Organic electric element comprising a plurality of emission-auxiliary layers and electronic device comprising it

1 . An organic electric element comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode; and

an organic material layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic material layer comprising:

a light-emitting layer;

a hole transport layer between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer; and

a plurality of emission-auxiliary layers between the light-emitting layer and the hole transport layer,

wherein the plurality of emission-auxiliary layers comprise a first emission-auxiliary layer adjacent to the hole transport layer and a second emission-auxiliary layer adjacent to the light-emitting layer,

each of the first emission-auxiliary layer and the second emission-auxiliary layer is independently formed of one type of a compound without additional doping,

a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level of the plurality of emission-auxiliary layers is lower than a HOMO energy level of the hole transport layer and is higher than the HOMO energy level of the light-emitting layer,

a HOMO energy level of the first emission-auxiliary layer is higher than the HOMO energy level of the second emission-auxiliary layer,

wherein the first emission-auxiliary layer and the second emission-auxiliary layer are formed of different compounds,

wherein the first emission-auxiliary layer comprises a compound represented by the following Formula 1 or Formula 2, and the second emission-auxiliary layer comprises a compound represented by Formula A-4-1 or Formula A-4-2:

wherein:

Ar 1 to Ar 7 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 60 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 60 heterocyclic group comprising at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, Si and P, and a C 3 -C 60 aliphatic ring, Ar 4 and Ar 5 may be linked to each other to form a ring, and Ar 6 and Ar 7 may be linked to each other to form a ring,

L 1 to L 7 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a single bond, a C 6 -C 60 arylene group, a fluorenylene group, a C 3 -C 60 aliphatic ring, and a C 2 -C 60 heterocyclic group comprising at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, Si and P,

L 8 is selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 60 arylene group, a fluorenylene group, a C 3 -C 60 aliphatic ring, and a C 2 -C 60 heterocyclic group comprising at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, Si and P,

with a proviso that at least one of Ar 4 to Ar 7 and L 8 comprises the heterocyclic group or at least two of Ar 4 to Ar 7 comprise the fluorenyl group in Formula 2, and

Y 1 is O, S or C(R 5 )(R 6 ),

R 1 , R 2 , R 5 and R 6 are each independently selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, a silane group unsubstituted or substituted with a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group or a C 6 -C 20 aryl group, a siloxane group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 20 alkylthio group, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group, a C 6 -C 20 aryloxy group, a C 6 -C 20 arylthio, 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 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom of O, N, S, Si, and P, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring group, and -L′-N(R a )(R b ), and adjacent groups may be linked to each other to form a ring, R 5 and R 6 may be linked to each other to form a ring,

a is an integer of 0 to 4, b is an integer of 0 to 3, and when each of a and b is an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R 1 may be the same or different from each other, and a plurality of R 2 may be the same or different from each other,

wherein the aryl group, the arylene group, the fluorenyl group, the fluorenylene group, the heterocyclic group, the aliphatic ring group, the ring formed by linking Ar 4 and Ar5 to each other, the ring formed by linking Ar 6 and Ar 7 to each other, the ring formed by adjacent R 1 groups or adjacent R 2 groups, the ring formed by R 5 and R 6 may be each optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group, a C 6 -C 20 aryloxy 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 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom of O, N, S, Si, and P, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring group, and -L′-N(R a )(R b ),

L 1 is selected from the group consisting of a single bond, a C 6 -C 20 arylene group, a fluorenylene group, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring, and a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group comprising at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, Si and P, and

R a and R b are each independently selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring, and a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group comprising at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, Si and P.

2 . The organic electric element of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first emission-auxiliary layer is 200 to 400 Å, the thickness of the second emission-auxiliary layer is 50 to 200 Å, and the total thickness of the plurality of emission-auxiliary layers is 300 to 400 Å.

3 . The organic electric element of claim 1 , wherein the HOMO energy level of the first emission-auxiliary layer is 0.01 to 0.5 eV higher than the HOMO energy level of the second auxiliary layer.

4 . The organic electric element of claim 1 , wherein the HOMO energy levels of the first and the second emission-auxiliary layer are respectively 5.50 to 5.69 eV based on absolute values.

5 . The organic electric element of claim 1 , wherein Formula 1 is represented by Formula A-1 or Formula A-2:

wherein:

L 1 to L 3 , Ar 2 , Ar 3 are the same as defined in claim 1 ,

Y 1 and Y 2 are a single bond, O, S or C(R 5 )(R 6 ), and a case when both Y 1 and Y 2 are a single bond is excluded,

R 1 , R 2 , R 5 , R 6 , a and b are the same as defined in claim 1 ,

R 3 , R 4 and Z 1 are each independently selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, a silane group unsubstituted or substituted with a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group or a C 6 -C 20 aryl group, a siloxane group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 20 alkylthio group, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group, a C 6 -C 20 aryloxy group, a C 6 -C 20 arylthio, 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 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom of O, N, S, Si, and P, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring group, and -L′-N(R a )(R b ), and adjacent groups may be linked to each other to form a ring, and Z 1 and Z 2 may be linked to each other to form a ring,

Z 2 is selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 20 arylene group, a fluorenylene group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom of O, N, S, Si, and P, and a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring group,

c and d are each an integer of 0 to 4, and when each of c and d is an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R 3 are the same or different from each other, and a plurality of R 4 are the same or different from each other,

the aryl group, the arylene group, the fluorenyl group, the fluorenylene group, the heterocyclic group, the aliphatic ring group, the alkyl group, the alkenyl group, the alkynyl group, the alkoxy group, the aryloxy group, the ring formed by linking adjacent groups to each other, and the ring formed by linking Z 1 and Z 2 to each other may be each optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group, a C 6 -C 20 aryloxy 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 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom of O, N, S, Si, and P, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring group, and -L′-N(R a )(R b ), and

L′, R a and R b are the same as defined in claim 1 .

