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US 12,503,643 · App. 17/781,073 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Material for organic electroluminescence element, and organic electroluminescence element

Inventors: Junya Ogawa (Tokyo, JP); Ayaka Terada (Tokyo, JP); Ikumi Kitahara (Tokyo, JP); Haruka Izumi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
C09K11/06H10K50/12H10K85/341H10K85/342H10K85/344H10K85/346H10K85/348H10K85/371H10K85/654H10K85/6572H10K50/18H10K2101/20
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Patent No.
US 12,503,643
App. No.
17/781,073
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high driving stability, and a material suitable for the organic electroluminescent device are provided. The material for organic electroluminescent devices comprises an indolocarbazole compound represented by a general formula (1). In the formula, the ring a is represented by a formula (1a), X is NR, S, O or CR 2 , and Ar 1 and Ar 2 are an aromatic heterocyclic group represented by a formula (1b). Y is N or CR, and at least one is N. L 1 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group. The material for the organic electroluminescent devices is suitable as material for the host of the light emitting layer or the hole blocking layer of organic EL devices.

Claims (24)

1 . A material for organic electroluminescent devices comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (1):

wherein the ring a represented by a formula (1a) is fused at arbitrary positions of adjacent rings, X is NR 11 , S, O or CR 12 R 13 , and R 11 , R 12 and R 13 each independently represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 16 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted linked aromatic group having 2 to 5 of these aromatic rings that are linked;

R independently represents hydrogen, deuterium, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 16 carbon atoms;

Ar 1 and Ar 2 are each independently an aromatic heterocyclic group represented by a formula (1b), and

Ar 3 is independently hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 16 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted linked aromatic group having 2 to 5 of these aromatic rings that are linked;

Y independently represents N or CR 14 , and at least one is N;

R 14 is independently hydrogen, deuterium, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 16 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted linked aromatic group having 2 to 5 of these aromatic rings that are linked; and

L 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.

2 . The material for organic electroluminescent devices according to claim 1 , wherein L 1 is a phenylene group represented by the following formula (1c) or formula (1d):

3 . The material for organic electroluminescent devices according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (1) is a compound represented by a general formula (2):

wherein the ring a, R, L 1 , Ar 2 and Ar 3 are the same as in the general formula (1).

4 . The material for organic electroluminescent devices according to claim 1 , wherein X is NR 11 , and R 11 is the same as in the general formula (1).

5 . The material for organic electroluminescent devices according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (1) is a compound represented by any one of the general formulas (3) to (8):

wherein R, L 1 , Ar 2 and Ar 3 are the same as in the general formula (1) and R 15 is the same as R 11 in the general formula (1).

6 . The material for organic electroluminescent devices according to claim 5 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (1) is a compound represented by any one of the general formulas (3) to (5).

7 . The material for organic electroluminescent devices according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by the general formula (1) has an absolute value of electron affinity (EA) of more than 2.6 eV and an absolute value of ionization potential (IP) of less than 6.1 eV.

8 . An organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode, organic layers and a cathode laminated on a substrate, wherein at least one layer of the organic layers is an organic layer containing the material for organic electroluminescent devices according to claim 1 .

9 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 8 , wherein the organic layer containing the material for organic electroluminescent devices is at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a light emitting layer, an electron transporting layer, and a hole blocking layer.

10 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 8 , wherein the organic layer containing the material for organic electroluminescent devices is a light emitting layer.

11 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 10 , wherein the light-emitting layer contains a host and a light-emitting dopant material, and the light-emitting dopant material is an organic metal complex containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum and gold.

12 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 10 , wherein the light-emitting layer contains a host and a light-emitting dopant material, and the light-emitting dopant material is a thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitting dopant material.

13 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 8 , wherein the material for organic electroluminescent devices is contained in a hole blocking layer provided adjacent to the light emitting layer.

14 . An organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode, organic layers and a cathode laminated on a substrate, wherein at least one layer of the organic layers is an organic layer containing the material for organic electroluminescent devices according to claim 5 .

15 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 14 , wherein the organic layer containing the material for organic electroluminescent devices is a light emitting layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2022
From: OGAWA, JUNYA; TERADA, AYAKA; KITAHARA, IKUMI; IZUMI, HARUKA
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060055/0554 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-238039 · Dec 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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