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US 11,895,915 · App. 16/521,369 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting device having the same

Inventors: Hyong-Jong Choi (Paju-si, KR); Tae-Ryang Hong (Paju-si, KR); Joong-Hwan Yang (Paju-si, KR); Jun-Yun Kim (Paju-si, KR); Wan-Pyo Hong (Daejeon, KR); Jin-Joo Kim (Daejeon, KR); Hong-Sik Yoon (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD; LG CHEM, LTD.
H10K85/6572C07D405/14C07D409/14C07D487/04C07D491/048C09K11/06H10K85/615H10K85/657H10K85/6574H10K85/6576C09K2211/1018H10K50/11H10K2101/10H10K2101/30H10K2101/40
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Patent No.
US 11,895,915
App. No.
16/521,369
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) comprising at least one emitting unit that includes a first compound, which may have a bipolar property, a second compound, which may have a delayed fluorescent property, and a third compound, which may have narrow FWHM (full width at half maximum) and a fluorescent property, and an organic light emitting device including the OLED. Further the compounds have defined relative LUMO and HOMO energies. The OLED and the organic light emitting device has enhanced luminous efficiency, color purity and luminous life span as well as low driving voltage.

Claims (57)

1. An organic light emitting diode, comprising:

first and second electrodes facing each other; and

at least one emitting unit disposed between the first and second electrodes and comprising an emitting material layer,

wherein the emitting material layer comprises a first compound, a second compound and a third compound,

wherein a Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) energy level (LUMO H ) of the first compound and a LUMO energy level (LUMO TD ) of the second compound satisfies the following relationship in Equation (1),

wherein a Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) energy level (HOMO H ) of the first compound, a HOMO energy level (HOMO TD ) of the second compound and a HOMO energy level (HOMO FD ) of the third compound satisfies the following relationship in Equation (2),

wherein an excited state singlet energy level (S 1 H ) of the first compound is higher than an excited state singlet energy level (S 1 TD ) of the second compound, and

wherein an excited state singlet energy level (S 1 TD ) of the second compound is higher than an excited state singlet energy level (Sim) of the third compound:

|LUMO H |−|LUMO TD |≤0.8 eV  (1)

|HOMO H |≥|HOMO TD |≥|HOMO FD |  (2),

wherein the first compound is selected from a compound having the following structure of Chemical Formula 3:

wherein each of R 1 to R 15 is independently hydrogen, deuterium, tritium, silyl group, C 1 ˜C 10 alkyl group, C 1 ˜C 10 alkoxy group, C 1 ˜C 10 alkyl amino group, C 5 ˜C 30 aryl group, C 5 ˜C 30 alkyl aryl group, C 5 ˜C 30 aryloxyl group, or C 5 ˜C 30 aryl amino group or two adjacent groups among R 1 to R 15 forms a fused aryl ring or a fused hetero aryl ring each of which is unsubstituted or substituted with C 5 ˜C 30 aryl group or C 4 ˜C 30 hetero aryl group; and

each of X and Y is independently oxygen (O) or sulfur (S);

wherein the second compound comprises:

wherein the third compound has a quinoline-acridine core, and

wherein the third compound is selected from the group consisting of 5,12-dimethylquinolino(2,3-b)acridine-7,14(5H, 12H)-dione, 5,12-diethylquinolino(2,3-b)acridine-7,14(5H, 12H)-dione, 5,12-dibutyl-3,10-difluoroquinolino(2,3-b)acridine-7,14(5H, 12H)-dione, 5,12-dibutyl-3,10-bis(trifluromethyl)quinolino(2,3-b)acridine-7,14(5H, 12H)-dione and combinations thereof.

2. The organic light emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein an energy level bandgap between the excited state singlet energy level and an excited state triplet energy level of the first compound is more than about 0.3 eV,

wherein an energy level bandgap between the excited state singlet energy level and an excited state triplet energy level of the third compound is more than about 0.3 eV, and

wherein an energy level bandgap between the excited state singlet energy level and an excited state triplet energy level of the second compound is equal to or less than about 0.3 eV.

3. The organic light emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein an energy level bandgap between the HOMO energy level (HOMO H ) and the LUMO energy level (LUMO H ) of the first compound is larger than an energy level bandgap between the HOMO energy level (HOMO TD ) and the LUMO energy level (LUMO TD ) of the second compound, and

wherein the energy level bandgap between the HOMO energy level (HOMO TD ) and the LUMO energy level (LUMO TD ) of the second compound is larger than an energy level bandgap between the HOMO energy level (HOMOm) and an LUMO energy level (LUMO FD ) of the third compound.

4. The organic light emitting diode of claim 1 , wherein the at least one emitting unit includes a first emitting unit disposed between the first and second electrodes and having a first emitting material layer, and a second emitting unit disposed between the first emitting unit and the second electrode and having a second emitting material layer,

wherein one emitting material layer of the first and second emitting material layers includes the first compound, the second compound and the third compound, and

further comprises a charge generation layer between the first and second emitting units.

