IP Library Granted Patent US 11,985,892
Granted Patent B2
US 11,985,892 · App. 16/645,104 · Granted May 14, 2024

Light-emitting device, light-emitting apparatus, electronic device, and lighting device

Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe (Kanagawa, JP); Ryohei Yamaoka (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Nobuharu Ohsawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10K85/6572H10K85/342H10K85/631H10K85/654H10K85/6576B82Y20/00H10K50/11H10K50/115H10K50/16H10K50/858H10K2101/10H10K2101/40
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Patent No.
US 11,985,892
App. No.
16/645,104
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device with high outcoupling efficiency is provided. In the light-emitting device including a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, a low refractive index layer containing an organic compound and an inorganic compound is provided between the light-emitting layer and an anode or between the light-emitting layer and a cathode, and the low refractive index layer has a refractive index of less than or equal to 1.80 at a wavelength of light extracted from the light-emitting layer.

Claims (71)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode over the first electrode;

a first layer over and in contact with the second electrode;

a light-emitting layer over the first layer;

a third electrode over the light-emitting layer; and

an organic layer over and in contact with the third electrode,

wherein the first electrode is capable of reflecting light,

wherein the third electrode is capable of reflecting and transmitting light,

wherein the second electrode is capable of transmitting light,

wherein the second electrode has a higher refractive index than the first layer,

wherein the first layer comprises an organic compound and an acceptor material,

wherein the second electrode is a layer of an inorganic material,

wherein an emission spectrum of the light-emitting device has a peak wavelength λ,

wherein each of the first layer and the light-emitting layer has a first interface on a side of the first electrode and a second interface on a side of the third electrode,

wherein one of an optical path length from the first interface of the light-emitting layer to the first interface of the first layer and an optical path length from the second interface of the light-emitting layer to the first interface of the first layer is less than or equal to λ/2, and

wherein a refractive index of the first layer is less than or equal to 1.80.

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

wherein the second electrode has a first interface on a side of the first electrode and a second interface on a side of the third electrode,

wherein an optical path length from one of the first interface and the second interface of the light-emitting layer to the second interface of the second electrode is greater than or equal to λ/4−50 nm and less than or equal to λ/4+50 nm, and

wherein an optical path length from one of the first interface and the second interface of the light-emitting layer to the first interface of the second electrode is greater than or equal to 3λ/4−50 nm and less than or equal to 3λ/4+50 nm.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer has a thickness of greater than or equal to 5 nm.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is an anode and the third electrode is a cathode.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer has a lower refractive index less than or equal to 1.70.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode is conductive.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer is a hole-injection layer.

8. An electronic device comprising:

the light-emitting device according to claim 1 ; and

one of a sensor, an operation button, a speaker and a microphone.

9. A light-emitting apparatus comprising:

the light-emitting device according to claim 1 ; and

one of a transistor and a substrate.

10. A lighting device comprising:

the light-emitting apparatus according to claim 9 ; and

a housing.

11. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode over the first electrode;

a first layer over and in contact with the second electrode;

a light-emitting layer over the first layer;

a third electrode over the light-emitting layer; and

an organic layer over and in contact with the third electrode,

wherein the first electrode is capable of reflecting light,

wherein the third electrode is capable of reflecting and transmitting light,

wherein the second electrode is capable of transmitting light,

wherein the second electrode has a higher refractive index than the first layer,

wherein the first layer comprises an organic compound and an acceptor material,

wherein the second electrode is a layer of an inorganic material,

wherein an emission spectrum of the light-emitting device has a peak wavelength λ,

wherein the light-emitting layer has a first interface on a side of the first electrode and a second interface on a side of the third electrode,

wherein one of an optical path length from the first interface of the light-emitting layer to the first layer and an optical path length from the second interface of the light-emitting layer to the first layer is less than or equal to λ/2,

wherein the first layer comprises a first organic compound, and

wherein a refractive index of the first organic compound is less than or equal to 1.80.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the second electrode has a first interface on a side of the first electrode and a second interface on a side of the third electrode,

wherein an optical path length from one of the first interface and the second interface of the light-emitting layer to the second interface of the second electrode is greater than or equal to λ/4−50 nm and less than or equal to λ/4+50 nm, and

wherein an optical path length from one of the first interface and the second interface of the light-emitting layer to the first interface of the second electrode is greater than or equal to 3λ/4−50 nm and less than or equal to 3λ/4+50 nm.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the first layer has a thickness of greater than or equal to 5 nm.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the first electrode is an anode and the third electrode is a cathode.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the first layer has a refractive index less than or equal to 1.70.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the second electrode is conductive.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the first layer is a hole-injection layer.

18. An electronic device comprising:

the light-emitting device according to claim 11 ; and

one of a sensor, an operation button, a speaker and a microphone.

19. A light-emitting apparatus comprising:

the light-emitting device according to claim 11 ; and

one of a transistor and a substrate.

20. A lighting device comprising:

the light-emitting apparatus according to claim 19 ; and

a housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2020
From: WATABE, TAKEYOSHI; YAMOKA, RYOHEI; SEO, SATOSHI; OHSAWA, NOBUHARU
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052037/0920 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2017-174456 · Sep 12, 2017 · national
JP 2017-231719 · Dec 1, 2017 · national
JP 2018-037254 · Mar 2, 2018 · national
JP 2018-096997 · May 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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