Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an interlayer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, wherein the emission layer includes: a first host, a second host, and a dopant, at least one of the first host and the second host is an organometallic compound, and the first host, the second host, and the dopant satisfy the following Equation (1): |LUMO energy of H 2−HOMO energy of H 1|≥0.9× T 1 energy of D.
1. A light-emitting device comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode facing the first electrode; and
an interlayer between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising an emission layer,
wherein the emission layer comprises:
a first host, a second host, and a dopant,
at least one of the first host and the second host is an organometallic compound, and
the first host, the second host, and the dopant satisfy the following Equation (1):
|LUMO energy of H 2−HOMO energy of H 1|≥0.9× T 1 energy of D.
2. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode comprises an anode,
the second electrode comprises a cathode, and
the light-emitting device further comprises a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer and comprising an electron-blocking layer; and a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, or any combination thereof.
3. The light-emitting device of claim 2 , wherein the electron-blocking layer comprises an electron-blocking material, and
the first host and the electron-blocking material satisfy the following Equation (2):
|HOMO energy of electron-blocking material−HOMO energy of H 1|≤0.2 eV.
4. The light-emitting device of claim 2 , wherein the electron-blocking layer comprises an electron-blocking material, and
an absolute value of LUMO energy of the electron-blocking material is equal to or less than an absolute value of LUMO energy of the first host.
5. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode comprises an anode,
the second electrode comprises a cathode, and
the light-emitting device further comprises an electron transport region between the second electrode and the emission layer and comprising a hole-blocking layer; and an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, or any combination thereof.
6. The light-emitting device of claim 5 , wherein the hole-blocking layer comprises a hole-blocking material, and
the second host and the hole-blocking material satisfy the following Equation (3):
|LUMO energy of hole-blocking material−LUMO energy of H 2|≤0.2 eV.
7. The light-emitting device of claim 5 , wherein the hole-blocking layer comprises a hole-blocking material, and
an absolute value of HOMO energy of the hole-blocking material is greater than an absolute value of HOMO energy of the second host.
8. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first host comprises a hole-transporting host.
9. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the second host comprises an electron-transporting host.
10. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein an absolute value of LUMO energy of the first host is less than an absolute value of LUMO energy of the second host.
11. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein an absolute value of HOMO energy of the second host is greater than an absolute value of HOMO energy of the first host.
12. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first host and the second host have a weight ratio of about 1:9 to about 9:1.
13. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the dopant is a fluorescent dopant.
14. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device comprises a plurality of the first hosts and a plurality of the second hosts, at least one of the first hosts and at least one of the second hosts form excitons, and
others of the first hosts or others of the second hosts that do not form excitons are capable of transferring energy of the excitons to the dopant.
15. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the organometallic compound is a compound of Formula 401:
wherein, in Formulae 401 and 402,
M is a transition metal,
L 401 is a ligand of Formula 402, and xc1 is 1, 2, or 3, wherein when xc1 is 2 or 3, two or more of L 401 (s) are identical to or different from each other,
L 402 is an organic ligand, and xc2 is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein when xc2 is 2, 3, or 4, two or more of L 402 (s) are identical to or different from each other,
X 401 and X 402 are each, independently from one another, nitrogen or carbon,
ring A 401 and ring A 402 are each, independently from one another, a C 3 -C 60 carbocyclic group or a C 1 -C 60 heterocyclic group,
T 401 is a single bond, *—O—*′, *—S—*′, *—C(═O)—*′, *—N(Q 411 )—*′, *—C(Q 411 )(Q 412 )-*′, *—C(Q 411 )=C(Q 412 )-*′, *—C(Q 411 )=*′, or *═C═*′,
X 403 and X 404 are each, independently from one another, a chemical bond, O, S, N(Q 413 ), B(Q 413 ), P(Q 413 ), C(Q 413 )(Q 414 ), or Si(Q 413 )(Q 414 ),
R 401 and R 402 are each, independently from one another, hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Br, —I, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 20 alkoxy group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 3 -C 60 carbocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 60 heterocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , —Si(Q 401 )(Q 402 )(Q 403 ), —N(Q 401 )(Q 402 ), —B(Q 401 )(Q 402 ), —C(═O)(Q 401 ), —S(═O) 2 (Q 401 ), or —P(═O)(Q 401 )(Q 402 ),
xc11 and xc12 are each, independently from one another, an integer from 0 to 10,
Q 411 to Q 414 and Q 401 to Q 403 are each, independently from one another: hydrogen; deuterium; —F; —Cl; —Br; —I; a hydroxyl group; a cyano group; a nitro group; a C 1 -C 60 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 60 alkenyl group; a C 2 -C 60 alkynyl group; a C 1 -C 60 alkoxy group; a C 3 -C 60 carbocyclic group or a C 1 -C 60 heterocyclic group each, independently from one another, unsubstituted or substituted with deuterium, —F, a cyano group, a C 1 -C 60 alkyl group, a C 1 -C 60 alkoxy group, a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, or any combination thereof; a C 7 -C 60 aryl alkyl group; or a C 2 -C 60 heteroaryl alkyl group, and
* and *′ in Formula 402 are each a binding site to M in Formula 401.
16. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first host and the second host is not the organometallic compound, wherein the first host is a compound of Formula 1, and the second host is a compound of Formula 2:
wherein, in Formula 1,
A 5 is O, S, NR″ 12 , or CR″ 13 R″ 14 ,
m and n are each, independently from one another, 0 to 4,
R″ 6 to R″ 14 are each, independently from one another, hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 60 alkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 2 -C 60 alkenyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 2 -C 60 alkynyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 60 alkoxy group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 10 heterocycloalkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 3 -C 10 cycloalkenyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 10 heterocycloalkenyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 6 -C 60 aryl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 6 -C 60 aryloxy group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 6 -C 60 arylthio group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 60 heteroaryl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 8 -C 60 monovalent non-aromatic fused polycyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 60 monovalent non-aromatic fused heteropolycyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , —Si(Q 1 )(Q 2 )(Q 3 ), —B(Q 1 )(Q 2 ), —N(Q 1 )(Q 2 ), —P(Q 1 )(Q 2 ), —C(═O)(Q 1 ), —S(═O)(Q), —S(═O) 2 (Q 1 ), —P(═O)(Q 1 )(Q 2 ), and —P(═S)(Q 1 )(Q 2 ),
b″6 to b″11 are each, independently from one another, an integer from 0 to 4,
when b″6 is 2, 3, or 4, a plurality of R″ 6 (s) are identical to or different from each other, when b″7 is 2, 3, or 4, a plurality of R″ 7 (s) are identical to or different from each other, when b″8 is 2, 3, or 4, a plurality of R″ 8 (s) are identical to or different from each other, when b″9 is 2, 3, or 4, a plurality of R″ 9 (s) are identical to or different from each other, when b″10 is 2, 3, or 4, a plurality of R″ 10 (s) are identical to or different from each other, and when b″11 is 2, 3, or 4, a plurality of R″ 11 (s) are identical to or different from each other,
two neighboring substituents among R″ 6 to R″ 14 are optionally linked to each other to form a C 5 -C 60 carbocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a or a C 1 -C 60 heterocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a ,
wherein, in Formula 2,
ring Ar 3 to ring Ar 5 are each, independently from one another, a C 5 -C 60 carbocyclic group or a C 1 -C 60 heterocyclic group,
E is N or CR″ 6 , F is N or CR″ 7 , and G is N or CR″ 8 ,
R″ 3 to R″ 8 are each, independently from one another, hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C 1 -C 60 alkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 2 -C 60 alkenyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 2 -C 60 alkynyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 60 alkoxy group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 10 heterocycloalkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 3 -C 10 cycloalkenyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 10 heterocycloalkenyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 6 -C 60 aryl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 6 -C 60 aryloxy group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 6 -C 60 arylthio group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 60 heteroaryl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 8 -C 60 monovalent non-aromatic fused polycyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , a C 1 -C 60 monovalent non-aromatic fused heteropolycyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , —Si(Q 1 )(Q 2 )(Q 3 ), —B(Q 1 )(Q 2 ), —N(Q 1 )(Q 2 ), —P(Q 1 )(Q 2 ), —C(═O)(Q 1 ), —S(═O)(Q 1 ), —S(═O) 2 (Q 1 ), —P(═O)(Q 1 )(Q 2 ), and —P(═S)(Q 1 )(Q 2 ),
b″3 to b″5 are each, independently from one another, an integer from 1 to 5,
when b″3 is 2, 3, 4, or 5, a plurality of R″ 3 (s) are identical to or different from each other, when b″4 is 2, 3, 4, or 5, a plurality of R″ 4 (s) are identical to or different from each other, and when b″5 is 2, 3, 4, or 5, a plurality of R″ 5 (s) are identical to or different from each other,
two neighboring substituents among R″ 3 to R″ 8 are optionally linked to each other to form a C 5 -C 60 carbocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a or a C 1 -C 60 heterocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R 10a , and
Q 1 to Q 3 are each, independently from one another: hydrogen; deuterium; —F; —Cl; —Br; —I; a hydroxyl group; a cyano group; a nitro group; a C 1 -C 60 alkyl group; a C 2 -C 60 alkenyl group; a C 2 -C 60 alkynyl group; a C 1 -C 60 alkoxy group; a C 3 -C 60 carbocyclic group or a C 1 -C 60 heterocyclic group each, independently from one another, unsubstituted or substituted with deuterium, —F, a cyano group, a C 1 -C 60 alkyl group, a C 1 -C 60 alkoxy group, a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, or any combination thereof; a C 7 -C 60 aryl alkyl group; or a C 2 -C 60 heteroaryl alkyl group.
17. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the dopant is one of the following compounds:
18. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device of claim 1 .
19. The electronic apparatus of claim 18 , further comprising a thin-film transistor,
wherein the thin-film transistor comprises a source electrode and a drain electrode, and
the first electrode of the light-emitting device is electrically connected to at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor.
20. The electronic apparatus of claim 18 , further comprising a color filter, a color conversion layer, a touch screen layer, a polarizing layer, or any combination thereof.