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 device 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 comprising:
a first phosphorescent compound;
a first host material; and
a first organic compound,
wherein the second light-emitting layer comprising:
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 the longest-wavelength-side peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second phosphorescent compound overlaps with a band having a peak of a photoluminescence spectrum F(λ) of the first phosphorescent compound,
wherein λ denotes a wavelength, and
wherein ε(λ) denotes a molar absorption coefficient of the second phosphorescent compound at the wavelength λ.
2. A light-emitting device 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 comprising:
a first phosphorescent compound;
a first host material; and
a first organic compound,
wherein the second light-emitting layer comprising:
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 difference between an emission peak wavelength of a photoluminescence spectrum F(λ) of the first phosphorescent compound and a wavelength of the longest-wavelength-side peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second phosphorescent compound is 0.2 eV or less when converted into energy,
wherein λ denotes a wavelength, and
wherein ε(λ) denotes a molar absorption coefficient of the second phosphorescent compound at the wavelength λ.
3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first electrode is a cathode, and
wherein the second electrode is an anode.
4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are in contact with each other.
5. The light-emitting device 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.
6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein an emission spectrum of the exciplex overlaps with a band having the longest-wavelength-side peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the first phosphorescent compound.
7. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 1 .
8. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first electrode is a cathode, and
wherein the second electrode is an anode.
9. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are in contact with each other.
10. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,
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.
11. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein an emission spectrum of the exciplex overlaps with a band having the longest-wavelength-side peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the first phosphorescent compound.
12. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 2 .