IP Library Granted Patent US 10,714,700
Granted Patent B2
US 10,714,700 · App. 16/513,869 · Granted Jul 14, 2020

Light-emitting element, display device, electronic device, and lighting device

Inventors: Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Nobuharu Ohsawa (Kanagawa, JP); Shunsuke Hosoumi (Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Ishisone (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5016H01L51/5012H01L2251/552
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Patent No.
US 10,714,700
App. No.
16/513,869
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element having high emission efficiency which includes a fluorescent material as a light-emitting substance is provided. A light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes and an EL layer between the pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer includes a host material and a guest material. The host material has a difference of more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level. The guest material is capable of emitting fluorescence. The triplet excitation energy level of the host material is higher than a triplet excitation energy level of the guest material.

Claims (59)

1. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes;

a first electroluminescence layer and a second electroluminescence layer between the pair of electrodes; and

a charge generation layer between the first electroluminescence layer and the second electroluminescence layer,

wherein the first electroluminescence layer comprises a light-emitting layer,

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

wherein the second material is capable of emitting fluorescence,

wherein a difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level of the first material is more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV, and

wherein the triplet excitation energy level of the first material is higher than a triplet excitation energy level of the second material.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the singlet excitation energy level of the first material is higher than a singlet excitation energy level of the second material.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the lowest singlet excitation energy level and the lowest triplet excitation energy level in the first material is more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first material is capable of exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature, and

wherein a thermally activated delayed fluorescence emission energy of the first material is higher than a phosphorescence emission energy of the second material.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first material is a first organic compound, and

wherein the second material is a second organic compound.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein a weight ratio of the second material to the first material is more than 0 and less than or equal to 0.05.

7. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the first electroluminescence layer comprises at least one selected from a hole-injection layer, a hole-transport layer, an electron-transport layer, and an electron-injection layer.

8. A display device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 1 ; and

a color filter overlapping with the light-emitting element.

9. An electronic device comprising:

the display device according to claim 8 ; and

a housing or a touch sensor.

10. A lighting device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 1 ; and

a housing or a touch sensor.

11. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes;

a first electroluminescence layer and a second electroluminescence layer between the pair of electrodes; and

a charge generation layer between the first electroluminescence layer and the second electroluminescence layer,

wherein the first electroluminescence layer comprises a first light-emitting layer,

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

wherein the second material is capable of emitting fluorescence,

wherein a difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level of the first material is more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV,

wherein the triplet excitation energy level of the first material is higher than a triplet excitation energy level of the second material, and

wherein an emission spectrum of the first material comprises a region overlapping with an absorption band on a longest wavelength side in an absorption spectrum of the second material.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein the singlet excitation energy level of the first material is higher than a singlet excitation energy level of the second material.

13. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein a difference between the lowest singlet excitation energy level and the lowest triplet excitation energy level in the first material is more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV.

14. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 ,

wherein the first material is capable of exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature, and

wherein a thermally activated delayed fluorescence emission energy of the first material is higher than a phosphorescence emission energy of the second material.

15. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 ,

wherein the first material is a first organic compound, and

wherein the second material is a second organic compound.

16. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 ,

wherein a weight ratio of the second material to the first material is more than 0 and less than or equal to 0.05.

17. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein the first electroluminescence layer comprises at least one selected from a hole-injection layer, a hole-transport layer, an electron-transport layer, and an electron-injection layer.

18. A display device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 11 ; and

a color filter overlapping with the light-emitting element.

19. An electronic device comprising:

the display device according to claim 18 ; and

a housing or a touch sensor.

20. A lighting device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 11 ; and

a housing or a touch sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2019
From: SEO, SATOSHI; OHSAWA, NOBUHARU; HOSOUMI, SHUNSUKE; ISHISONE, TAKAHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049779/0669 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2014-175163 · Aug 29, 2014 · national
JP 2014-240985 · Nov 28, 2014 · national
JP 2015-108786 · May 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15874950 · Jan 19, 2018
Continuation 14837083 · Aug 27, 2015
Related Publication 20190341570A1 · Nov 7, 2019
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