IP Library Granted Patent US 10,581,009
Granted Patent B2
US 10,581,009 · App. 15/999,601 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Organic light-emitting component and method for producing an organic light-emitting component

Inventors: Dominik Pentlehner (Burghausen, DE); Carola Diez (Regensburg, DE); Daniel Riedel (Munich, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
H01L51/504H01L27/3209H01L51/5056H01L51/5072H01L51/5203H01L51/5293H01L51/0085H01L51/0086H01L51/5012
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Patent No.
US 10,581,009
App. No.
15/999,601
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an organic light-emitting device comprising an organic stack of layers between two electrodes. The organic stack of layers comprises a first light-emitting layer and the first light-emitting layer comprises an emitter material adapted to generate electromagnetic radiation during operation of the device. Taken together, the transition dipole moments of the radiation generating transition of the molecules of the emitter material have an anisotropic orientation inside the first light-emitting layer, and it applies that <cos 2 θ> is less than ⅓, where θ is the angle between the respective transition dipole moment of the radiation generating transition of the molecules of the emitter material and a layer normal of the first light-emitting layer.

Claims (24)

1. An organic light-emitting device comprising an organic stack of layers between two electrodes, wherein the organic stack of layers comprises a first light-emitting layer and

the first light-emitting layer comprises an emitter material adapted to generate electromagnetic radiation during operation of the device and wherein the transition_dipole moments of the radiation-generating transition of the molecules of the emitter material taken together have an anisotropic orientation within the first light emitting layer and it applies that <cos 2 θ> is less than ⅓, where θ is the angle between the respective transition dipole moment of the radiation generating transition of the molecules of the emitter material and a layer normal of the first light emitting layer and wherein the organic stack of layers comprises a metal layer and the molecules of the emitter material are bonded to the metal of the metal layer by covalent bonds.

2. Organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein more than 80% of all transition dipole moments of the molecules of the emitter material are arranged perpendicular to the layer normal of the first light-emitting layer with a deviation of at most ±45° from this perpendicular orientation.

3. Organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the molecules of the emitter material are substituted with at least one functional group comprising sulfur and the molecules of the emitter material are bonded to the metal of the metal layer via covalent bonds of the sulfur.

4. Organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal of the metal layer is selected from a group comprising copper, silver, gold, aluminum, platinum and combinations thereof.

5. Organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal layer has a layer thickness between 0.1 nm and 3 nm inclusive.

6. Organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic stack of layers comprises a second light-emitting layer and wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises an electron or hole-transporting matrix material and the molecules of the matrix material are bonded to the metal of the metal layer by covalent bonds.

7. Organic light-emitting device according to claims 1 , wherein the emitter material is amphiphilic.

8. Organic light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the organic stack of layers comprises a charge transporting layer comprising a hydrophilic surface and the molecules of the emitter material have hydrophilic regions and hydrophobic regions and wherein the molecules of the emitter material are oriented such that the hydrophilic regions are facing the hydrophilic surface and the hydrophobic regions are facing away from the hydrophilic surface.

9. Organic light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the organic stack of layers comprises a charge transporting layer comprising a hydrophobic surface and the molecules of the emitter material have hydrophilic regions and hydrophobic regions and wherein the molecules of the emitter material are oriented such that the hydrophobic regions are facing the hydrophobic surface and the hydrophilic regions are facing away from the hydrophobic surface.

10. A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 comprising the method steps:

A) Providing an electrode,

B) Applying a metal layer to the electrode,

C) Applying a first light-emitting layer to the metal layer produced in method step B), wherein the light-emitting layer comprises an emitter material which is adapted to generate electromagnetic radiation during operation of the device and which arranges itself self-organizing during and/or after application, such that the transition dipole moments of the radiation-generating transition of the molecules of the emitter material taken together have an anisotropic orientation within the first light-emitting layer and it applies that <cos 2 θ> is less than ⅓, where θ is the angle between the respective transition dipole moment of the radiation-generating transition of the molecules of the emitter material and a layer normal of the first light-emitting layer, wherein the molecules of the emitter material are each substituted with at least one thiol group and the sulfur of the thiol group is covalently bonded to the metal of the metal layer,

G) Applying a second electrode to the first light-emitting layer.

11. Method according to claim 10 , wherein in method step B) a charge transporting layer with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic surface is applied and wherein in method step C) the emitter material is applied to the hydrophobic or hydrophilic surface of the charge transporting layer and wherein the molecules of the emitter material have hydrophilic regions and hydrophobic regions and the molecules are oriented in a way, such that the hydrophobic regions are facing the hydrophobic surface of the charge-transporting layer and the hydrophilic regions are facing away from the hydrophobic surface of the charge-transporting layer or

such that the hydrophilic regions are facing the hydrophilic surface of the charge-transporting layer and the hydrophobic regions are facing away from the hydrophilic surface of the charge-transporting layer.

12. Method according to claim 10 , wherein in method step C) the first light-emitting layer is applied from the liquid phase by means of spin coating, screen printing, inkjet, engraving or flexographic printing.

13. Method according to claim 10 , wherein the first light-emitting layer is applied from the gas phase in method step C) by means of vacuum evaporation.

14. An organic light-emitting device comprising an organic stack of layers between two electrodes, wherein the organic stack of layers comprises a first light-emitting layer and

the first light-emitting layer comprises an emitter material adapted to generate electromagnetic radiation during operation of the device and wherein the transition dipole moments of the radiation-generating transition of the molecules of the emitter material taken together have an anisotropic orientation within the first light emitting layer and it applies that <cos 2 θ> is less than ⅓, where θ is the angle between the respective transition dipole moment of the radiation generating transition of the molecules of the emitter material and a layer normal of the first light emitting layer,

wherein the emitter material is amphiphilic,

wherein the organic stack of layers comprises a charge transporting layer comprising a hydrophilic surface and the molecules of the emitter material have hydrophilic regions and hydrophobic regions and wherein the molecules of the emitter material are oriented such that the hydrophilic regions are facing the hydrophilic surface and the hydrophobic regions are facing away from the hydrophilic surface or

wherein the organic stack of layers comprises a charge transporting layer comprising a hydrophobic surface and the molecules of the emitter material have hydrophilic regions and hydrophobic regions and wherein the molecules of the emitter material are oriented such that the hydrophobic regions are facing the hydrophobic surface and the hydrophilic regions are facing away from the hydrophobic surface.

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 Feb 1, 2019
From: PENTLEHNER, DOMINIK; DIEZ, CAROLA; RIEDEL, DANIEL
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 048227/0486 →