IP Library Granted Patent US 12,680,018
Granted Patent B2
US 12,680,018 · App. 18/250,762 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Circularly polarized OLED emitting layer composition

Inventors: Ludovic Favereau (Montauban de Bretagne, FR); Jeanne Crassous (Thorigné-Fouillard, FR); Sitthichok Kasemthaveechok (Rennes, FR); Kais Dhbaibi (L'Hermitage, FR); Grégory Pieters (Grenoble Cedex, FR); Benoît Racine (Grenoble Cedex, FR); Etienne Quesnel (Grenoble Cedex, FR)
Assignees: UNIVERSITE DE RENNES; CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS -; INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE RENNES; COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE; ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE RENNES ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
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Patent No.
US 12,680,018
App. No.
18/250,762
Filed
Apr 27, 2023
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1761
USPC
252/500
Abstract

An active light-emitting layer composition including a thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) molecule with TADF properties as a host material and a luminescent molecule with circularly polarized (CP) properties as a dopant. Also, a light-emitting device, such as an organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), including the active light-emitting layer made of this composition.

Claims (34)

1 . An active light-emitting layer composition comprising a TADF molecule with TADF properties as a host material and a luminescent molecule with circular polarisation properties as a dopant;

wherein the luminescent molecule is carbo[6]helicene derivate with the general formula, in an M or P configuration:

wherein B′ is a linker and R is a chemical group.

2 . The active light-emitting layer composition of claim 1 , wherein the TADF molecule exhibits a singlet state energy level and a triplet state energy level and the luminescent molecule exhibits a singlet state energy level lower than the singlet state and triplet state energy levels of the TADF molecule.

3 . The active light-emitting layer composition of claim 1 , wherein the luminescent molecule has an absorption spectrum and the TADF molecule has a luminescence spectrum overlapping the absorption spectrum of the luminescent molecule.

4 . The active light-emitting layer composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition exhibits at least one of the following properties:

a TADF quantum yield of 0.01 or higher;

a luminescence quantum yield of 0.10 or higher; and

a luminescence polarization measured through the g lum value which is different from 0.

5 . The active light-emitting layer composition of claim 1 , wherein the luminescent molecule is a chiral molecule selected from the group consisting of a helicene derivative, a helicenoid compound, a biarylic system, and a molecule with planar chirality.

6 . The active light-emitting layer composition of claim 1 , wherein B′ is a linker with one of the following formulae:

or a combination thereof.

7 . The active light-emitting layer composition of claim 1 , wherein R is one of the following formulae:

8 . The active light-emitting layer composition of claim 1 , wherein the luminescent molecule is one of:

4,4′-(hexahelicene-2,15-diylbis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))dibenzonitrile;

4,4′-(hexahelicene-2,15-diylbis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))dipyridine;

4,4′-(hexahelicene-2,15-diylbis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))dianiline;

4,4′-(hexahelicene-2,15-diylbis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))di(N,N-dimethylaniline);

4,4′-(hexahelicene-2,15-diylbis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))di(trimethylsilane);

4,4′-(hexahelicene-2,15-diylbis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))di(N-hexyl-1,8-naphthalimide); and

4,4′-(hexahelicene-2,15-diylbis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))di(2,5-N-octyl-3,6-di-2-thienyl-pyrrolo[3,4-c] pyrrole-1,4-dione);

in their P or M isomeric configuration.

9 . The active light-emitting layer composition of claim 1 , wherein the TADF molecule is an achiral molecule.

10 . The active light-emitting layer composition of claim 1 , with one of the following combination of TADF molecule and luminescent molecule:

9,9′-(sulfonylbis(4,1-phenylene))bis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazole) and 4,4′-(hexahelicene-2,15-diylbis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))dibenzonitrile;

9-(4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)phenyl)-1,3,6,8-tetramethyl-9H-carbazole and 4,4′-(hexahelicene-2,15-diylbis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))di(N-hexyl-1,8-naphthalimide; and

2,4,5,6-tetra(9H-carbazol-9-yl)isophthalonitrile and 4,4′-(hexahelicene-2,15-diylbis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))di(2,5-N-octyl-3,6-di-2-thienyl-pyrrolo [3,4-c] pyrrole-1,4-dione).

11 . A light-emitting device having an active light-emitting layer made of the active light-emitting layer composition of claim 1 .

12 . The light-emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the light-emitting device is an OLED.

13 . An active light emitting layer composition comprising a TADF molecule with TADF properties as a host material and a luminescent molecule with circular polarisation properties as a dopant;

wherein the achiral molecule is one of the following:

9,9′-(sulfonylbis(4,1-phenylene))bis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazole);

9-(4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)phenyl)-1,3,6,8-tetramethyl-9H-carbazole; and

2,4,5,6-tetra(9H-carbazol-9-yl)isophthalonitrile.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2023
From: FAVEREAU, LUDOVIC; CRASSOUS, JEANNE; KASEMTHAVEECHOK, SITTHICHOK; DHBAIBI, KAIS; PIETERS, GRÉGORY; RACINE, BENOÎT; QUESNEL, ETIENNE
To: UNIVERSITE DE RENNES; CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS -; INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE RENNES; ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE RENNES; COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
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Priority Claims (1)
FR 2011121 · Oct 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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