Organic electroluminescence device and material for organic electroluminescence device
An organic electroluminescence device includes: a cathode; an anode; and a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode. In the organic electroluminescence device, the organic thin-film layer includes at least one emitting layer, and the at least one emitting layer includes at least one phosphorescent material and a host material represented by the following Formula (1). Ra—Ar 1 —Ar 2 —Rb (1) In Formula (1): Ra and Rb each represent a substituted or non-substituted benzene ring or a substituted or non-substituted condensed aromatic hydrocarbon ring selected from a group consisting of a naphthalene ring, a chrysene ring, a fluoranthene ring, a triphenylene ring, a phenanthrene ring, a benzophenanthrene ring, a dibenzophenanthrene ring, a benzotriphenylene ring, a benzochrysene ring and a picene ring; and Ar 1 and Ar 2 each represent a substituted or non-substituted benzene ring or a substituted or non-substituted condensed aromatic hydrocarbon ring selected from a group consisting of a naphthalene ring, a chrysene ring, a fluoranthene ring, a triphenylene ring, a benzophenanthrene ring, a dibenzophenanthrene ring, a benzotriphenylene ring, a benzochrysene ring and a picene ring.
1. An organic electroluminescence device, comprising:
a cathode;
an anode; and
a single-layered or multilayered organic thin-film layer provided between the cathode and the anode, wherein
the organic thin-film layer comprises at least one emitting layer, and
the at least one emitting layer comprises at least one phosphorescent material with a maximum wavelength of 570 to 720 nm and a host material represented by a Formula (1) as follows,
Ra—Ar 1 —Ar 2 —Rb (1)
wherein
Ra is a substituted or non-substituted fluoranthene ring,
Ar 1 is a substituted or non-substituted benzene ring,
Ar 2 is a substituted or non-substituted naphthalene ring, and
Rb represents a substituted or non-substituted phenanthrene ring, and
substituents for Ra, Rb, Ar 1 and Ar 2 are not aryl groups.
2. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein, when Ra, Rb, Ar 1 or Ar 2 in the Formula (1) has one or plural substituent(s), the one or plural substituent(s) is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a haloalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 18 carbon atoms, a silyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a cyano group or a halogen atom.
3. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein an excited triplet energy of the host material is in a range of 2.0 eV to 2.8 eV.
4. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphorescent material comprises a metal complex, and the metal complex comprises: a metal atom selected from a group consisting of Ir, Pt, Os, Au, Cu, Re and Ru; and a ligand.
5. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 4 , wherein the metal complex has an ortho-metal bond.
6. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic thin-film layer comprises an electron transporting layer or an electron injecting layer between the cathode and the emitting layer, and
the electron transporting layer or the electron injecting layer contains an aromatic ring having a nitrogen-containing six-membered or five-membered ring skeleton or a condensed aromatic ring compound having a nitrogen-containing six-membered or five-membered ring skeleton.
7. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein a reductive dopant is present at an interfacial region between the cathode and the organic thin-film layer.
8. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein, when Ra, Rb, Ar 1 or Ar 2 in the Formula (1) has one or plural substituent(s), the one or plural substituent(s) is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
9. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein, when Ra, Rb, Ar 1 or Ar 2 in the Formula (1) has one or plural substituent(s), the one or plural substituent(s) a haloalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
10. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein, when Ra, Rb, Ar 1 or Ar 2 in the Formula (1) has one or plural substituent(s), the one or plural substituent(s) a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 18 carbon atoms.
11. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein, when Ra, Rb, Ar 1 or Ar 2 in the Formula (1) has one or plural substituent(s), the one or plural substituent(s) a silyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms.
12. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein, when Ra, Rb, Ar 1 or Ar 2 in the Formula (1) has one or plural substituent(s), the one or plural substituent(s) a cyano group.
13. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein, when Ra, Rb, Ar 1 or Ar 2 in the Formula (1) has one or plural substituent(s), the one or plural substituent(s) a halogen atom.
14. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphorescent material comprises a metal complex, and the metal complex comprises: Ir and a ligand.
15. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphorescent material comprises a metal complex, and the metal complex comprises: Pt and a ligand.