent US 10,629,660
Granted Patent B2
US 10,629,660 · App. 15/874,775 · Granted Apr 21, 2020

Organic electronic component with electron injection layer

Inventors: Dominik Pentlehner (Burghausen, DE); Andreas Rausch (Regensburg, DE); Ulrich Niedermeier (Leiblfing, DE); Julia Desjardins (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
H01L27/3244H01L51/5092H01L51/5206H01L51/5221H01L51/5096
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Patent No.
US 10,629,660
App. No.
15/874,775
Granted
Apr 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electronic component and a method for making an organic electronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment the component includes an anode, an active layer arranged above the anode, an electron injection layer arranged above the active layer and a cathode arranged above the electron injection layer. The electron injection layer further comprises a first organic layer comprising a first organic matrix material, a second organic layer comprising a second organic matrix material and a metallic layer, wherein the first organic matrix material has a higher electron conductivity than the second organic matrix material.

Claims (43)

1. An organic electronic component comprising:

an anode;

an active layer arranged above the anode;

an electron injection layer arranged above the active layer, the electron injection layer comprising:

a first organic layer comprising a first organic matrix material;

a second organic layer comprising a second organic matrix material; and

a metallic layer, wherein the first organic matrix material has a higher electron conductivity than the second organic matrix material, and wherein the first organic matrix material is a material that cannot be conductivity-doped by a metal; and

a cathode arranged above the electron injection layer.

2. The organic electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the electron injection layer consists of the first organic layer, the second organic layer and the metallic layer.

3. The organic electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the first organic layer is arranged above the active layer, the second organic layer is arranged above the first organic layer and the metallic layer is arranged above the second organic layer.

4. The organic electronic component according claim 1 , wherein the cathode is arranged directly above the metallic layer.

5. The organic electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the metallic layer has a layer thickness between 1 nm inclusive and 10 nm inclusive.

6. The organic electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the metallic layer comprises Li, Ca, Mg, Yb, Na, Cs, Sr, Rb, K or combinations thereof.

7. The organic electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the second organic layer has a layer thickness between 2 nm inclusive and 20 nm inclusive.

8. The organic electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the first organic layer has a layer thickness of between 5 nm inclusive and 200 nm inclusive.

9. The organic electronic component according to claim 1 , further comprising a hole blocking layer, wherein the hole blocking layer is arranged between the active layer and the electron injection layer.

10. The organic electronic component according to claim 9 , wherein the hole blocking layer includes an organic material, the organic material having a lower-lying HOMO than the first organic matrix material and/or the second organic matrix material.

11. The organic electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the active layer is a light-emitting layer configured to emit radiation during operation of the organic electronic component.

12. A method for producing the organic electronic component according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

applying the active layer to the anode;

applying the electron injection layer on the active layer; and

applying the cathode on the electron injection layer, wherein applying the electron injection layer on the active layer comprises applying the first organic layer comprising the first organic matrix material on the active layer, applying the second organic layer comprising the second organic matrix material on the first organic layer, and applying the metallic layer on the second organic layer.

13. An organic electronic component comprising:

an anode;

an active layer arranged above the anode;

an electron injection layer arranged above the active layer, the electron injection layer comprising:

a first organic layer comprising a first organic matrix material;

a second organic layer comprising a second organic matrix material; and

a metallic layer, wherein the first organic matrix material has a higher electron conductivity than the second organic matrix material, wherein the first organic matrix material is a material that cannot be conductivity-doped by a metal, wherein the metallic layer comprises a metal, and wherein the second organic layer is doped with the metal of the metallic layer at least in regions; and

a cathode arranged above the electron injection layer.

14. The organic electronic component according to claim 13 , wherein the second organic layer comprises a first partial layer and a second partial layer, wherein the second partial layer is doped with the metal of the metallic layer, and wherein the first partial layer consists essentially of the second organic matrix material.

15. The organic electronic component according to claim 13 , wherein the electron injection layer consists essentially of the first organic layer, the second organic layer and the metallic layer.

16. The organic electronic component according to claim 13 , wherein the metallic layer comprises Li, Ca, Mg, Yb, Na, Cs, Sr, Rb, K or combinations thereof.

17. The organic electronic component according to claim 13 , wherein the first organic layer is arranged above the active layer, the second organic layer is arranged above the first organic layer and the metallic layer is arranged above the second organic layer.

18. The organic electronic component according to claim 13 , further comprising a hole blocking layer arranged between the active layer and the electron injection layer, wherein the hole blocking layer includes an organic material, the organic material having a lower-lying HOMO than the first organic matrix material and/or the second organic matrix material.

19. An organic electronic component comprising:

an anode;

an active layer arranged above the anode;

an electron injection layer arranged above the active layer, the electron injection layer comprising:

a first organic layer comprising a first organic matrix material;

a second organic layer comprising a second organic matrix material;

a metallic layer, wherein the first organic matrix material has a higher electron conductivity than the second organic matrix material, wherein the first organic matrix material is a material that cannot be conductivity-doped by a metal, and wherein an electron injection is almost constant, at temperatures up to 150° C.; and

a cathode arranged above the electron injection layer.

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 Mar 8, 2018
From: PENTLEHNER, DOMINIK; RAUSCH, ANDREAS; NIEDERMEIER, ULRICH; DESJARDINS, JULIA
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 045147/0878 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 101 077 · Jan 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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