IP Library Granted Patent US 10,032,987
Granted Patent B2
US 10,032,987 · App. 14/895,399 · Granted Jul 24, 2018

Organic light emitting element

Inventors: Ryuji Ishii (Yokohama, JP); Hiroki Ohrui (Kawasaki, JP); Kei Tagami (Yokohama, JP); Masumi Itabashi (Kodaira, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 10,032,987
App. No.
14/895,399
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an organic light emitting element including: an anode; a cathode; and an organic compound layer formed between the anode and the cathode and including a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, and an emission layer, in which: the emission layer includes a host and a dopant; the hole transport layer includes a hole transport material having multiple aromatic hydrocarbon skeletons and a single bond for linking the aromatic hydrocarbon skeletons; the hole transport material has a triplet level T 1 of 1.8 eV or more; the hole transport material has a hole mobility of 1×10 −5 cm 2 /Vs or more; and the hole transport layer and the emission layer satisfy relationships represented by the following expression (1): |reduction potential of hole transport material|−|reduction potential of host|>0.1 V  (1) and the following expression (2): |HOMO level of hole transport material−HOMO level of host|<0.1 eV  (2).

Claims (57)

1. An organic light emitting element comprising:

an anode;

a cathode; and

an organic compound layer formed between the anode and the cathode and including a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, and an emission layer,

wherein the emission layer includes a host and a dopant;

wherein the hole transport layer includes a hole transport material having multiple aromatic hydrocarbon skeletons and a single bond for linking the aromatic hydrocarbon skeletons;

wherein the hole transport material has a triplet level T 1 of 1.8 eV or more;

wherein the hole transport material has a hole mobility of 1×10 -5 cm 2 /Vs or more; and

wherein the hole transport layer and the emission layer satisfy relationships represented by the following expression (1):

|reduction potential of hole transport material|−|reduction potential of host|>0.1 V  (1)

and the following expression (2):

|HOMO level of hole transport material−HOMO level of host|<0.1 eV  (2).

2. The organic light emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the hole injection layer and the hole transport layer satisfy relationships represented by the following expression (3):

|oxidation potential of hole transport material−reduction potential of hole injection material|<1.4 V  (3)

and the following expression (4):

|HOMO level of hole injection material|>|HOMO level of hole transport material|  (4).

3. The organic light emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the hole injection layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of a tetracyanoquinodimethane derivative and a hexaazatriphenylene derivative.

4. The organic light emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the hole transport material comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of a phenylene derivative, a fluorene derivative, a chrysene derivative, and a pyrene derivative.

5. The organic light emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the host comprises a pyrene derivative.

6. The organic light emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the dopant comprises an electron trapping material.

7. The organic light emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the organic light emitting element emits blue light.

8. The organic light emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the emission layer includes multiple kinds of guests;

wherein at least one kind of the multiple kinds of guests comprises a material that emits light having a color different from that of any other guest; and

wherein the emission layer outputs white light.

9. The organic light emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the emission layer comprises a laminate formed of multiple layers;

wherein at least one layer of the layers for forming the emission layer comprises a layer that emits light having a color different from that of any other layer for forming the emission layer; and

wherein the emission layer outputs white light.

10. A display apparatus comprising multiple pixels, wherein at least one of the multiple pixels includes the organic light emitting element according to claim 1 and an active element connected to the organic light emitting element; and

at least part of the multiple pixels emit light to perform predetermined display.

11. An image information processing apparatus comprising:

an input portion for inputting image information; and

a display portion for displaying an image,

wherein the display portion comprises the display apparatus according to claim 10 .

12. A lighting apparatus comprising:

the organic light emitting element according to claim 1 ; and

an AC/DC converter circuit for supplying a driving voltage to the organic light emitting element.

13. An organic light emitting element comprising:

an anode;

a cathode; and

an organic compound layer disposed between the anode and the cathode and including a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, and an emission layer,

wherein the emission layer includes a host and a dopant, the hole transport layer includes a hole transport material, and the hole injection layer includes a hole injection material;

wherein the hole transport material has a triplet level T 1 of 1.8 eV or more;

wherein the hole transport layer and the emission layer satisfy relationships represented by the following expression (1):

|reduction potential of hole transport material|−|reduction potential of host|>0.1 V  (1)

and the following expression (3):

|oxidation potential of hole transport material−reduction potential of hole injection material|<1.4 V  (3).

14. The organic light emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein the hole injection layer and the hole transport layer satisfy relationship represented by the following expression (4):

|HOMO level of hole injection material|>|HOMO level of hole transport material|  (4).

15. The organic light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein the hole transport material has a hole mobility of 1×10−5 cm2/Vs or more.

16. The organic light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein the hole injection material comprises a hexaazatriphenylene derivative.

17. The organic light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein the hole transport material has a triplet level T1 of 2.5 eV or more.

18. The organic light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein the hole transport material has a triplet level T1 of 2.3 eV or more.

19. A display apparatus comprising multiple pixels, wherein at least one of the multiple pixels includes the organic light emitting element according to claim 13 and an active element connected to the organic light emitting element, and

at least part of the multiple pixels emit light to perform predetermined display.

20. A lighting apparatus comprising:

the organic light emitting element according to claim 13 ; and

an AC/DC converter circuit for supplying a driving voltage to the organic light emitting element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2015
From: ISHII, RYUJI; OHRUI, HIROKI; TAGAMI, KEI; ITABASHI, MASUMI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037361/0968 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-122500 · Jun 11, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160133846A1 · May 12, 2016
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