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US 12,421,255 · App. 17/033,350 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Luminescence device and polycyclic compound for luminescence device

Inventors: Dongchan Lee (Sejong-si, KR); Eu-gene Oh (Seoul, KR); Munsoo Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); JuWan Maeng (Seongnam-si, KR); Kap-jong Han (Gwangju-si, KR); Sung-Soo Bae (Seoul, KR); Sungwook Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Tsuyoshi Naijo (Suwon-si, KR); Hyein Jeong (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.; Lapto Co., Ltd.
C07F5/027C07F5/04C07F9/6561C09K11/02C09K11/06H10K85/322H10K85/658C09K2211/1007C09K2211/1014C09K2211/1018H10K50/11H10K50/15H10K50/16H10K50/17H10K50/171H10K50/18H10K50/181H10K2101/20
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Patent No.
US 12,421,255
App. No.
17/033,350
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic luminescence device includes a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1 in at least one functional layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein in Formula 1, X is O, S, Se, CR 4 R 5 , SiR 6 R 7 , or and at least one selected from L 1 and Ar 1 is an electron withdrawing group having a Hammett constant greater than 0:

Claims (95)

1. A luminescence device, comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode on the first electrode; and

at least one functional layer between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the at least one functional layer comprises a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1:

wherein in Formula 1,

X is O, S, Se, CR 4 R 5 , SiR 6 R 7 , or

R 1 to R 7 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl amine group of 6 to 30 carbon atoms for forming a ring, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group of 2 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or are combined with an adjacent group to form a ring,

“a” to “c” are each independently an integer of 0 to 4, and

wherein, when X is O, S, CR 4 R 5 , or SiR 6 R 7 ,

at least one selected from among a to c is 1 to 4, and a corresponding at least one selected from among R 1 to R 3 are each independently represented by any one from RO-1 to RO-14 and RO-16 to RO-20:

when X is Se,

at least one selected from R 1 to R 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, and

a sum of “a” to “c” is 1 or more, and

when X is

-(L 1 ) p -(Ar 1 ) q is represented by any one from RN-1 to RN-11, RN-16 to RN-18 and RN-20 to RN-48:

2. The luminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one functional layer comprises:

a hole transport region on the first electrode;

an emission layer on the hole transport region; and

an electron transport region between the emission layer and the second electrode.

3. The luminescence device of claim 2 , wherein the emission layer comprises the polycyclic compound.

4. The luminescence device of claim 3 , wherein when X is O, S, Se, CR 4 R 5 , or SiR 6 R 7 , a Hammett constant of each of R 1 to R 3 is greater than 0.

5. The luminescence device of claim 2 , wherein the hole transport region comprises the polycyclic compound, and X is O, S, Se, CR 4 R 5 , or SiR 6 R 7 .

6. The luminescence device of claim 1 , wherein Formula 1 is represented by one of Formula 1-1 to Formula 1-3:

wherein in Formula 1-1 to Formula 1-3,

X 1 to X 3 are each independently O, or CR 4 R 5 , and

R 1 to R 3 are each independently the same as defined in Formula 1.

7. The luminescence device of claim 1 , wherein Formula 1 is represented by Formula 1-4:

wherein in Formula 1-4,

a1 to c1 are each independently 0 or 1,

the sum of a1 to c1 is 1 or less, and

R 1 to R 3 , L 1 , Ar 1 , “p”, and “q” are each independently the same as defined in Formula 1.

8. The luminescence device of claim 1 , wherein X is Se and R 1 to R 3 are each independently represented by Formula 2:

*-(L 11 ) r -(Ar 11 ) s ,  Formula 2

wherein in Formula 2,

L 11 is a direct linkage, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring,

Ar 11 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring,

“r” is an integer of 0 to 2, and “s” is 1.

