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Granted Patent B2
US 9,748,316 · App. 15/032,381 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Organic electroluminescent panel

Inventors: Hideki Uchida (Osaka, JP); Yuto Tsukamoto (Osaka, JP); Katsuhiro Kikuchi (Osaka, JP); Manabu Niboshi (Osaka, JP); Yoshiyuki Isomura (Osaka, JP); Ayataka Endo (Osaka, JP); Asae Ito (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01L27/3244H01L51/5004H01L51/5024H01L51/5056H01L51/5068H01L51/5072H01L51/5088H01L51/5092H01L51/5234H01L51/006H01L51/0058H01L51/5278H01L2251/301H01L2251/303H01L2251/308H01L2251/5315H01L2251/552
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Patent No.
US 9,748,316
App. No.
15/032,381
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent panel capable of increasing the luminous efficacy and decreasing the driving voltage of a top emission (TE) organic EL element. The organic electroluminescent panel of the present invention includes: a substrate; and an organic electroluminescent element provided on the substrate. The organic electroluminescent element is a top emission element that includes, in the order from the substrate side: an anode; a light-emitting layer; an electron transport layer; a first metal layer; a p-type oxide layer; and a transparent cathode. The top emission element is configured to emit light from the transparent cathode side. The light-emitting layer and the electron transport layer are each formed from an organic material. At least one of a mixture layer of a p-type oxide and a hole transport material and a second metal layer is provided between the electron transport layer and the transparent cathode.

Claims (38)

1. An organic electroluminescent panel comprising:

a substrate; and

an organic electroluminescent element provided on the substrate,

the organic electroluminescent element being a top emission element that includes, in the order from the substrate side:

an anode;

a light-emitting layer;

an electron transport layer;

a first metal layer;

a p-type oxide layer; and

a transparent cathode, wherein

the top emission element being configured to emit light from the transparent cathode side,

the light-emitting layer and the electron transport layer each being formed from an organic material,

a mixture layer of a p-type oxide and a hole transport material being provided between the electron transport layer and the transparent cathode, and

the mixture layer is provided between the p-type oxide layer and the transparent cathode.

2. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the absolute value of a work function of the first metal layer is smaller than the absolute value of a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy of the electron transport layer.

3. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second metal layer is provided between the p-type oxide layer and the transparent cathode.

4. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the organic electroluminescent element comprises, in the order from the substrate side, a second light-emitting layer, a second electron transport layer, a second metal layer, and a second p-type oxide layer, between the anode and the light-emitting layer.

5. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 4 ,

wherein the absolute value of a work function of the second metal layer is smaller than the absolute value of a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy of the second electron transport layer.

6. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the organic electroluminescent element includes a hole injection layer between the anode and the light-emitting layer, and the mixture layer is made of the same material as a material of the hole injection layer.

7. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the mixture layer is a p-doped layer formed by co-deposition of an organic hole injection material and the p-type oxide.

8. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 7 ,

wherein the organic hole injection material is α-NPD.

9. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 7 ,

wherein the p-type oxide is molybdenum trioxide.

10. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the mixture layer is provided between the first metal layer and the p-type oxide layer.

11. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the mixture layer is provided between the electron transport layer and the first metal layer.

12. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 7 ,

wherein an amount of the p-type oxide in the mixture layer is 10 to 50% by weight.

13. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 7 ,

wherein an amount of the p-type oxide in the mixture layer is 15 to 25% by weight.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2016
From: UCHIDA, HIDEKI; TSUKAMOTO, YUTO; KIKUCHI, KATSUHIRO; NIBOSHI, MANABU; ISOMURA, YOSHIYUKI; ENDO, AYATAKA; ITO, ASAE
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-223601 · Oct 28, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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