Light-emitting element
To provide a light-emitting element which uses a fluorescent material as a light-emitting substance and has higher luminous efficiency. To provide a light-emitting element which includes a mixture of a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a fluorescent material. By making the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance overlap with an absorption band on the longest wavelength side in absorption by the fluorescent material in an S 1 level of the fluorescent material, energy at an S 1 level of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance can be transferred to the S 1 of the fluorescent material. Alternatively, it is also possible that the S 1 of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is generated from part of the energy of a T 1 level of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance, and is transferred to the S 1 of the fluorescent material.
1. A light-emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes,
wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a material which emits fluorescence, the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance generating a singlet excited state from a triplet excited state by reverse intersystem crossing,
wherein the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance comprises a plurality of materials, and
wherein a level of the singlet excited state generated by the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is higher than a level of a singlet excited state of the material which emits fluorescence.
2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference in equivalent energy value between a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is smaller than or equal to +0.2 eV.
3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference in equivalent energy value between a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is greater than or equal to −0.2 eV.
4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is 30 nm or less.
5. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 .
6. A light-emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes,
wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a material which emits fluorescence,
wherein an energy difference between a level of a triplet excited state and a level of a singlet excited state is 0.2 eV or less in the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance,
wherein the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance comprises a plurality of materials, and
wherein the level of the singlet excited state generated by the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is higher than a level of a singlet excited state of the material which emits fluorescence.
7. The light-emitting element according to claim 6 , wherein a difference in equivalent energy value between a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is smaller than or equal to +0.2 eV.
8. The light-emitting element according to claim 6 , wherein a difference in equivalent energy value between a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is greater than or equal to −0.2 eV.
9. The light-emitting element according to claim 6 , wherein a difference between a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is 30 nm or less.
10. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 6 .
11. A light-emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes,
wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a material which emits fluorescence, the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance generating a singlet excited state from a triplet excited state by reverse intersystem crossing,
wherein the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance comprises a plurality of materials,
wherein a level of the singlet excited state generated by the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is higher than a level of a singlet excited state of the material which emits fluorescence, and
wherein an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance overlaps with the longest-wavelength absorption band in an absorption spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence.
12. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is longer than or equal to a peak wavelength of the longest-wavelength absorption band.
13. The light-emitting element according to claim 11 , wherein a difference between a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is 30 nm or less.
14. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 11 .
15. A light-emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes,
wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a material which emits fluorescence,
wherein an energy difference between a level of a triplet excited state and a level of a singlet excited state is 0.2 eV or less in the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance,
wherein the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance comprises a plurality of materials,
wherein the level of the singlet excited state generated by the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is higher than a level of a singlet excited state of the material which emits fluorescence, and
wherein an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance overlaps with the longest-wavelength absorption band in an absorption spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence.
16. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 , wherein a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is longer than or equal to a peak wavelength of the longest-wavelength absorption band.
17. The light-emitting element according to claim 15 , wherein a difference between a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is 30 nm or less.
18. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 15 .