6 . The organic electric element of claim 5 , wherein Formula A-1 is represented by Formula A-3 or Formula A-4:

wherein:

R 1′ and R 2′ are each independently selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group, a C 6 -C 20 aryloxy 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 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom of O, N, S, Si, and P, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring group, and -L′-N(R a )(R b ),

m is an integer of 0 to 4, n is an integer of 0 to 3, and when each of these is an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R 1′ are the same or different from each other, and a plurality of R 2′ are the same or different from each other, and

Y 1 , L 1 to L 3 , Ar 2 , Ar 3 , R 1 , R 2 , a, b, L′, R a and R b are the same as defined in claim 5 .

7 . The organic electric element of claim 5 , wherein Formula A-1 is represented by Formula A-5 or Formula A-6:

wherein Y 1 , L 1 to L 3 , Ar 3 are the same as defined in claim 5 and Y 3 is defined the same as Y 1 .

8 . The organic electric element of claim 1 , wherein Formula 2 is represented by Formula B-1:

wherein, L 4 to L 7 , Ar 4 , Ar 5 , Ar 7 are the same as defined in claim 1 ,

A ring, B ring, C ring and D ring are each independently selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 20 aromatic ring group, a fluorene group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom of O, N, S, Si and P, and a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring, and each of these may be substituted with one or more R,

X 1 and X 2 are each independently O, S, N(Ar) or C(R 7 )(R 8 ),

L a to L e are each independently selected from the group consisting of a single bond, a C 6 -C 20 arylene group, a fluorenylene group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group comprising at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, Si and P, and a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring,

Ar d , Ar e and Ar are each independently selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group comprising at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, Si and P, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring,

R, R 7 and R 8 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group, a C 6 -C 20 aryloxy 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 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom of O, N, S, Si, and P, and a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring group, and R 7 and R 8 may be linked to each other to form a ring,

the aryl group, arylene group, fluorenyl group, fluorenylene group, heterocyclic group, aliphatic ring group, alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, the ring formed by linking R 7 and R 8 to each other may be each optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group, a C 6 -C 20 aryloxy 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 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom of O, N, S, Si, and P, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring group, and -L′-N(R a )(R b ), and

L′, R a and R b are the same as defined in claim 1 .

9 . The organic electric element of claim 8 , wherein Formula B-1 is represented by Formula B-2:

wherein Ar 4 , Ar 5 , Ar 7 , Ar d , Ar e , X 1 and X 2 are the same as defined in claim 8 .

10 . The organic electric element of claim 8 , wherein Formula B-1 is represented by one of the following Formula B-3 to Formula B-6:

wherein Ar 4 , Ar 5 , Ar 7 , Ar d , Ar e , X 1 and X 2 are the same as defined in claim 8 .

11 . The organic electric element of claim 5 , wherein the first emission-auxiliary layer comprises the compound represented by Formula A-1.

12 . The organic electric element of claim 1 , wherein at least one of Ar 1 to Ar 7 and L 8 is represented by Formula 3:

wherein:

* indicates the bonding position,

X is N, N-(L a -Ar a ), O, S or C(R′)(R″),

R 1 , R 2 , R′ and R″ are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group, a C 6 -C 20 aryloxy 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 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group containing at least one heteroatom of O, N, S, Si, and P, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring group and -L′-N(R a )(R b ), adjacent groups may be linked to each other to form a ring, and R′ and R″ may be linked to each other to form a ring,

a and b are each an integer of 0 to 4, and when each of these is an integer of 2 or more, a plurality of R 1 are the same or different from each other, and a plurality of R 2 are the same or different from each other,

L a is selected from the group consisting of a single bond, a C 6 -C 20 arylene group, a fluorenylene group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group comprising at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, Si and P, and a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring,

Ar a is selected from the group consisting of a C 6 -C 20 aryl group, a fluorenyl group, a C 2 -C 20 heterocyclic group comprising at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, Si and P, a C 3 -C 20 aliphatic ring, and

L′, R a and R b are the same as defined in claim 1 .

13 . The organic electric element of claim 1 , further comprising a layer for improving luminous efficiency, wherein the layer for improving luminous efficiency is formed on one side of both sides of the first electrode or the second electrode that is not in contact with the organic material layer.

14 . The organic electric element of claim 1 , wherein the organic material layer comprises two or more stacks, and the two or more stacks each comprise a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer and an electron transport layer formed sequentially on the first electrode.

15 . The organic electric element of claim 14 , wherein the organic material layer further comprises a charge generation layer formed between the two or more stacks.

16 . An electronic device comprising a display device and a control unit for driving the display device, wherein the display device comprises the organic electric element of claim 1 .