5. An organic light emitting diode, comprising:

first and second electrodes facing each other; and

at least one emitting unit disposed between the first and second electrodes and including an emitting material layer,

wherein the emitting material layer includes a first compound, a second compound and a third compound,

wherein a Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) energy level of the first compound (LUMO H ) and a LUMO energy level of the second compound (LUMO TD ) satisfy the following relationship in Equation (1),

wherein a Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) energy level of the first compound (HOMO H ), a HOMO energy level of the second compound (HOMO TD ) and a HOMO energy level of the third compound (HOMO FD ) satisfy the following relationship in Equation (2):

|LUMO H |−|LUMO TD |≤0.8 eV  (1)

|HOMO H |≥|HOMO TD |≥|HOMO FD |  (2)

wherein the first compound is selected from a compound having the following structure of Chemical Formula 3:

wherein each of R 1 to R 15 is independently hydrogen, deuterium, tritium, silyl group, C 1 ˜C 10 alkyl group, C 1 ˜C 10 alkoxy group, C 1 -C 10 alkyl amino group, C 5 ˜C 30 aryl group, C 5 ˜C 30 alkyl aryl group, C 5 ˜C 30 aryloxyl group, or C 5 ˜C 30 aryl amino group, or two adjacent groups among R 1 to R 15 forms a fused aryl ring or a fused hetero aryl ring each of which is unsubstituted or substituted with C 5 ˜C 30 aryl group or C 4 ˜C 30 hetero aryl group; and

each of X and Y is independently oxygen (O) or sulfur (S);

wherein the second compound comprises:

wherein the third compound has a quinoline-acridine core, and

wherein the third compound is selected from the group consisting of 5,12-dimethylquinolino(2,3-b)acridine-7,14(5H, 12H)-dione, 5,12-diethylquinoline(2,3-b)acridine-7,14(5H, 12H)-dione, 5,12-dibutyl-3,10-difluoroquinolino(2,3-b)acridine-7,14(5H, 12H)-dione, 5,12-dibutyl-3,10-bis(trifluromethyl)quinolino(2,3-b)acridine-7,14(5H, 12H)-dione and combinations thereof.

6. The organic light emitting diode of claim 5 , wherein the first compound includes a compound having any one of the following structures:

7. The organic light emitting diode of claim 5 , wherein an excited state singlet energy level of the first compound is higher than an excited state singlet energy level of the second compound.

8. The organic light emitting diode of claim 5 , wherein an excited state singlet energy level of the second compound is higher than an excited state singlet energy level of the third compound.

9. The organic light emitting diode of claim 5 , wherein an energy level bandgap between an excited state singlet energy level and an excited state triplet energy level of the second compound is equal to or less than about 0.3 eV.

10. The organic light emitting diode of claim 5 , wherein each of an energy level bandgap between an excited state singlet energy level and an excited state triplet energy level of the first compound and an energy level bandgap between an excited state singlet energy level and an excited state triplet energy level of the third compound is more than about 0.3 eV, respectively.

11. The organic light emitting diode of claim 5 , wherein an energy level bandgap between the HOMO energy level (HOMO H ) and the LUMO energy level (LUMO H ) of the first compound is larger than an energy level bandgap between the HOMO energy level (HOMO TD ) and the LUMO energy level (LUMO TD ) of the second compound, and

wherein the energy level bandgap between the HOMO energy level (HOMO TD ) and the LUMO energy level (LUMO TD ) of the second compound is larger than an energy level bandgap between the HOMO energy level (HOMO FD ) and an LUMO energy level (LUMO FD ) of the third compound.

12. The organic light emitting diode of claim 5 , wherein an excited state triplet energy level of the second compound is less than an excited state triplet energy level of the first compound and is higher than an excited state triplet energy level of the third compound.

13. The organic light emitting diode of claim 5 , wherein the at least one emitting unit includes a first emitting unit disposed between the first and second electrodes and having a first emitting material layer, and a second emitting unit disposed between the first emitting unit and the second electrode and having a second emitting material layer,

wherein one emitting material layer of the first and second emitting material layers includes the first compound, the second compound and the third compound, and

further comprising a charge generation layer between the first and second emitting units.

14. An organic light emitting device, comprising:

a substrate; and

the organic light emitting diode according to claim 1 over the substrate.

15. The organic light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the organic light emitting device is an organic light emitting display device or an organic light emitting illumination device.

16. An organic light emitting device, comprising:

a substrate; and

the organic light emitting diode according to claim A over the substrate.

17. The organic light emitting device of claim 16 , wherein the organic light emitting device is an organic light emitting display device or an organic light emitting illumination device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2019
From: CHOI, HYONG-JONG; HONG, TAE-RYANG; YANG, JOONG-HWAN; KIM, JUN-YUN; HONG, WAN-PYO; KIM, JIN-JOO; YOON, HONG-SIK
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD; LG CHEM, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0126164 · Oct 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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