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Granted Patent B2
US 11,957,043 · App. 17/098,455 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus comprising same

Inventors: Jinsook Bang (Yongin-si, KR); Donghoon Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Sanghoon Yim (Yongin-si, KR); Jinyoung Choi (Yongin-si, KR); Eunjeong Hong (Yongin-si, KR); Kwanhee Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K85/342C09K11/06H10K85/623C09K2211/1029C09K2211/1044C09K2211/185H10K50/11H10K50/13H10K50/8445H10K2101/10
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Patent No.
US 11,957,043
App. No.
17/098,455
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an interlayer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer patterned into a red emission layer and a green emission layer for a corresponding sub-pixel, wherein the red emission layer includes a red dopant having a horizontal dipole moment, and the green emission layer comprises a green dopant having a horizontal dipole moment, and the horizontal dipole moment of the green dopant is greater than the horizontal dipole moment of the red dopant.

Claims (41)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode facing the first electrode; and

an interlayer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising an emission layer patterned into a red emission layer and a green emission layer for a corresponding sub-pixel,

wherein the red emission layer comprises a red dopant having a horizontal dipole moment, and the green emission layer comprises a green dopant having a horizontal dipole moment, and

the horizontal dipole moment of the green dopant is greater than the horizontal dipole moment of the red dopant.

2. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the horizontal dipole moment of the green dopant is in a range of about 60% to about 95% of the total dipole moment of the green dopant.

3. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the horizontal dipole moment of the red dopant is about 80% or lower of the total dipole moment of the red dopant.

4. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the second electrode has a capping layer with a refractive index of about 1.6 or higher.

5. The light-emitting device of claim 4 , wherein the capping layer is in contact with the second electrode.

6. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising an encapsulation layer disposed on the second electrode.

7. The light-emitting device of claim 6 , wherein the encapsulation layer is disposed by alternately stacking at least one organic layer and at least one inorganic layer.

8. The light-emitting device of claim 6 , wherein the light-emitting device does not comprise a capping layer.

9. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the green dopant and the red dopant are each represented by Formula 401:

wherein, in Formulae 401 and 402,

M is a transition metal;

L 401 is a ligand represented by Formula 402, and xc1 is 1, 2, or 3, and when xc1 is an integer of 2 or greater, at least two L 401 (s) are identical to or different from each other;

L 402 is an organic ligand, and xc2 is an integer from 0 to 4, and when xc2 is an integer of 2 or greater, at least two L 402 (s) are identical to or different from each other;

X 401 and X 402 are each, independently from one another, nitrogen or carbon;

ring A 401 and ring A 402 are each, independently from one another, a C 5 -C 60 carbocyclic group or a C 1 -C 60 heterocyclic group;

T 401 is a single bond, —O—, —S—, —C(═O)—, —N(Q 411 )—, —N═, —C(Q 411 )(Q 412 )—, C(Q 411 )═C(Q 412 )—, —C(Q 411 )=, or ═C═;

X 403 and X 404 are each, independently from one another, a chemical bond, O, S, N(Q 413 ), B(Q 413 ), P(Q 413 ), C(Q 413 )(Q 414 ), or Si(Q 413 )(Q 414 );

R 401 and R 402 are each, independently from one another, hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Br, —I, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 10 cycloalkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 60 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 60 aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 60 arylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 60 heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent non-aromatic fused polycyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent non-aromatic fused heteropolycyclic group, —Si(Q 401 )(Q 402 )(Q 403 ), —N(Q 401 )(Q 402 ), —B(Q 401 )(Q 402 ), —C(═O)(Q 401 ), —S(═O) 2 (Q 401 ), or —P(═O)(Q 401 )(Q 402 ),

wherein Q 401 to Q 403 and Q 411 to Q 414 are each, independently from one another, hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —C 1 , —Br, —I, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amidino group, a hydrazino group, a hydrazono group, a C 1 -C 60 alkyl group, a C 2 -C 60 alkenyl group, a C 2 -C 60 alkynyl group, a C 1 -C 60 alkoxy group, a C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl group, a C 1 -C 10 heterocycloalkyl group, a C 3 -C 10 cycloalkenyl group, a C 1 -C 10 heterocycloalkenyl group, a C 6 -C 60 aryl group, a C 1 -C 60 heteroaryl group, a monovalent non-aromatic fused polycyclic group, a monovalent non-aromatic fused heteropolycyclic group, a biphenyl group, or a terphenyl group;

xc11 and xc12 are each, independently from one another, an integer from 0 to 10; and

* and *′ in Formula 402 each indicate a binding site to M in Formula 401.

10. The light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein M is iridium, platinum, palladium, osmium, titanium, gold, hafnium, europium, terbium, rhodium, rhenium, or thulium.

11. The light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein X 401 in Formula 402 is nitrogen, and X 402 is carbon.

12. The light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein X 401 and X 402 in Formula 402 are each nitrogen.

13. The light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein L 402 is an organic ligand comprising a halogen group, a diketone group, a carboxylic acid group, —C(═O), an isonitrile group, a —CN group, a phosphorus group, or any combination thereof.

14. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the red dopant and the green dopant is any one of following compounds:

15. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the interlayer further comprises an emission layer patterned into a blue emission layer.

16. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a direction of a color-coordinate change movement according to a viewing angle is a minimum perceptible color difference line direction.

17. The light-emitting device of claim 16 , wherein the color-coordinate change movement is a movement at a viewing angle of greater than about 0 degrees to about 60 degrees.

18. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the horizontal dipole moment of the red dopant is in a range of about 60% to about 80% of the total dipole moment of the red dopant.

19. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is an anode,

the second electrode is a cathode, and

the interlayer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, comprises an emission layer patterned into a red emission layer, a green emission layer, and/or a blue emission layer for a corresponding sub-pixel, and comprises: i) a hole transport region located between the first electrode and the emission layer and comprising a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a buffer layer, an electron blocking layer, or any combination thereof and ii) an electron transport region located between the emission layer and the second electrode and comprising a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, or any combination thereof.

20. An electronic apparatus comprising: a thin-film transistor; and the light-emitting device of claim 1 ,

wherein the thin-film transistor comprises a source electrode, a drain electrode, an activation layer, and a gate electrode, and

the first electrode of the light-emitting device is electrically connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2020
From: BANG, JINSOOK; KIM, DONGHOON; YIM, SANGHOON; CHOI, JINYOUNG; HONG, EUNJEONG; LEE, KWANHEE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0054095 · May 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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