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Granted Patent B2
US 11,437,597 · App. 16/594,683 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Organic electroluminescence device

Inventors: Jin-O Lim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Seunggak Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Samil Kho (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5016H01L27/3211H01L51/0035H01L51/5056H01L51/5072
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Patent No.
US 11,437,597
App. No.
16/594,683
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode, a hole transport region disposed on the first electrode, a first emission layer disposed on the hole transport region and including a first light-emitting host and a first light-emitting dopant, a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer and including a first electron transport material and a second light-emitting dopant, an electron transport region disposed on the second emission layer and including a second electron transport material, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport region, wherein a triplet energy of the first light-emitting host (T1 a ), a triplet energy of the second light-emitting dopant (T1 b ) and a triplet energy of the second electron transport material (T1 c ) satisfy a relation of T1 a <T1 b <T1 c . High emission efficiency may be shown.

Claims (75)

1. An organic electroluminescence device, comprising:

a first electrode;

a hole transport region disposed on the first electrode;

a first emission layer disposed on the hole transport region, the first emission layer comprising a first light-emitting host and a first light-emitting dopant;

a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, the second emission layer comprising a first electron transport material and a second light-emitting dopant;

an electron transport region disposed on the second emission layer, the electron transport region comprising a second electron transport material; and

a second electrode disposed on the electron transport region,

wherein a triplet energy of the first light-emitting host (T1 a ), a triplet energy of the second light-emitting dopant (T1 b ) and a triplet energy of the second electron transport material (T1 c ) satisfy a relation of T1 a <T1 b <T1 c , and

wherein the first electron transport material of the second emission layer and the second electron transport material of the electron transport region are a same material.

2. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 1 , wherein a difference between the triplet energy of the second light-emitting dopant and the triplet energy of the first light-emitting host (T1 b −T1 a ) is equal to or greater than about 0.3 eV.

3. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 1 , wherein a difference between the triplet energy of the second electron transport material and the triplet energy of the second light-emitting dopant (T1 c −T1 b ) is equal to or great than about 0.4 eV.

4. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the triplet energy of the first light-emitting host (T1 a ) is equal to or greater than about 1.3 eV and equal to or less than about 2.0 eV.

5. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the triplet energy of the second light-emitting dopant (T1 b ) is equal to or greater than about 1.7 eV and equal to or less than about 2.8 eV.

6. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the triplet energy of the second electron transport material (T1 c ) is equal to or greater than about 2.2 eV and equal to or less than about 3.3 eV.

7. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting dopant is doped in the first light-emitting host,

wherein the second light-emitting dopant is doped in the first electron transport material, and

wherein a doping ratio of the first light-emitting dopant is less than or equal to a doping ratio of the second light-emitting dopant.

8. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the electron transport region comprises a plurality of organic layers, and

an organic layer adjacent to the second emission layer among the organic layers comprises the second electron transport material.

9. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the electron transport region comprises:

a buffer layer disposed on the second emission layer;

an electron transport layer disposed on the buffer layer; and

an electron injection layer disposed on the electron transport layer,

wherein the buffer layer comprises the second electron transport material.

10. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the first emission layer comprises a first sub emission layer, a second sub emission layer and a third sub emission layer, which are neighbored on a plane, and

the first sub emission layer comprises the first light-emitting host and the first light-emitting dopant.

11. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 10 , wherein the first light-emitting dopant and the second light-emitting dopant are configured to emit lights of the same color.

12. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 10 , wherein the first sub emission layer is a blue emission layer, the second sub emission layer is a green emission layer, and the third sub emission layer is a red emission layer.

13. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting host comprises a compound represented by the following Formula 1:

wherein Ar 1 and Ar 2 each independently comprises at least one of a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 30 carbon atoms for forming a ring, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group of 2 to 30 carbon atoms for forming a ring,

wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently comprises at least one of a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 30 carbon atoms for forming a ring, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group of 6 to 30 carbon atoms for forming a ring, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group of 2 to 30 carbon atoms for forming a ring, and combined with an adjacent group to form a ring, and

wherein “a” and “b” are each independently an in integer of 0 to 4.

