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US 12,464,947 · App. 17/546,396 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

White organic light-emitting device and display device using the same

Inventors: Yu Jeong Lee (Seoul, KR); Wook Song (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K85/6574H10K85/622H10K85/624H10K85/6576H10K50/11H10K50/121H10K2101/10H10K2101/30H10K2101/40
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Patent No.
US 12,464,947
App. No.
17/546,396
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A white organic light-emitting device including a first electrode, a second electrode, the second electrode and the first electrode facing each other, a blue light-emitting stack, a phosphorescent light-emitting stack including a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer, a red light-emitting layer, and a green light-emitting layer that includes a hole-transporting host, an electron-transporting host, a first dopant having a green emission peak, and a non-emissive second dopant, where the blue light-emitting stack and the phosphorescent light-emitting stack are between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a charge generation layer interposed between the blue light-emitting stack and the phosphorescent light-emitting stack.

Claims (59)

1 . A white organic light-emitting device, comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode, the second electrode and the first electrode facing each other;

a blue light-emitting stack;

a phosphorescent light-emitting stack comprising

a hole transport layer;

a red light-emitting layer on the hole transport layer;

a green light-emitting layer on the red light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer comprising

a hole-transporting host;

an electron-transporting host;

a first dopant having a green emission peak; and

a non-emissive second dopant; and

an electron transport layer on the green light-emitting layer;

wherein the blue light-emitting stack and the phosphorescent light-emitting stack are between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a charge generation layer between the blue light-emitting stack and the phosphorescent light-emitting stack,

wherein a highest occupied molecular orbital, HOMO, energy level of the second dopant is lower than a HOMO energy level of the electron-transporting host, and

wherein a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital, LUMO, energy level of the second dopant is higher than a LUMO energy level of the first dopant.

2 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a difference, ΔEst, between a singlet energy level of the second dopant and a triplet energy level of the second dopant is 0.6 eV or more.

3 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a singlet energy level of the second dopant is greater than a singlet energy level of each of the hole-transporting host, the electron-transporting host, and the first dopant, and

wherein the singlet energy level of each of the hole-transporting host and the electron-transporting host is 2.7 eV or more.

4 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein a triplet energy level of the second dopant is less than a triplet energy level of each of the hole-transporting host and the electron-transporting host, and is greater than a triplet energy level of the first dopant, and

wherein the triplet energy level of the first dopant is 2.4 eV or more.

5 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second dopant has a photoluminescence peak at a wavelength of 400 nm or less.

6 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second dopant has an energy band gap of 3 eV or more and a HOMO energy level of −6.0 eV or less.

7 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein an electron mobility of the second dopant is higher than a hole mobility of the second dopant.

8 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first dopant and the second dopant are present in the green light-emitting layer in a total amount of from 0.02 vol % to 30 vol %, based on a total volume of the hole-transporting host and the electron-transporting host, and

wherein the second dopant is present in the green light-emitting layer in an amount of from 0.01 vol % to 20 vol %, based on the total volume of the hole-transporting host and the electron-transporting host.

9 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the blue light-emitting stack includes a first blue light-emitting stack and a second blue light-emitting stack between the first electrode and the second electrode.

10 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the first and second blue light-emitting stacks are disposed adjacent to the first electrode or the second electrode, or

wherein the phosphorescent light-emitting stack is disposed between the first blue light-emitting stack and the second blue light-emitting stack, a first charge generation layer is between the phosphorescent light-emitting stack and the first blue light-emitting stack, and a second charge generation layer is between the phosphorescent light-emitting stack and the second blue light-emitting stack.

11 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the red light-emitting layer has an emission peak at a wavelength of from 600 nm to 640 nm, and

wherein the green light-emitting layer has an emission peak at a wavelength of from 500 nm to 540 nm.

12 . The white organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the red light-emitting layer has an emission peak at a wavelength of from 600 nm to 640 nm, and

wherein the green light-emitting layer has an emission peak at a wavelength of from 540 nm to 580 nm.

13 . A display device, comprising:

a substrate comprising a thin-film transistor at each of sub-pixels;

a first electrode connected to the thin-film transistor at each of the sub-pixels;

a second electrode over the sub-pixels and spaced apart from the first electrode;

a blue light-emitting stack;

a phosphorescent light-emitting stack comprising

a hole transport layer;

a red light-emitting layer on the hole transport layer; and

a green light-emitting layer on the red light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer comprising

a hole-transporting host;

an electron-transporting host;

a first dopant having a green emission peak; and

a non-emissive second dopant; and

an electron transport layer on the green light-emitting layer;

wherein the blue light-emitting stack and the phosphorescent light-emitting stack are between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a charge generation layer between the blue light-emitting stack and the phosphorescent light-emitting stack,

wherein a highest occupied molecular orbital, HOMO, energy level of the second dopant is lower than a HOMO energy level of the electron-transporting host, and

wherein a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital, LUMO, energy level of the second dopant is higher than a LUMO energy level of the first dopant.

14 . The display device according to claim 13 , wherein a difference, ΔEst, between a singlet energy level of the second dopant and a triplet energy level of the second dopant is 0.6 eV or more.

15 . The display device according to claim 13 , wherein a singlet energy level of the second dopant is greater than a singlet energy level of each of the hole-transporting host, the electron-transporting host, and the first dopant, and

wherein the singlet energy level of each of the hole-transporting host and the electron-transporting host is 2.7 eV or more.

16 . The display device according to claim 13 , wherein a triplet energy level of the second dopant is less than a triplet energy level of each of the hole-transporting host and the electron-transporting host, and is greater than a triplet energy level of the first dopant, and

wherein the triplet energy level of the first dopant is 2.4 eV or more.

17 . The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second dopant has a photoluminescence peak at a wavelength of 400 nm or less.

18 . The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second dopant has an energy band gap of 3 eV or more and a HOMO energy level of −6.0 eV or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2021
From: LEE, YU JEONG; SONG, WOOK
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058426/0872 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0190047 · Dec 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220209138A1 · Jun 30, 2022
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