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Granted Patent B2
US 10,686,153 · App. 15/911,225 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Exciplex light-emitting device

Inventors: Takahiro Ishisone (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Yusuke Nonaka (Kanagawa, JP); Nobuharu Ohsawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5044H01L51/5004H01L51/504H01L51/006H01L51/0085H01L51/5016H01L2251/5361H01L2251/5376
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Patent No.
US 10,686,153
App. No.
15/911,225
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a light-emitting element which includes a first electrode, a second electrode over the first electrode, and first and second light-emitting layers therebetween. The first light-emitting layer contains a first host material and a first light-emitting material, and the second light-emitting layer contains a second host material and a second light-emitting material. The first light-emitting material is a fluorescent material, and the second light-emitting material is a phosphorescent material. The level of the lowest triplet excited state (T 1 level) of the first light-emitting material is higher than the T 1 level of the first host material. A light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a lighting device including the light-emitting element are further provided.

Claims (54)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

a plurality of light-emitting layers between the first electrode and the second electrode, the plurality of light-emitting layers comprising a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer in order from the first electrode; and

an electron-transport material, a Group 1 metal or a Group 2 metal, a hole-transport material, and an acceptor which are between the second light-emitting layer and the third light-emitting layer,

wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a first host material and a first fluorescent material,

wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second host material, an additive which is configured to form an exciplex together with the second host material, and a phosphorescent material,

wherein the third light-emitting layer comprises a third host material and a second fluorescent material,

wherein an emission spectrum peak of the exciplex overlaps with an adsorption band on a longest wavelength side in an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent material,

wherein the second host material is any one of a triazole derivative, a dibenzofuran derivative, a pyrimidine derivative, a triazine derivative, a pyridine derivative, a bipyridine derivative, and a phenanthroline derivative,

wherein a level of the lowest triplet excited state (a T1 level) of the first fluorescent material is higher than a T1 level of the first host material, and

wherein a level of the lowest singlet excited state (a S1 level) of the first host material is higher than a S1 level of the first fluorescent material.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the acceptor is an organic acceptor.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a level of the lowest triplet excited state (a T1 level) of the second host material is higher than the T1 level of the first host material.

4. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

a plurality of light-emitting layers between the first electrode and the second electrode, the plurality of light-emitting layers comprising a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a third light-emitting layer in order from the first electrode; and

an electron-transport material, an oxide of a Group 1 metal or an oxide of a Group 2 metal, a hole-transport material, and an acceptor which are between the second light-emitting layer and the third light-emitting layer,

wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a first host material and a first fluorescent material,

wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second host material, an additive which is configured to form an exciplex together with the second host material, and a phosphorescent material,

wherein the third light-emitting layer comprises a third host material and a second fluorescent material,

wherein an emission spectrum peak of the exciplex overlaps with an adsorption band on a longest wavelength side in an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent material,

wherein the second host material is any one of a triazole derivative, a dibenzofuran derivative, a pyrimidine derivative, a triazine derivative, a pyridine derivative, a bipyridine derivative, and a phenanthroline derivative,

wherein a level of the lowest triplet excited state (a T1 level) of the first fluorescent material is higher than a T1 level of the first host material, and

wherein a level of the lowest singlet excited state (a S1 level) of the first host material is higher than a S1 level of the first fluorescent material.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein the acceptor is an organic acceptor.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein a level of the lowest triplet excited state (a T1 level) of the second host material is higher than the T1 level of the first host material.

7. A light-emitting device comprising:

an anode;

a cathode;

a plurality of light-emitting layers between the anode and the cathode, the plurality of light-emitting layers comprising a first fluorescent light-emitting layer closest to the anode, a second fluorescent light-emitting layer closest to the cathode, and a phosphorescent light-emitting layer between the first fluorescent light-emitting layer and the second fluorescent light-emitting layer; and

an electron-transport material, a Group 1 metal or a Group 2 metal, a hole-transport material, and an acceptor which are between the phosphorescent light-emitting layer and the second fluorescent light-emitting layer,

wherein the first fluorescent light-emitting layer comprises a first host material and a fluorescent material,

wherein the phosphorescent light-emitting layer comprises a second host material, an additive which is configured to form an exciplex together with the second host material, and a phosphorescent material,

wherein an emission spectrum peak of the exciplex overlaps with an adsorption band on a longest wavelength side in an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent material, and

wherein the second host material is any one of a triazole derivative, a dibenzofuran derivative, a pyrimidine derivative, a triazine derivative, a pyridine derivative, a bipyridine derivative, and a phenanthroline derivative,

wherein a level of the lowest triplet excited state (a T1 level) of the fluorescent material is higher than a T1 level of the first host material, and

wherein a level of the lowest singlet excited state (a S1 level) of the first host material is higher than a S1 level of the fluorescent material.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the acceptor is an organic acceptor.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein a level of the lowest triplet excited state (a T1 level) of the second host material is higher than the T1 level of the first host material.

10. A light-emitting device comprising:

an anode;

a cathode;

a plurality of light-emitting layers between the anode and the cathode, the plurality of light-emitting layers comprising a first fluorescent light-emitting layer closest to the anode, a second fluorescent light-emitting layer closest to the cathode, and a phosphorescent light-emitting layer between the first fluorescent light-emitting layer and the second fluorescent light-emitting layer; and

an electron-transport material, an oxide of a Group 1 metal or an oxide of a Group 2 metal, a hole-transport material, and an acceptor which are between the phosphorescent light-emitting layer and the second fluorescent light-emitting layer,

wherein the first fluorescent light-emitting layer comprises a first host material and a fluorescent material,

wherein the phosphorescent light-emitting layer comprises a second host material, an additive which is configured to form an exciplex together with the second host material, and a phosphorescent material,

wherein an emission spectrum peak of the exciplex overlaps with an adsorption band on a longest wavelength side in an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent material, and

wherein the second host material is any one of a triazole derivative, a dibenzofuran derivative, a pyrimidine derivative, a triazine derivative, a pyridine derivative, a bipyridine derivative, and a phenanthroline derivative,

wherein a level of the lowest triplet excited state (a T1 level) of the fluorescent material is higher than a T1 level of the first host material, and

wherein a level of the lowest singlet excited state (a S1 level) of the first host material is higher than a S1 level of the fluorescent material.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the acceptor is an organic acceptor.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein a level of the lowest triplet excited state (a T1 level) of the second host material is higher than the T1 level of the first host material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2018
From: ISHISONE, TAKAHIRO; SEO, SATOSHI; NONAKA, YUSUKE; OHSAWA, NOBUHARU
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045538/0697 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-099560 · May 13, 2014 · national
JP 2014-241575 · Nov 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14709008 · May 11, 2015
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