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Granted Patent B2
US 11,711,973 · App. 17/963,798 · Granted Jul 25, 2023

Organic electronic device

Inventors: Hyoung Keun Park (Chuncheon-si, KR); Junggeun Lee (Cheonan-si, KR); Sun-Hee Lee (Cheonan-si, KR); Yong Wook Park (Cheonan-si, KR); Sung Yong Han (Cheonan-si, KR)
Assignee: Duk San Neolux Co., Ltd.
H10K85/636H10K85/633H10K85/6576H10K50/155H10K59/32H10K85/6572H10K85/6574
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Patent No.
US 11,711,973
App. No.
17/963,798
Granted
Jul 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an organic electronic device capable of ensuring high luminous efficiency, low driving voltage and high heat resistance, and improving color purity or lifespan.

Claims (68)

1. An organic electronic device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode; and

an organic material layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising a first stack, a second stack, and a third stack,

wherein the first stack comprises a first hole transport region, a first emission layer, and a first electron transport region,

the first hole transport region comprises a first hole transport layer,

the first hole transport layer comprises a first compound represented by following Formula 20,

wherein, in the formula 20, R 21 to R 24 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; deuterium; a C 6 -C 30 aryl group; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 30 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P; a fused ring group of a C 3 -C 30 aliphatic ring and a C 6 -C 30 aromatic ring; a C 1 -C 30 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group; a C 1 -C 30 alkoxyl group; or a C 6 -C 30 aryloxy group,

each of Ar 21 and Ar 22 is selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 30 aryl group; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 30 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P; a fused ring group of a C 3 -C 30 aliphatic ring and a C 6 -C 30 aromatic ring; a C 1 -C 30 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group; a C 1 -C 30 alkoxyl group; or a C 6 -C 30 aryloxy group,

L 21 is independently selected from the group consisting of a single bond; a C 6 -C 60 arylene group; and C 2 -C 60 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P,

aa, ad may be 0˜4; ab may be 0˜3; ac may be 0˜6,

each of an aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a heterocyclic group, a fused ring group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkoxyl group, an aryloxy group, and an arylene group in the Formula 20 is further substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium; a halogen group; a C 1 -C 20 alkoxyl group; a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group; a C 6 -C 25 aryl group; a C 6 -C 25 aryl group substituted with deuterium; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group; or a C 3 -C 20 cycloalkyl group, and

each of the further substituted substituents is further substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium; a halogen group; a C 1 -C 20 alkoxyl group; a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group; a C 6 -C 25 aryl group; a C 6 -C 25 aryl group substituted with deuterium; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group; or a C 3 -C 20 cycloalkyl group, and these substituents are bonded to form a ring.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein L 21 of the Formula 20 is represented by any one of Formulas L-1 to L-9 below:

wherein, in the Formulas L-1 to L-9, R 25 and R 26 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; deuterium; a C 1 -C 30 alkyl group; a C 6 -C 30 aryl group; a C 2 -C 30 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P, and R 25 and R 26 are bonded to form a ring, and ae and af is 0˜4.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein Ar 12 and Ar 22 in the Formula 20 is represented by one of the following Formula Ar-1 to Formula Ar-4:

wherein in the Formula Ar-1 to Formula Ar-4, R 27 and R 28 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; deuterium; a C 6 -C 30 aryl group; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 30 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P; a fused ring group of a C 3 -C 30 aliphatic ring and a C 6 -C 30 aromatic ring; a C 1 -C 30 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group; a C 1 -C 30 alkoxyl group; or a C 6 -C 30 aryloxy group, and R 27 and R 28 are bonded to form a ring, and

ag is 0˜5; and ah is 0˜4.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein The first compound represented by the Formula 20 may be represented by one of the following Formula 20-1 to Formula 20-4:

wherein R 21 to R 24 , L 21 , Ar 21 , Ar 22 , aa to ad in the Formula 20-1 to Formula 20-4 are the same as R 21 to R 24 , L 21 , Ar 21 , Ar 22 , aa to ad defined above in the description of Formula 20.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first compound may be one or more of the following compounds

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first hole transport layer ranges from 250 Å to 700 Å.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein 10% to 50% of the thickness of the first hole transport layer is doped with a first doping material.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first hole transport layer comprises a first doping material-doped layer doped with the first doping material and a first doping material undoped layer not doped with the first doping material, and

one layer of the first doping material-doped layer and the first doping material undoped layer comprises the first compound represented by the Formula 20 and 5 to 15 parts by weight of the first doping material with respect to 100 parts by weight of the first compound.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein at least one layer of the first doping material-doped layer and the first doping material undoped layer comprises the fourth compound represented by a following Formula 1

wherein each of m and n is independently 0 or 1, where m+n is 1,

each of Ar 1 and Ar 2 is selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 60 aryl group; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 60 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P; or a fused ring group of a C 3 -C 60 aliphatic ring and a C 6 -C 60 aromatic ring,

each of Ar 3 and Ar 4 is independently selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 60 aryl group; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 60 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P; or a fused ring group of a C 3 -C 60 aliphatic ring and a C 6 -C 60 aromatic ring,

each of L 1 to L 6 is independently selected from the group consisting of a single bond; a C 6 -C 60 arylene group; a fluorenylene group; a C 2 -C 60 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P; or a fused ring group of a C 3 -C 60 aliphatic ring and a C 6 -C 60 aromatic ring,

