IP Library Granted Patent US 7,679,282
Granted Patent B2
US 7,679,282 · App. 11/294,904 · Granted Mar 16, 2010

Polymer and small molecule based hybrid light source

Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,679,282
App. No.
11/294,904
Granted
Mar 16, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescent device, includes: a substrate; a hole-injecting electrode (anode) coated over the substrate; a hole injection layer coated over the anode; a hole transporting layer coated over the hole injection layer; a polymer based light emitting layer, coated over the hole transporting layer; a small molecule based light emitting layer, thermally evaporated over the polymer based light emitting layer; and an electron-injecting electrode (cathode) deposited over the electroluminescent polymer layer.

Claims (33)

1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising:

a substrate;

a hole-injecting electrode disposed over the substrate;

a hole injecting anode buffer layer coated over the hole-injecting electrode;

a hole transporting interlayer coated over the anode buffer layer, wherein the hole transporting interlayer includes a conductivity dopant;

a polymer-based light emissive layer coated over the hole transporting interlayer, wherein the polymer-based emissive layer contains a first material and a second material, the first material being a luminescent polymer and the second material being a molecule capable of charge transport, wherein the luminescent polymer is different from the molecule capable of charge transport;

a small molecule-based light emissive layer disposed over the polymer-based light ernissive layer; and

an electron-injecting electrode disposed over the small molecule-based light emissive layer.

2. The device according to claim 1 wherein said small molecule based light emissive layer is replaced by a hole blocking layer doped with at least one emissive dopant.

3. The device according to claim 1 wherein said hole transporting interlayer comprises a copolymer of the hole transporting polymer and a blended organic derivative.

4. The device according to claim 1 wherein said hole transporting interlayer comprises at least one of a conjugated polythiophene polymer derivative, phenylvinylene polymer or fluorine, polyspiro, or co-polymer.

5. The device according to claim 1 wherein said hole transporting interlayer comprises a crosslinked polymer or a blend of polymers, at least one of which is crosslinked.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer-based light emissive layer comprises at least one of a non-conjugated polymer, conjugated PPV, conjugated fluorene, conjugated poly-spiro or co-polymer.

7. The device according to claim 1 wherein the polymer-based light emissive layer comprises a blend of polymers with organic derivatives.

8. The device according to claim 1 wherein the polymer-based light emissive layer is doped with organic derivative compounds.

9. The device according to claim 1 wherein the polymer-based light emissive layer contains phosphorescent dopants.

10. The device according to claim 1 wherein the polymer-based light emissive layer comprises phosphorescence based materials.

11. The device according to claim 1 wherein the polymer-based light emissive layer is replaced by triplet emitters that are solution processible materials.

12. The device according to claim 1 wherein said small molecule-based light emissive layer comprises fluorescence based materials.

13. The device according to claim 1 wherein said small molecule-based light emissive layer is doped with organic derivatives.

14. The device according to claim 1 wherein said small molecule-based light emissive layer comprises phosphorescence based dopants.

15. The device according to claim 1 wherein said small molecule-based light emissive layer comprises phosphorescence based materials.

16. The device according to claim 1 wherein said small molecule-based light emissive layer is replaced by triplet emitters that can be thermally evaporated.

17. The device according to claim 1 wherein said small molecule-based light emissive layer is fabricated by at least one of: vacuum deposition, thermal evaporation or sputtering.

18. The device according to claim 1 wherein the polymer-based light emissive layer contains small molecular transport moieties.

19. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one non-conjugated polymer is selected from polystyrene, poly-vinyl carbazole, poly-vinyl acene, aromatic polyesters, polyimide and poly-benzo-siloles.

20. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the charge transporting material includes polythiophene, derivatized polythiophene, oligomeric polythiophene, derivatized oligomeric polythiophene, pentacene, triphenylamine, or triphenyldiamine.

21. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductivity dopants include one or more of ferric chloride, ferric bromide, antimony pentachioride, arsenic pentachioride or boron trifluoride.

22. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductivity dopants include one or more of 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyano-quinodimethane, dicyanodichloroquinone or trinitrofluorenone.

23. The device according to claim 1 wherein said small molecule based light emissive layer is a hole blocking layer doped with at least one emissive dopant.

24. The device according to claim 1 wherein the polymer-based light emissive layer comprises triplet emmiters that are solution processible materials.

25. The device according to claim 1 wherein the molecule capable of charge transport is a small molecule.

26. The device according to claim 1 wherein the molecule capable of charge transport is a polymer.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2015
From: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 036527/0179 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jul 31, 2006
From: ORSAM OPTO
To: ENERGY, STATE DEPATMENT OF
Reel/Frame 018172/0067 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2006
From: CHOONG, VI-EN; CHOULIS, STELIOS; KRUMMMACHER, BENJAMIN CLAUS; MATHAI, MATHEW; SO, FRANKY
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 017463/0221 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6065780300 · Mar 2, 2005
Related Publication 20060199036A1 · Sep 7, 2006