IP Library Granted Patent US 9,412,953
Granted Patent B2
US 9,412,953 · App. 13/958,072 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, lighting device, and heterocyclic compound

Inventors: Hideko Inoue (Kanagawa, JP); Miyako Morikubo (Kanagawa, JP); Naoaki Hashimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Miki Kanamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoka Nakagawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/0067H01L51/0074H01L51/006H01L51/0052H01L51/0059H01L51/0072H01L51/0085H01L51/5016H01L51/5024H01L51/5072
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Patent No.
US 9,412,953
App. No.
13/958,072
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element with high heat resistance and high emission efficiency is provided. A novel heterocyclic compound that can be used in such a light-emitting element is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a light-emitting element which includes, between a pair of electrodes, a layer containing a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a light-emitting substance; the first organic compound includes one pyrimidine ring and one ring with a hole-transport skeleton; the second organic compound is an aromatic amine; and the light-emitting substance converts triplet excitation energy into light. A combination of the first organic compound, which includes the one pyrimidine ring and the one ring with the hole-transport skeleton, and the second organic compound, which is the aromatic amine, forms an exciplex.

Claims (31)

1. A light-emitting element comprising an organic compound represented by a formula (G1):

wherein Ar 1 to Ar 3 separately represent hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group,

wherein R 1 to R 3 separately represent hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms,

wherein α represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group,

wherein n is 2 or 3,

wherein Z represents oxygen or sulfur,

wherein the light-emitting element further comprises a layer between a pair of electrodes, the layer comprising:

the organic compound;

an aromatic amine; and

a phosphorescent compound, and

wherein a combination of the organic compound and the aromatic amine is configured to form an exciplex.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the organic compound is represented by a formula (G2):

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the organic compound is represented by a formula (100):

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the organic compound is represented by a formula (101):

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , further comprising an electron-transport layer between the layer and one of the pair of electrodes, wherein the electron-transport layer comprises the organic compound.

6. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 .

7. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 6 .

8. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 6 .

9. A light-emitting element comprising:

a layer between a pair of electrodes, the layer comprising:

an organic compound comprising a pyrimidine ring;

an aromatic amine; and

a phosphorescent compound,

wherein a combination of the organic compound and the aromatic amine is configured to form an exciplex.

10. The light-emitting element according to claim 9 , wherein the organic compound further comprises a ring including a hole-transport skeleton.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 9 , wherein the organic compound has a molecular weight greater than or equal to 400 and less than or equal to 1200.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 10 , wherein the ring including the hole-transport skeleton is a carbazole ring, a dibenzothiophene ring, or a dibenzofuran ring.

13. The light-emitting element according to claim 9 , wherein the aromatic amine comprises a pyrimidine skeleton.

14. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 9 .

15. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 14 .

16. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 14 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2013
From: INOUE, HIDEKO; MORIKUBO, MIYAKO; HASHIMOTO, NAOAKI; SEO, HIROMI; SEO, SATOSHI; KANAMOTO, MIKI; NAKAGAWA, TOMOKA
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031311/0852 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-172801 · Aug 3, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140034931A1 · Feb 6, 2014