Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, display device, electronic device, and lighting device
A light-emitting element which uses a plurality of kinds of light-emitting dopants emitting light in a balanced manner and has high emission efficiency is provided. Further, a light-emitting device, a display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption by using the above light-emitting element are provided. A light-emitting element which includes a plurality of light-emitting layers including different phosphorescent materials is provided. In the light-emitting element, the light-emitting layer which includes a light-emitting material emitting light with a long wavelength includes two kinds of carrier-transport compounds having properties of transporting carriers with different polarities. Further, in the light-emitting element, the triplet excitation energy of a host material included in the light-emitting layer emitting light with a short wavelength is higher than the triplet excitation energy of at least one of the carrier-transport compounds.
1. A light-emitting device comprising:
a first electrode;
a first light-emitting layer comprising a first compound and a first host material;
a second light-emitting layer over the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer comprising a second compound and a second host material; and
a second electrode over the first light-emitting layer,
wherein the first host material comprises a first host compound,
wherein the second host material comprises a second host compound,
wherein an emission wavelength of the first compound is longer than an emission wavelength of the second compound,
wherein a triplet excitation energy of the second host compound is higher than or equal to a triplet excitation energy of the first host compound,
wherein one of the first host material and the second host material comprises two compounds which are configured to form an exciplex, and
wherein at least one of the first compound and the second compound is a phosphorescent compound.
2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second host material further comprises a fourth host compound which is configured to faun a first exciplex with the second host compound, and
wherein a difference in energy between an emission peak wavelength of the first exciplex and a peak wavelength of an absorption band of the second compound is 0.2 eV or less.
3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first host material further comprises a fourth host compound which is configured to faun a second exciplex with the first host compound.
4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third light-emitting layer over the second light-emitting layer,
wherein the third light-emitting layer comprises a third compound and a third host material, and
wherein a triplet excitation energy of the third host material is higher than or equal to the triplet excitation energy of the second host compound.
5. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the second host material further comprises a fourth host compound which is configured to form a first exciplex with the second host compound,
wherein the third host material comprises a third host compound and a fifth host compound, and
wherein each triplet excitation energy of the third host compound and the fifth host compound is higher than or equal to the triplet excitation energy of the second host compound and a triplet excitation energy of the fourth host compound.
6. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first electrode is an anode, and
wherein the second electrode is a cathode.
7. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first electrode is a cathode, and
wherein the second electrode is an anode.
8. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 2 .
9. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 2 .
10. A light-emitting device comprising:
a first electrode;
a first light-emitting layer comprising a first compound and a first host material;
a second light-emitting layer over the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer comprising a second compound and a second host material; and
a second electrode over the first light-emitting layer,
wherein the first host material comprises a first host compound,
wherein the second host material comprises a second host compound and a fourth host compound which are configured to form a first exciplex,
wherein an emission wavelength of the first compound is longer than an emission wavelength of the second compound,
wherein a triplet excitation energy of the second host compound is higher than or equal to a triplet excitation energy of the first host compound, and
wherein the first compound is a phosphorescent compound.
11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein a difference in energy between an emission peak wavelength of the first exciplex and a peak wavelength of an absorption band of the second compound is 0.2 eV or less.
12. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the second compound is a phosphorescent compound.
13. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the second compound is a material exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence.
14. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein a triplet excitation energy of the fourth host compound is higher than or equal to the triplet excitation energy of the first host compound.
15. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the first light-emitting layer is in contact with the second light-emitting layer.
16. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
an electron-transport layer between the first electrode and the first light-emitting layer; and
a layer that controls transport of electron carriers between the electron-transport layer and the first light-emitting layer,
wherein the layer that controls transport of electron carriers comprises a first substance and a second substance,
wherein the first substance has a larger ratio in the layer that controls transport of electron carriers than the second substance, and
wherein the first substance has a higher electron-transport property than the second substance.
17. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 10 .
18. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 10 .