IP Library Granted Patent US 10,374,186
Granted Patent B2
US 10,374,186 · App. 15/983,223 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Light-emitting element, display module, lighting module, light-emitting device, display device, electronic appliance, and lighting device

Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa (Kanagawa, JP); Yusuke Nonaka (Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Ishisone (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Takuya Kawata (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5044H01L27/3209H01L51/5016H01L51/5028H01L51/5056H01L51/5072H01L51/006H01L51/0051H01L51/0052H01L51/0054H01L51/0058H01L51/0061H01L51/0067H01L51/0072H01L51/0074H01L51/0085H01L2251/5376H01L2251/5384H01L2251/558
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Patent No.
US 10,374,186
App. No.
15/983,223
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance, a separation layer containing a substance having a hole-transport property and a substance having an electron-transport property, and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds that form an exciplex and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that a light-emitting element in which light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission spectrum peak on the shorter wavelength side than an emission spectrum peak of the second light-emitting layer is more effective.

Claims (54)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

an anode, a plurality of light-emitting layers, a first layer and a cathode,

wherein the plurality of light-emitting layers comprises:

a first light-emitting layer over the anode, the first light-emitting layer comprising a fluorescent substance and a host material;

a second light-emitting layer over the first light-emitting layer; and

a third light-emitting layer over and in contact with the second light-emitting layer; and

wherein the first layer is positioned between the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer,

wherein the cathode is positioned over the third light-emitting layer,

wherein one of the second light-emitting layer and the third light-emitting layer comprises:

a first light-emitting substance which is configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission;

a first organic compound; and

a second organic compound,

wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound are configured to form an exciplex, and

wherein a difference between an energy value of a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the exciplex and an energy value of a peak wavelength of a lowest-energy absorption band of the first light-emitting substance is 0.2 eV or less.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second light-emitting substance which is configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting substance is a phosphorescent material.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second light-emitting substance which is configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission, and

wherein each of the first light-emitting substance and the second light-emitting substance is a phosphorescent material.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a peak wavelength of a spectrum emitted from the first light-emitting layer is shorter than a peak wavelength of a spectrum emitted from the second light-emitting layer, and

wherein the peak wavelength of the spectrum emitted from the first light-emitting layer is shorter than a peak wavelength of a spectrum emitted from the third light-emitting layer.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a peak wavelength of a spectrum emitted from the third light-emitting layer is shorter than a peak wavelength of a spectrum emitted from the second light-emitting layer.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a triplet excited level of the host material is lower than a triplet excited level of the fluorescent substance.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the host material has an anthracene skeleton.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent substance is a pyrenediamine compound.

10. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a third light-emitting element and a fourth light-emitting element, each comprising an anode, a plurality of light-emitting layers, a first layer and a cathode,

wherein the plurality of light-emitting layers each comprises:

a first light-emitting layer over the anode and between the anode and the first layer, the first light-emitting layer each comprising a fluorescent substance and a host material;

a second light-emitting layer over the first layer; and

a third light-emitting layer over and in contact with the second light-emitting layer and between the second light-emitting layer and the cathode,

wherein one of the second light-emitting layer and the third light-emitting layer each comprises:

a first light-emitting substance which is configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission;

a first organic compound; and

a second organic compound,

wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound are configured to form an exciplex, and

wherein a difference between an energy value of a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the exciplex and an energy value of a peak wavelength of a lowest-energy absorption band of the first light-emitting substance is 0.2 eV or less,

wherein the first light-emitting element and a red color filter overlap each other,

wherein the second light-emitting element and a green color filter overlap each other,

wherein the third light-emitting element and a blue color filter overlap each other, and

wherein the fourth light-emitting element has a region which overlap none of the red color filter, the green color filter or the blue color filter.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second light-emitting substance which is configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the first light-emitting substance is a phosphorescent material.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second light-emitting substance which is configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission, and

wherein each of the first light-emitting substance and the second light-emitting substance is a phosphorescent material.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 ,

wherein a peak wavelength of a spectrum emitted from the first light-emitting layer is shorter than a peak wavelength of a spectrum emitted from the second light-emitting layer, and

wherein the peak wavelength of the spectrum emitted from the first light-emitting layer is shorter than a peak wavelength of a spectrum emitted from the third light-emitting layer.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein a peak wavelength of a spectrum emitted from the third light-emitting layer is shorter than a peak wavelength of a spectrum emitted from the second light-emitting layer.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein a triplet excited level of the host material is lower than a triplet excited level of the fluorescent substance.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the host material has an anthracene skeleton.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the fluorescent substance is a pyrenediamine compound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2018
From: OHSAWA, NOBUHARU; NONAKA, YUSUKE; ISHISONE, TAKAHIRO; SEO, SATOSHI; KAWATA, TAKUYA
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (3)
JP 2013-249486 · Dec 2, 2013 · national
JP 2014-097803 · May 9, 2014 · national
JP 2014-180913 · Sep 5, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15162675 · May 24, 2016
Continuation 14548947 · Nov 20, 2014
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