Organic electroluminescent device, display and illuminating device
Disclosed is an organic EL device having high luminous efficiency and long emission life, wherein emission wavelength is controlled. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device containing at least a light-emitting layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode. This organic electroluminescent device is characterized in that the light-emitting layer contains a metal complex having a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1).
1. An organic luminescent device having at least a light emission layer placed between an anode and a cathode, wherein the light emission layer contains an emission host and an emission dopant,
wherein the emission dopant is a metal complex having a partial structure represented by Formula (2), and a mixing ratio of the emission dopant to the emission host is 0.1 to 30 weight %
wherein,
Z 2 is a group of atoms necessary for forming an aromatic heterocyclic ring together with a N atom and X 22 ,
X 22 is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom,
the formed aromatic heterocyclic ring is selected from the group consisting of pyrazole, oxazole, thiazole, tetrazole, pyridazine, pyrazine and triazine, and
M 2 is a metal element of Group VIII of the periodic table.
2. The organic luminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the metal element of Group VIII is iridium or platinum.
3. The organic luminescent device of claim 1 , which comprises a positive hole blocking layer as a constitution layer placed between the light emission layer and the cathode, wherein the positive hole blocking layer contains a carboline derivative or a derivative having a ring structure in which at least one of the carbon atoms of the hydrocarbon ring constituting the carboline ring of the carboline derivative is substituted by a nitrogen atom.
4. A display having the organic luminescent device of claim 1 .
5. An illumination device having the organic luminescent device of claim 1 .
6. The organic luminescent device of claim 1 , wherein the emission host is selected from the group consisting of a carbazole derivative, a triarylamine derivative, an aromatic borane derivative, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative, a thiophene derivative, a furan derivative and an oligoarylene compound, and a carboline derivative, or derivative having a ring structure in which at least one of carbon atoms of the hydrocarbon ring constituting the carboline ring of the carboline derivative is substituted by a nitrogen atom.