14. An organic electroluminescence device, comprising:

a first pixel area, a second pixel area, and a third pixel area, which are neighbored in a plan view, each of the first pixel area, the second pixel area, and the third pixel area comprising:

a first electrode;

a hole transport region disposed on the first electrode;

a first emission layer disposed on the hole transport region, the first emission layer comprising:

a first sub emission layer overlapping with the first pixel area in the plan view;

a second sub emission layer overlapping with the second pixel area in the plan view; and

a third sub emission layer overlapping with the third pixel area in the plan view;

a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, the second emission layer overlapping with the first pixel area, the second pixel area, and the third pixel area in the plan view;

an electron transport region disposed on the second emission layer; and

a second electrode disposed on the electron transport region,

wherein the first sub emission layer comprises a first light-emitting host and a first light-emitting dopant,

wherein the second emission layer comprises a first electron transport material and a second light-emitting dopant,

wherein the electron transport region comprises a second electron transport material, and

wherein a triplet energy of the first light-emitting host (T1 a ), a triplet energy of the second light-emitting dopant (T1 b ) and a triplet energy of the second electron transport material (T1 c ) satisfy a relation of T1 a <T1 b <T1 c , and

wherein the first electron transport material of the second emission layer and the second electron transport material of the electron transport region are a same material.

15. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 14 , wherein a difference between the triplet energy of the second light-emitting dopant and the triplet energy of the first light-emitting host (T1 b −T1 a ) is equal to or greater than about 0.4 eV.

16. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 14 , wherein a difference between the triplet energy of the second electron transport material and the triplet energy of the second light-emitting dopant (T1 c −T1 b ) is equal to or greater than about 0.5 eV.

17. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 14 , wherein the electron transport region comprises:

a buffer layer;

an electron transport layer disposed on the buffer layer; and

an electron injection layer disposed on the electron transport layer,

wherein the buffer layer comprises the second electron transport material and the buffer layer is adjacent to the second emission layer.

18. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 14 , wherein the first light-emitting dopant and the second light-emitting dopant are configured to emit blue light.

19. The organic electroluminescence device of claim 14 , wherein the second light-emitting dopant is doped in a weight ratio of equal to or greater than about 3% and equal to or less than about 10% with respect to the first electron transport material.

20. An organic electroluminescence device, comprising:

a first pixel area, a second pixel area, and a third pixel area, which are neighbored in a plan view, each of the first pixel area, the second pixel area, and the third pixel area comprising:

a first electrode;

a hole transport region disposed on the first electrode;

a first emission layer disposed on the hole transport region, the first emission layer comprising:

a first sub emission layer overlapping with the first pixel area in the plan view;

a second sub emission layer overlapping with the second pixel area in the plan view; and

a third sub emission layer overlapping with the third pixel area in the plan view;

a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, the second emission layer overlapping with the first pixel area, the second pixel area, and the third pixel area in the plan view;

a buffer layer disposed on the second emission layer;

an electron transport layer disposed on the buffer layer;

an electron injection layer disposed on the electron transport layer; and

a second electrode disposed on the electron injection layer,

wherein the first sub emission layer comprises a first light-emitting host and a first light-emitting dopant,

wherein the second emission layer comprises a first electron transport material and a second light-emitting dopant, and

wherein the buffer layer comprises a second electron transport material, and

wherein a triplet energy of the first light-emitting host (T1 a ), a triplet energy of the second light-emitting dopant (T1 b ) and a triplet energy of the second electron transport material (T1 c ) satisfy a relation of T1 a <T1 b <T1 c , and

wherein the first electron transport material of the second emission laver and the second electron transport material of the electron transport region are a same material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2019
From: LIM, JIN-O; YANG, SEUNGGAK; KHO, SAMIL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050647/0538 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0137571 · Nov 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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