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US 12,563,885 · App. 18/589,868 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Light-emitting element, display device, electronic device, and lighting device

Inventors: Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, JP); Takeyoshi Watabe (Kanagawa, JP); Satomi Mitsumori (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,563,885
App. No.
18/589,868
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and low driving voltage. The light-emitting element includes a guest material and a host material. A LUMO level of the guest material is lower than a LUMO level of the host material. An energy difference between the LUMO level and a HOMO level of the guest material is larger than an energy difference between the LUMO level and a HOMO level of the host material. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. An energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the host material is larger than or equal to energy of light emission of the guest material.

Claims (65)

1 . A light-emitting element comprising:

a guest material; and

a host material,

wherein the host material comprises any of a pyrimidine skeleton, a pyridazine skeleton, and a triazine skeleton,

wherein a LUMO level of the guest material is lower than a LUMO level of the host material,

wherein an energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and a HOMO level of the guest material is larger than an energy difference between the LUMO level of the host material and a HOMO level of the host material,

wherein the guest material is configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission, and

wherein the energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than transition energy calculated from an absorption edge of an absorption spectrum of the guest material by 0.4 eV or more.

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

wherein the energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than light emission energy of the guest material by 0.4 eV or more.

3 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the host material has a difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level of larger than 0 eV and smaller than or equal to 0.2 eV.

4 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the host material is configured to exhibit thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature.

5 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the host material is configured to supply excitation energy to the guest material.

6 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein a light emission spectrum of the host material comprises a wavelength region overlapping with an absorption band on the lowest energy side in the absorption spectrum of the guest material.

7 . The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the host material is configured to transport an electron, and

wherein the host material is configured to transport a hole.

8 . A light-emitting element comprising:

a guest material; and

a host material,

wherein the host material comprises any of a pyrimidine skeleton, a pyridazine skeleton, and a triazine skeleton,

wherein a LUMO level of the guest material is lower than a LUMO level of the host material,

wherein an energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and a HOMO level of the guest material is larger than an energy difference between the LUMO level of the host material and a HOMO level of the host material,

wherein the guest material is configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission,

wherein an energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the host material is larger than or equal to transition energy calculated from an absorption edge of an absorption spectrum of the guest material, and

wherein the energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than the transition energy calculated from the absorption edge of the absorption spectrum of the guest material by 0.4 eV or more.

9 . The light-emitting element according to claim 8 ,

wherein the energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than light emission energy of the guest material by 0.4 eV or more.

10 . The light-emitting element according to claim 8 ,

wherein the host material has a difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level of larger than 0 eV and smaller than or equal to 0.2 eV.

11 . The light-emitting element according to claim 8 ,

wherein the host material is configured to exhibit thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature.

12 . The light-emitting element according to claim 8 ,

wherein the host material is configured to supply excitation energy to the guest material.

13 . The light-emitting element according to claim 8 ,

wherein a light emission spectrum of the host material comprises a wavelength region overlapping with an absorption band on the lowest energy side in the absorption spectrum of the guest material.

14 . The light-emitting element according to claim 8 ,

wherein the host material is configured to transport an electron, and

wherein the host material is configured to transport a hole.

15 . A light-emitting element comprising:

a guest material; and

a host material,

wherein the host material comprises any of a pyrimidine skeleton, a pyridazine skeleton, and a triazine skeleton,

wherein a LUMO level of the guest material is lower than a LUMO level of the host material,

wherein an energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and a HOMO level of the guest material is larger than an energy difference between the LUMO level of the host material and a HOMO level of the host material,

wherein the guest material is configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission,

wherein an energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the host material is larger than or equal to light emission energy of the guest material,

wherein the energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than transition energy calculated from an absorption edge of an absorption spectrum of the guest material by 0.4 eV or more.

16 . The light-emitting element according to claim 15 ,

wherein the energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than light emission energy of the guest material by 0.4 eV or more.

17 . The light-emitting element according to claim 15 ,

wherein the host material has a difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level of larger than 0 eV and smaller than or equal to 0.2 eV.

18 . The light-emitting element according to claim 15 ,

wherein the host material is configured to exhibit thermally activated delayed fluorescence at room temperature.

19 . The light-emitting element according to claim 15 ,

wherein the host material is configured to supply excitation energy to the guest material.

20 . The light-emitting element according to claim 15 ,

wherein a light emission spectrum of the host material comprises a wavelength region overlapping with an absorption band on the lowest energy side in the absorption spectrum of the guest material.

21 . The light-emitting element according to claim 15 ,

wherein the host material is configured to transport an electron, and

wherein the host material is configured to transport a hole.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-194796 · Sep 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17127045 · Dec 18, 2020
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