IP Library Granted Patent US 8,766,534
Granted Patent B2
US 8,766,534 · App. 12/654,965 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Organic electroluminescence element

Inventors: Kenichi Fukuoka (Sodegaura, JP); Masahide Matsuura (Sodegaura, JP); Hiroshi Yamamoto (Sodegaura, JP); Chishio Hosokawa (Sodegaura, JP)
Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,766,534
App. No.
12/654,965
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescence element comprising: an anode; a first emitting layer comprising at least a first host material and a first dopant; a second emitting layer comprising at least a second host material and a second dopant; and a cathode in the order mentioned: wherein the energy gap E gh 1 of the first host material, the energy gap E gd 1 of the first dopant, the energy gap E gh 2 of the second host material, and the energy gap E gd 2 of the second dopant satisfy the following formulas; and the luminescent intensity I 1 at the maximum luminescent wavelength of an emission spectrum derived from the first emitting layer, and the luminescent intensity I 2 at the maximum luminescent wavelength of an emission spectrum derived from the second emitting layer satisfy the following formula: E gh 1>E gd 1 E gh 2>E gd 2 E gd 1>E gd 2 I 1>3.5× I 2.

Claims (21)

1. An organic electroluminescence element comprising:

an anode;

a first emitting layer comprising at least a first host material and a first dopant;

a second emitting layer comprising at least a second host material and a second dopant; and

a cathode in the order mentioned,

wherein the energy gap E gh 1 of the first host material, the energy gap E gd 1 of the first dopant, the energy gap E gh 2 of the second host material, and the energy gap E gd 2 of the second dopant satisfy the following formulas:

E gh 1>E gd 1

E gh 2>E gd 2

E gd 1>E gd 2>2.7 eV,

wherein the first host material is the same as the second host material,

wherein both the first emitting layer and the second emitting layer can emit light.

2. An organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the first dopant to the first host material is 0.1 to 10 mol % in the first emitting layer.

3. An organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the second dopant to the second host material is 0.1 to 10 mol % in the second emitting layer.

4. An organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , wherein both the first host material and the second host material are a compound represented by a formula [1]:

wherein Ar 1 is an aromatic ring with 6 to 50 nucleus carbons, X is a substituent, m is an integer of 1 to 5 and n is an integer of 0 to 6, provided that the plurality of Ar 1 groups may be the same as or different from each other when m is 2 or more, and the plurality of X groups may be the same as or different from each other when n is 2 or more.

5. An organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first dopant and the second dopant is a compound represented by a formula [2]:

wherein Ar 2 to Ar 4 are a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group with 6 to 50 nucleus carbons, or a substituted or unsubstituted styryl group; and p is an integer of 1 to 4; provided that the plurality of Ar 3 and Ar 4 groups may be the same as or different from each other when p is 2 or more.

6. An organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , wherein the first emitting layer has a film thickness of 10 nm or more.

7. An organic electroluminescence element according to claim 1 , further comprising an electron injecting layer between the second emitting layer and the cathode, the electron mobility of the electron injecting layer being 10 −4 cm 2 /(V·sec) or more.

8. An organic electroluminescence element according to claim 7 , wherein the electron injecting layer comprises one or more organic compounds comprising a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative.

9. An organic electroluminescence element according to claim 8 , wherein the organic compound(s) is/are an imidazopyrazine derivative and/or an imidazole derivative.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2002-333812 · Nov 18, 2002 · national
JP 2003-152276 · May 29, 2003 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 10535310
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