Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, display device, electronic device, and lighting device
An object is to provide a light-emitting element which uses a plurality of kinds of light-emitting dopants and has high emission efficiency. In one embodiment of the present invention, a light-emitting device, a light-emitting module, a light-emitting display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption by using the above light-emitting element are provided. Attention is paid to Förster mechanism, which is one of mechanisms of intermolecular energy transfer. Efficient energy transfer by Förster mechanism is achieved by making an emission wavelength of a molecule which donates energy overlap with the longest-wavelength-side local maximum peak of a graph obtained by multiplying an absorption spectrum of a molecule which receives energy by a wavelength raised to the fourth power.
1. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode;
an EL layer over the first electrode, the EL layer comprising:
a first light-emitting layer comprising:
a first phosphorescent compound;
a first host material; and
a first organic compound; and
a second light-emitting layer comprising:
a second phosphorescent compound; and
a second host material; and
a second electrode over the EL layer,
wherein the first host material and the first organic compound are capable of forming an exciplex therebetween,
wherein light emitted from the first phosphorescent compound has a longer wavelength than light emitted from the exciplex,
wherein a longest-wavelength-side peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second phosphorescent compound overlaps with a photoluminescence spectrum F(λ) of the first phosphorescent compound,
wherein λ denotes a wavelength, and
wherein ε(λ) denotes a molar absorption coefficient at the wavelength λ.
2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the photoluminescence spectrum is a phosphorescence spectrum.
3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first phosphorescent compound has a photoluminescence peak in a range of 500 nm to 600 nm, and
wherein the second phosphorescent compound has a photoluminescence peak in a range of 600 nm to 700 nm.
4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first electrode is an anode,
wherein the second electrode is a cathode, and
wherein the first host material has an electron-transport property.
5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein an emission spectrum of the exciplex overlaps with the longest-wavelength-side peak of the function ε(λ)λ 4 of the first phosphorescent compound.
6. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are in contact with each other.
7. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 .
8. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according: to claim 1 .
9. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 .
10. A light-emitting element comprising:
a substrate;
an anode over the substrate;
an EL layer over the anode, the EL layer comprising:
a first light-emitting layer comprising:
a first phosphorescent compound;
a first host material; and
a first organic compound; and
a second light-emitting layer comprising:
a second phosphorescent compound; and
a second host material; and
a cathode over the EL layer,
wherein the first host material and the first organic compound are capable of forming an excipiex therebetween,
wherein light emitted from the first phosphorescent compound has a longer wavelength than light emitted from the exciplex,
Wherein a longest-wavelength-side peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second phosphorescent compound overlaps with a photoluminescence spectrum F(λ) of the first phosphorescent compound,
wherein λ denotes a wavelength, and
wherein ε(λ) denotes a molar absorption coefficient at the wavelength λ.
11. The light-emitting element according to claim 10 , wherein the photoluminescence spectrum is a phosphorescence spectrum.
12. The light-emitting element according to claim 10 ,
Wherein the first phosphorescent compound has a photoluminescence peak in a range of 500 nm to 600 nm, and
wherein the second phosphorescent compound has a photoluminescence peak in a range of 600 nm to 700 nm.
13. The light-emitting element according to claim 10 , wherein an emission spectrum of the exciplex overlaps with the longest-wavelength-side, peak of the function ε(λ)λ 4 of the first phosphorescent compound.
14. The light-emitting element according to claim 10 , wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are in contact with each other.
15. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 10 .
16. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 10 .
17. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 10 .
18. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode;
a first light-emitting layer;
a second light-emitting layer; and
a second electrode,
wherein the first light-emitting layer is between the first electrode and the second light-emitting layer,
wherein the second light-emitting layer is between the first light-emitting layer and the second electrode,
wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises:
a first phosphorescent compound;
a first host material; and
a first organic compound,
wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises:
a second phosphorescent compound; and
a second host material,
wherein the first host material and the first organic compound are capable of forming an exciplex therebetween,
wherein light emitted from the second phosphorescent compound has a longer wavelength than light emitted from the first phosphorescent compound,
wherein a band having a longest-wavelength-side peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second phosphorescent compound overlaps with a hand having a peak of a phosphorescence spectrum F(λ) of the first phosphorescent compound,
wherein λ denotes a wavelength, and
wherein ε(λ) denotes a molar absorption coefficient at the wavelength λ.
19. The light-emitting element according to claim 18 ,
wherein the first electrode is a cathode, and
wherein the second electrode is an anode.
20. The light-emitting element according to claim 18 , wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are in contact with each other.
21. The light-emitting element according to claim 18 ,
wherein the first phosphorescent compound has a photoluminescence peak in a range of 500 nm to 600 nm, and
wherein the second phosphorescent compound has a photoluminescence peak in a range of 600 nm to 700 nm.
22. The light-emitting element according to claim 18 , wherein an emission spectrum of the exciplex overlaps with the longest-wavelength-side peak of the function ε(λ)λ 4 of the first phosphorescent compound.
23. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 18 .
24. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 18 , and a control unit for controlling the light-emitting element.
25. A display device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 18 in a display portion, and a control unit for controlling the light-emitting element.
26. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 18 .