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US 10,050,198 · App. 15/556,583 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Functional layer forming composition, method for producing functional layer forming composition, method for producing organic EL element, organic EL device, and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Shotaro Watanabe (Suwa, JP); Keisuke Morita (Matsumoto, JP); Takuya Sonoyama (Fujimi-machi, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H01L51/0005C09D11/36C09D11/52H01L51/005H01L51/0007H01L51/0059H01L51/56H01L27/3211H01L51/5012H01L51/5056H01L51/5088H01L51/5271
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Patent No.
US 10,050,198
App. No.
15/556,583
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A functional layer forming composition is capable of obtaining a stable film forming property when a liquid phase process is used. A method produces a functional layer forming composition. A method produces an organic EL element. An organic EL device and an electronic apparatus are also described. A functional layer forming composition is used when at least one layer in a functional layer containing an organic material is formed by a liquid phase process, and is characterized in that the composition includes a solid component for forming a functional layer, a first aromatic solvent having an electron withdrawing group, and a second aromatic solvent having an electron donating group, and the boiling point of the second aromatic solvent is higher than the boiling point of the first aromatic solvent.

Claims (24)

1. A functional layer forming composition, which is a functional layer forming composition to be used when at least one layer in a functional layer containing an organic material is formed by a liquid phase process, wherein

the composition comprises:

a solid component for forming a functional layer; and

a first aromatic solvent having an electron withdrawing group and a second aromatic solvent having an electron donating group,

the boiling point of the second aromatic solvent is higher than the boiling point of the first aromatic solvent, and

the electron withdrawing group is a nitro group.

2. The functional layer forming composition according to claim 1 , wherein

the boiling point of the first aromatic solvent is 200° C. or higher, and

the boiling point of the second aromatic solvent is 250° C. or higher.

3. The functional layer forming composition according to claim 1 , wherein the electron donating group is an alkoxy group or an amino group.

4. The functional layer forming composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content ratio of the second aromatic solvent is 10% or more and 90% or less.

5. The functional layer forming composition according to claim 4 , wherein the content ratio of the second aromatic solvent is equal to or more than the content ratio of the first aromatic solvent.

6. The functional layer forming composition according to claim 1 , wherein the first aromatic solvent is at least one type selected from nitrobenzene, 2,3-dimethylnitrobenzene, and 2,4-dimethylnitrobenzene.

7. The functional layer forming composition according to claim 1 , wherein the second aromatic solvent is at least one type selected from trimethoxytoluene, diphenyl ether, 3-phenoxytoluene, benzylphenyl ether, aminobiphenyl, and diphenylamine.

8. A method for producing an organic EL element, which is a method for producing an organic EL element in which a functional layer including a light emitting layer is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, comprising:

a step of applying the functional layer forming composition according to claim 1 , onto one electrode of the pair of electrodes; and a step of forming at least one layer in the functional layer by drying and solidifying the applied functional layer forming composition.

9. The method for producing an organic EL element according to claim 8 , wherein in the step of applying the functional layer forming composition, the functional layer forming composition is applied to a film forming region on the one electrode by an inkjet method.

10. An organic EL device, comprising an organic EL element produced using the method for producing an organic EL element according to claim 8 .

11. An electronic apparatus, comprising the organic EL device according to claim 10 .

12. A method for producing a functional layer forming composition, which is a method for producing a functional layer forming composition to be used when at least one layer in a functional layer containing an organic material is formed by a liquid phase process, wherein

the method comprises:

a step of dissolving a solid component for forming a functional layer in a first aromatic solvent having an electron withdrawing group; and

a step of adding a second aromatic solvent having an electron donating group to the first aromatic solvent in which the solid component for forming the functional layer is dissolved, and

the boiling point of the second aromatic solvent is higher than the boiling point of the first aromatic solvent, and the electron withdrawing group is a nitro group.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2026
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: SHIHENG CREATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 074265/0077 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2017
From: WATANABE, SHOTARO; MORITA, KEISUKE; SONOYAMA, TAKUYA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043526/0974 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-062200 · Mar 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180062078A1 · Mar 1, 2018