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US 9,941,481 · App. 15/060,657 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

Light-emitting element, display device, electronic device, and lighting device

Inventors: Shunsuke Hosoumi (Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Ishisone (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuyoshi Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5012H01L51/006H01L51/0061H01L51/0072H01L51/0074H01L2251/5384Y02P20/582
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Patent No.
US 9,941,481
App. No.
15/060,657
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting element containing a fluorescent material and having high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element contains the fluorescent material and a host material. The host material contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The first organic compound and the second organic compound can form an exciplex. The minimum value of a distance between centroids of the fluorescent material and at least one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is 0.7 nm or more and 5 nm or less.

Claims (65)

1. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes; and

a light-emitting layer between the pair of electrodes,

wherein the light-emitting layer comprises:

a fluorescent material as a guest material; and

a first organic compound and a second organic compound capable of forming an exciplex as a host material, and

wherein a minimum value of a distance between a centroid of the fluorescent material and a centroid of the first organic compound or the second organic compound is larger than or equal to 0.7 nm and smaller than or equal to 5 nm;

wherein the minimum value of the distance between the centroids is a distance at the time when a running coordination number calculated by a classical molecular dynamics method exceeds 0.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the minimum value of the distance between the centroids corresponds to a distance between the centroid of the fluorescent material and the centroid of the first organic compound or the second organic compound nearest to the fluorescent material.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum value of a distance between the centroid of the fluorescent material and a centroid of the first organic compound and a minimum value of a distance between the centroid of the fluorescent material and a centroid of the second organic compound are each larger than or equal to 0.7 nm and smaller than or equal to 5 nm.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent material comprises at least two alkyl groups each having 2 or more carbon atoms.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent material comprises at least two branched alkyl groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent material comprises at least two cyclic hydrocarbon groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms or at least two bridged cyclic hydrocarbon groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms.

7. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent material comprises condensed aromatic hydrocarbon having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.

8. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein light emitted from the exciplex has a region overlapping with an absorption band of the fluorescent material on the lowest energy side.

9. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein a proportion of a delayed fluorescence component in light emitted from the exciplex is higher than or equal to 10%, and

wherein the delayed fluorescence component contains a delayed fluorescence component whose fluorescence lifetime is 10 ns or longer and 50 μs or shorter.

10. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a function of transporting electrons, and

wherein the other of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a function of transporting holes.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound comprises a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring skeleton, and

wherein the other of the first organic compound and the second organic compound comprises a π-electron rich heteroaromatic ring skeleton or an aromatic amine skeleton.

12. A display device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 1 ; and

at least one of a color filter and a transistor.

13. An electronic device comprising:

the display device according to claim 12 ; and

at least one of a housing and a touch sensor.

14. A lighting device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 1 ; and

at least one of a housing and a touch sensor.

15. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes; and

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

a fluorescent material as a guest material; and

a first organic compound and a second organic compound capable of forming an exciplex as a host material,

wherein the fluorescent material has a fluorescence quantum yield of 70% or higher, and wherein a minimum value of a distance between a centroid of the fluorescent material and a centroid of the first organic compound or the second organic compound is larger than or equal to 0.7 nm and smaller than or equal to 5 nm;

wherein the minimum value of the distance between the centroids is a distance at the time when a running coordination number calculated by a classical molecular dynamics method exceeds 0.

16. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 , wherein the minimum value of the distance between the centroids corresponds to a distance between the centroid of the fluorescent material and the centroid of the first organic compound or the second organic compound nearest to the fluorescent material.

17. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 , wherein a minimum value of a distance between the centroid of the fluorescent material and a centroid of the first organic compound and a minimum value of a distance between the centroid of the fluorescent material and a centroid of the second organic compound are each larger than or equal to 0.7 nm and smaller than or equal to 5 nm.

18. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 , wherein the fluorescent material comprises at least two alkyl groups each having 2 or more carbon atoms.

19. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 , wherein the fluorescent material comprises at least two branched alkyl groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms.

20. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 , wherein the fluorescent material comprises at least two cyclic hydrocarbon groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms or at least two bridged cyclic hydrocarbon groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms.

21. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 , wherein the fluorescent material comprises condensed aromatic hydrocarbon having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.

22. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 , wherein light emitted from the exciplex has a region overlapping with an absorption band of the fluorescent material on the lowest energy side.

23. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 ,

wherein a proportion of a delayed fluorescence component in light emitted from the exciplex is higher than or equal to 10%, and

wherein the delayed fluorescence component contains a delayed fluorescence component whose fluorescence lifetime is 10 ns or longer and 50 μs or shorter.

24. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 ,

wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a function of transporting electrons, and

wherein the other of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a function of transporting holes.

25. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 ,

wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound comprises a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring skeleton, and

wherein the other of the first organic compound and the second organic compound comprises a π-electron rich heteroaromatic ring skeleton or an aromatic amine skeleton.

26. A display device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 15 ; and

at least one of a color filter and a transistor.

27. An electronic device comprising:

the display device according to claim 26 ; and

at least one of a housing and a touch sensor.

28. A lighting device comprising:

the light-emitting element according to claim 15 ; and

at least one of a housing and a touch sensor.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE OF INVENTOR TATSUYOSHI TAKAHASHI SHOULD BE 02/23/2016 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037889 FRAME 0231. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 6, 2016
From: HOSOUMI, SHUNSUKE; ISHISONE, TAKAHIRO; TAKAHASHI, TATSUYOSHI; SEO, SATOSHI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038362/0403 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2016
From: HOSOUMI, SHUNSUKE; ISHISONE, TAKAHIRO; TAKAHASHI, TATSUYOSHI; SEO, SATOSHI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037889/0231 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-046409 · Mar 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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