Light-emitting device material and light-emitting device
The present invention is a light emitting device material characterized by containing an anthracene compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the present invention allows a light emitting device having high luminous efficiency and excellent durability. (R 1 to R 10 are a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, heterocyclic group or the like. At least one of the R 1 to R 10 is a substituent represented by the following general formula (2))
1. A light emitting device material comprising an anthracene compound represented by general formula (1):
wherein R 1 to R 8 and R 10 each may be the same or different and are selected from among a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, heterocyclic group, alkenyl group, cycloalkenyl group, alkynyl group, alkoxy group, alkylthio group, arylether group, arylthioether group, aryl group, heteroaryl group, halogen atom, cyano group, carbonyl group, carboxyl group, oxycarbonyl group, carbamoyl group, amino group, silyl group and phosphine oxide group, and at least R 9 is a substituent represented by the following general formula (2):
wherein R 11 to R 18 each may be the same or different and are selected from among a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxy group, phenyl group, naphtyl group and heteroaryl group, X represents an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, and Y is selected from among arylene group and heteroarylene group, and any one of the R 11 to R 18 is used for linking with Y, and optionally α is used for linking with the anthracene compound of formula (1).
2. A light emitting device material according to claim 1 , comprising an anthracene compound represented by the general formula (1), and in that X of the general formula (2) is an oxygen atom.
3. A light emitting device comprising at least a luminescent layer between an anode and a cathode, the luminescent layer comprising the light emitting device material of claim 1 .
4. A light emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein the luminescent layer comprises a host material and a dopant material, and wherein the host material comprises the light emitting device material containing an anthracene compound represented by the general formula (1).
5. A light emitting device according to claim 3 , comprising at least an electron transporting layer between the luminescent layer and the cathode, wherein the electron transporting layer contains a compound having a heteroaryl ring structure containing electron accepting nitrogen, and wherein the compound comprises an element selected from among carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon and phosphorus.