X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; deuterium; a C 6 -C 30 aryl group; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 30 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P; a fused ring group of a C 3 -C 30 aliphatic ring and a C 6 -C 30 aromatic ring; a C 1 -C 30 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group; or a C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group,

i) when n is 0, Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; deuterium; a C 6 -C 30 aryl group; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 30 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P; a fused ring group of a C 3 -C 30 aliphatic ring and a C 6 -C 30 aromatic ring; a C 1 -C 30 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group; or a C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group, and ii) when n is 1, Y is selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 60 arylene group; a fluorenylene group; a C 2 -C 60 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P; or a fused ring group of a C 3 -C 60 aliphatic ring and a C 6 -C 60 aromatic ring,

X and Y are bonded to form a spiro compound,

each of ring A and ring B is independently a C 6 -C 10 aryl group,

each of R 1 and R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of deuterium; a halogen; a C 6 -C 30 aryl group; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 30 heterocyclic group including at least one hetero atom of O, N, S, Si, or P; a fused ring group of a C 3 -C 30 aliphatic ring and a C 6 -C 30 aromatic ring; a C 1 -C 30 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group; a C 1 -C 30 alkoxyl group; or a C 6 -C 30 aryloxy group,

a is an integer from 0 to 7, and b is an integer from 0 to 8,

each of the aryl group, the fluorenyl group, the heterocyclic group, the fused ring group, the alkyl group, the alkenyl group, the alkynyl group, the alkoxyl group, the aryloxy group, the arylene group, and the fluorenylene group is further substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium; a halogen group; a C 1 -C 20 alkoxyl group; a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group; a C 6 -C 25 aryl group; a C 6 -C 25 aryl group substituted with deuterium; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group; or a C 3 -C 20 cycloalkyl group, and

each of the further substituted substituents is capable of being further substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium; a halogen group; a C 1 -C 20 alkoxyl group; a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group; a C 6 -C 25 aryl group; a C 6 -C 25 aryl group substituted with deuterium; a fluorenyl group; a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group; or a C 3 -C 20 cycloalkyl group, and the substituents are bonded to each other to form a ring.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first doping material-doped layer comprises the first compound represented by the Formula 20,

the first doping material undoped layer comprises the fourth compound represented by the Formula 1, and

there is 5 to 15 parts by weight of the first doping material with respect to 100 parts by weight of the first compound.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first doping material-doped layer comprises the fourth compound represented by the Formula 1,

the first doping material undoped layer comprises the fourth compound represented by the Formula 1, and

there is 5 to 15 parts by weight of the first doping material with respect to 100 parts by weight of the fourth compound.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second stack comprises a second hole transport, region, a second emission layer, and a second electron transport region,

the second hole transport region comprises a second hole transport layer and a second auxiliary emission layer,

the second hole transport layer comprises a second compound represented by the Formula 20,

the third stack comprises a third hole transport region, a third emission layer, and a third electron transport region,

the third hole transport region comprises a third hole transport layer, and

the third hole transport layer or the third auxiliary emission layer comprises a third compound represented by the Formula 20.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the first hole transport layer comprises a first doping material-doped layer doped with the first doping material and a first doping material undoped layer not doped with the first doping material,

the first doping material-doped layer comprises the first compound and 5 to 15 parts by weight of the first doping material with respect to 100 parts by weight of the first compound,

the second hole transport layer comprises a second doping material-doped layer doped with the second doping material and a second doping material undoped layer not doped with the second doping material,

the second doping material-doped layer comprises the second compound and 5 to 15 parts by weight of the second doping material with respect to 100 parts by weight of the second compound,

the third e hole transport layer comprises a third doping material-doped layer doped with a third doping material and a third doping material undoped layer not doped with the third doping material, and

the third doping material-doped layer comprises the third compound and 5 to 15 parts by weight of the third doping material with respect to 100 parts by weight of the third compound.

14. The device of claim 12 , wherein the first hole transport region further comprises a first auxiliary emission laver.

15. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second stack comprises at least one of the second emission layer, the third stack comprises at least one of the third emission layer, and

at least one of the first emission laver, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer is a blue light emission layer.

16. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second stack comprises at least one of the second emission layer, the third stack comprises at least one of the third emission layer, and

the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer are a blue light emission layer.

17. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second stack comprises at least one of the second emission layer, the third stack comprises at least one of the third emission layer, and

one or wo of the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer are blue light emission layers and one or two of them are green light emission layers.

18. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second stack comprises at least one of the second emission layer, the third stack comprises at least one of the third emission layer, and

two emission layers of the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer are blue light emission layers, and the remaining one emission layer is a green light emission layer.

19. The device of claim 18 , wherein the green light emission layer is positioned between the two blue light emission layers.

20. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second stack comprises at least one of the second emission layer, the third stack comprises at least one of the third emission laver, and

at least one of the first emission layer, the second emission layer, or the third emission layer is a multi-emission layer emitting green light and blue light.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2022
From: PARK, HYOUNG KEUN; LEE, JUNGGEUN; LEE, SUN-HEE; PARK, YONG WOOK; HAN, SUNG YONG
To: DUK SAN NEOLUX CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2019-0094551 · Aug 2, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0047638 · Apr 20, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0082278 · Jul 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 17631592
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