IP Library Granted Patent US 12,641,997
Granted Patent B2
US 12,641,997 · App. 17/231,899 · Granted May 26, 2026

Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus including same

Inventors: Dongseob Jeong (Yongin-si, KR); Eungyoung Park (Yongin-si, KR); Jiyoung Song (Yongin-si, KR); Jimyoung Ye (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K85/622H10K85/40H10K85/633H10K85/636H10K85/654H10K85/6572H10K85/6574H10K85/6576H10K85/658H10K50/11H10K2101/10H10K2101/20
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Patent No.
US 12,641,997
App. No.
17/231,899
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an interlayer located between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer stack, wherein the emission layer stack includes a first emission layer including a first thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) dopant and a second emission layer including a second TADF dopant, the first TADF dopant and the second TADF dopant are different compounds, and the first emission layer contacts the second emission layer.

Claims (38)

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, the interlayer comprising an emission layer stack,

wherein the emission layer stack consists of:

a first emission layer consisting of a first host and a first thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) dopant; and

a second emission layer consisting of a second host and a second TADF dopant,

wherein,

the first TADF dopant and the second TADF dopant are different compounds,

each of the first TADF dopant and the second TADF dopant being a blue light emission dopant,

the first emission layer directly contacts the second emission layer,

the interlayer comprises a plurality of the emission layer stacks,

the first emission layer is to emit blue light,

the second emission layer is to emit blue light, and

the first host and the second host comprised in the emission layer stack are each independently any one of the compounds below:

2 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is an anode,

the second electrode is a cathode, and

the light-emitting device further comprises a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer stack, the hole transport region comprising a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an electron blocking layer, or a combination thereof.

3 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is an anode,

the second electrode is a cathode, and

the light-emitting device further comprises an electron transport region located between the second electrode and the emission layer stack, the electron transport region comprising a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, or a combination thereof.

4 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer stack is to emit blue light.

5 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a wavelength of the first TADF dopant is 440 nm to 460 nm.

6 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a wavelength of the second TADF dopant is 460 nm to 480 nm.

7 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of a wavelength of the first TADF dopant is 30 nm or less.

8 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of a wavelength of the second TADF dopant is 30 nm or more.

9 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein

a triplet energy (T1) of the first host and a T1 of the second host are each 1.7 eV or more, and

the first host and the second host are different compounds.

10 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a hole provided by the first electrode and an electron provided by the second electrode is to recombine at an interface between the first emission layer and the second emission layer.

11 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a charge generation layer is located between two among the plurality of emission layer stacks.

12 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first TADF dopant is any one of the compounds below:

13 . The light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the second TADF dopant is any one of the compounds below:

14 . An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device of claim 1 .

15 . The electronic apparatus of claim 14 , 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 or the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor.

16 . The electronic apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising a color filter, a color conversion layer, a touch screen layer, a polarizing layer, or any combination thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: JEONG, DONGSEOB; PARK, EUNGYOUNG; SONG, JIYOUNG; YE, JIMYOUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055935/0247 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0102706 · Aug 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220052274A1 · Feb 17, 2022
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