9. The luminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the polycyclic compound comprises at least one selected from compounds represented in Compound Group 1:

10. The luminescence device of claim 1 , wherein the polycyclic compound comprises at least one selected from compounds represented in Compound Group 2:

11. A luminescence device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode on the first electrode; and

an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising a host and a dopant,

wherein the dopant is a polycyclic compound represented by Formula A:

DU-AU  Formula A

wherein in Formula A, DU is represented by Formula A-1, and AU is represented by Formula A-2:

wherein in Formula A-1,

X 1 is O, S, Se, CR 14 R 15 , SiR 16 R 17 , or N—*

R 11 to R 17 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl amine group of 6 to 30 carbon atoms for forming a ring, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group of 2 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or combined with an adjacent group to form a ring,

a1 to c1 are each independently an integer of 0 to 4,

d1 to f1 are each independently 0 or 1, and

—* is a connection point with Formula A-2,

wherein in Formula A-2,

L 21 is a direct linkage, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring,

Ar 21 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring,

at least one selected from L 21 and Ar 21 is an electron withdrawing group having a Hammett constant greater than 0,

p1 is 0 or 1, and

q1 is 1, and

wherein when X 1 is O, S, CR 14 R 15 , or SiR 16 R 17 ,

d1 to f1 is each 0, at least one selected from among a1 to c1 is 1 to 4, and a corresponding at least one selected from among R 11 to R 13 are each independently represented by any one from RO-1 to RO-14 and RO-16 to RO-20:

wherein when X 1 is N—*, *—(L 21 ) p1 -(Ar 21 ) q1 is represented by any one from RN-1 to RN-11, RN-16 to RN-18 and RN-20 to RN-48:

12. The luminescence device of claim 11 , wherein the emission layer is to emit thermally activated delayed fluorescence.

13. The luminescence device of claim 11 , wherein the polycyclic compound has a difference between a lowest singlet excitation energy level and a lowest triplet excitation energy level of about 0.05 eV.

14. The luminescence device of claim 11 , wherein the emission layer is to emit light having a central wavelength of about 490 nm to about 750 nm.

15. A polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1:

wherein in Formula 1,

X is O, S, Se, CR 4 R 5 , SiR 6 R 7 , or

R 1 to R 7 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl amine group of 6 to 30 carbon atoms for forming a ring, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group of 2 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or combined with an adjacent group to form a ring,

“a” to “c” are each independently an integer of 0 to 4, and

wherein, when X is O, S, CR 4 R 5 , or SiR 6 R 7 ,

at least one selected from among a to c is 1 to 4, and a corresponding at least one selected from among R 1 to R 3 are each independently represented by any one from RO-1 to RO-14 and RO-16 to RO-20:

when X is Se,

at least one selected from R 1 to R 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, and

a sum of “a” to “c” is 1 or more, and

when X is

(L 1 ) p -(Ar 1 ) q is represented by any one from RN-1 to RN-11, RN-16 to RN-18 and RN-20 to RN-48:

16. The polycyclic compound of claim 15 , wherein Formula 1 is represented by one selected from Formula 1-1 to Formula 1-3:

wherein in Formula 1-1 to Formula 1-3,

X 1 to X 3 are each independently O, or CR 4 R 5 , and

R 1 to R 5 are each independently the same as defined in Formula 1.

17. The polycyclic compound of claim 15 , wherein Formula 1 is represented by Formula 1-4:

wherein in Formula 1-4,

a1 to c1 are each independently 0 or 1, a sum of a1 to c1 is 1 or less, and

R 1 to R 3 , L 1 , Ar 1 , “p”, and “q” are each independently the same as defined in Formula 1.

18. The polycyclic compound of claim 15 , wherein X is Se and

R 1 to R 3 are each independently represented by Formula 2:

*-(L 11 ) r -(Ar 11 ) s ,  Formula 2

wherein in Formula 2,

L 11 is a direct linkage, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring,

Ar 11 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group of 2 to 60 carbon atoms for forming a ring,

“r” is an integer of 0 to 2, and

“s” is 1.

19. A polycyclic compound comprises at least one selected from compounds represented in Compound Group 1:

20. The polycyclic compound of claim 15 , wherein Formula 1 comprises at least one selected from compounds represented in Compound Group 2:

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2020
From: LEE, DONGCHAN; OH, EU-GENE; KIM, MUNSOO; MAENG, JUWAN; HAN, KAP-JONG; BAE, SUNG-SOO; KIM, SUNGWOOK; NAIJO, TSUYOSHI; JEONG, HYEIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.; LAPTO CO., LTD.
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