IP Library Granted Patent US 12,644,046
Granted Patent B2
US 12,644,046 · App. 17/770,392 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Organic electroluminescent device

Inventors: Kazuyuki Suruga (Tokyo, JP); Kouki Kase (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Shuichi Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Soon-wook Cha (Cheongju-si, KR); Sung-hoon Joo (Cheongju-si, KR); Byung-sun Yang (Cheongju-si, KR); Ji-Hwan Kim (Cheongju-si, KR)
Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.; SFC Co., Ltd.
C09K11/06C07C211/54C07C211/58C07F5/027H10K85/633H10K85/658C07C2603/26C09K2211/1007C09K2211/1011C09K2211/1014C09K2211/1018H10K50/15H10K50/156H10K85/615H10K85/626
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Patent No.
US 12,644,046
App. No.
17/770,392
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present inventors have focused the fact that an arylamine material having a specific structure is excellent in hole injection/transport ability, thin film stability and durability. The arylamine compound of the above can be selected as a material for the hole transport layer, holes injected from the anode side can be efficiently transported. Furthermore, various organic EL devices combining electron transport materials having a specific structure and the like were manufactured, and the characteristics of the devices were evaluated diligently.

Claims (18)

1 . An organic electroluminescence device comprising at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, wherein the hole transport layer comprises an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1):

wherein R 1 and R 2 represent a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a linear or branched alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a cycloalkyl group of 5 to 10 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a linear or branched alkenyl group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a linear or branched alkyloxy group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a cycloalkyloxy group of 5 to 10 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group; R 3 represents a hydrogen atom; A 1 represents a divalent group of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, a divalent group of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring, or a divalent group of substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatics; Ar 1 to Ar 2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group; Ar 3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted terphenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted anthracenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted perylenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted fluoranthenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted triphenylenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyridinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted triazinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted furyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted thienyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted quinolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted isoquinolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzofuranyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzothienyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted indoyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzooxazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzothiazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted quinoxalinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzoimidazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothienyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyridinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrolinyl, acridinyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted carbolinyl group; r 1 and r 2 represent integers from 0 to 4; and

wherein the light emitting layer includes a blue light emitting dopant, and wherein the blue light emitting dopant is a compound represented by the following general formula (2) or general formula (3):

wherein, Q 1 to Q 3 may be the same or different, and represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatics, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring; X represents B, P, P═O, or P═S; Y 1 to Y 3 may be the same or different, and represent one of selected from N—R 4 , CR 5 R 6 , O, S, Se and SiR 7 R 8 ; R 4 to R 8 may be the same or different, and represent hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a linear or branched alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a cycloalkyl group of 5 to 10 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a linear or branched alkenyl group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a linear or branched alkyloxy group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a cycloalkyloxy group of 5 to 10 carbon atoms that may have a substituent, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group; R 5 and R 6 , and R 7 and R 8 may bind to each other to form a ring via a single bond, substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom; when Y 1 to Y 3 are N—R 4 , CR 5 R 6 , or SiR 7 R 8 , R 4 to R 8 may bind to Q 1 , Q 2 , or Q 3 , which adjacent to R 4 to R 8 respectively, to form a ring via a linking group, such as substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a monosubstituted amino group.

2 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the hole transport layer has a two-layer structure of a first hole transport layer and a second hole transport layer, and the second hole transport layer includes the arylamine compound of the general formula (1).

3 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the arylamine compound represented by the general formula (1) is an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1a):

wherein A 1 and Ar 1 to Ar 3 are as defined by the general formula (1).

4 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein Ar 3 in the general formula (1) or the general formula (1a) represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group.

5 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein A 1 in the general formula (1) or the general formula (1a) represents a divalent group that results from the removal of two hydrogen atoms from substituted or unsubstituted benzene.

6 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting layer includes an anthracene derivative having an anthracene skeleton in the molecule.

7 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 6 , wherein the light emitting layer includes a host material that is an anthracene derivative having an anthracene skeleton in the molecule.

8 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 2 , wherein the arylamine compound represented by the general formula (1) is an arylamine compound represented by the following general formula (1a);

wherein A 1 and Ar 1 to Ar 3 are as defined by the general formula (1).

9 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 2 , wherein Ar 3 in the general formula (1) or the general formula (1a) represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group.

10 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 3 , wherein Ar 3 in the general formula (1) or the general formula (1a) represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group.

11 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 2 , wherein A 1 in the general formula (1) or the general formula (1a) represents a divalent group that results from the removal of two hydrogen atoms from substituted or unsubstituted benzene.

12 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 3 , wherein A 1 in the general formula (1) or the general formula (1a) represents a divalent group that results from the removal of two hydrogen atoms from substituted or unsubstituted benzene.

13 . The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 4 , wherein A 1 in the general formula (1) or the general formula (1a) represents a divalent group that results from the removal of two hydrogen atoms from substituted or unsubstituted benzene.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SIGNATURES OF FIFTH AND SIXTH INVENTORS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 059648 FRAME: 0798. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 17, 2022
From: SURUGA, KAZUYUKI; KASE, KOUKI; YAMAMOTO, TAKESHI; HAYASHI, SHUICHI; CHA, SOON-WOOK; JOO, SUNG-HOON; YANG, BYUNG-SUN; KIM, JI-HWAN
To: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.; SFC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062827/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2022
From: SURUGA, KAZUYUKI; KASE, KOUKI; YAMAMOTO, TAKESHI; HAYASHI, SHUICHI; CHA, SOON-WOOK; JOO, SUNG-HOON; YANG, BYUNG-SUN; KIM, JI-HWAN
To: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.; SFC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059648/0798 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-192483 · Oct 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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