IP Library Granted Patent US 9,893,293
Granted Patent B2
US 9,893,293 · App. 14/937,314 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Organic electroluminescent device

Inventors: Ikuo Sasaki (Yokohama, JP); Xiulan Jin (Yokohama, JP); Masatsugu Ueno (Yokohama, JP); Koushin Matsuoka (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L51/006C07C211/43C07C211/44C07C211/49C07C211/61C07D401/14C07D403/10C09K11/025C09K11/06H01L51/0058H01L51/0061H01L51/0072H01L51/5064C09K2211/1014C09K2211/1088H01L51/0054H01L51/0073H01L51/0074H01L51/506H01L51/5012H01L2251/308H01L2251/552
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Patent No.
US 9,893,293
App. No.
14/937,314
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic EL device including an anode; an emission layer; an anode-side hole transport layer between the anode and the emission layer, the anode-side hole transport layer including an anode-side hole transport material and being doped with an electron accepting material; an intermediate hole transport layer between the anode-side hole transport layer and the emission layer, the intermediate hole transport layer including an intermediate hole transport material; and an emission layer-side hole transport layer between the intermediate hole transport layer and the emission layer, the emission layer-side hole transport layer being adjacent to the emission layer, wherein the emission layer-side hole transport layer includes an emission layer-side hole transport material represented by the following Formula 1:

Claims (55)

1. An organic electroluminescent (EL) device, comprising:

an anode;

an emission layer;

an anode-side hole transport layer between the anode and the emission layer, the anode-side hole transport layer including an anode-side hole transport material and being doped with an electron accepting material;

an intermediate hole transport layer between the anode-side hole transport layer and the emission layer, the intermediate hole transport layer including an intermediate hole transport material; and

an emission layer-side hole transport layer between the intermediate hole transport layer and the emission layer, the emission layer-side hole transport layer being adjacent to the emission layer,

wherein the intermediate hole transport layer and the emission layer-side hole transport layer are in contact with each other,

wherein the emission layer-side hole transport layer includes an emission layer-side hole transport material represented by the following Formula 1:

wherein, in Formula 1,

Ar 1 and Ar 2 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms,

R 1 to R 3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group having 3 to 50 ring carbon atoms, adjacent ones of R 1 to R 3 being separate or bound to form a ring,

m is an integer of 0 to 4,

p and q are each independently an integer of 0 to 5,

L 1 is a direct linkage, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 18 ring carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group having 5 to 15 ring carbon atoms, and

carbon atoms a and b are separate.

2. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate hole transport material includes a compound represented by the following Formula 2:

wherein, in Formula 2,

Ar 1 to Ar 3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms,

Ar 4 is a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, and

L 1 is a direct linkage, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 18 ring carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group having 5 to 15 ring carbon atoms.

3. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the anode-side hole transport material includes the compound represented by Formula 2.

4. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electron accepting material has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level of about −9.0 eV to about −4.0 eV.

5. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the anode-side hole transport layer is adjacent to the anode.

6. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the emission layer includes a compound represented by the following Formula 3:

wherein, in Formula 3,

each Ar 1 is independently a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a carboxyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, or a hydroxyl group, and

n is an integer of 1 to 10.

7. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the emission layer-side hole transport material represented by Formula 1 is one of the following Compounds 1 to 12:

8. An organic electroluminescent (EL) device, comprising:

an anode;

an emission layer;

an anode-side hole transport layer between the anode and the emission layer, the anode-side hole transport layer including an electron accepting material;

an intermediate hole transport layer between the anode-side hole transport layer and the emission layer, the intermediate hole transport layer including an intermediate hole transport material; and

an emission layer-side hole transport layer between the intermediate hole transport layer and the emission layer, the emission layer-side hole transport layer being adjacent to the emission layer,

wherein the intermediate hole transport layer and the emission layer-side hole transport layer are in contact with each other,

wherein the emission layer-side hole transport layer includes an emission layer-side hole transport material represented by the following Formula 1:

wherein, in Formula 1,

Ar 1 and Ar 2 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms,

R 1 to R 3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group having 3 to 50 ring carbon atoms, adjacent ones of R 1 to R 3 being separate or bound to form a ring,

m is an integer of 0 to 4,

p and q are each independently an integer of 0 to 5,

L 1 is a direct linkage, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 18 ring carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group having 5 to 15 ring carbon atoms, and

carbon atoms a and b are separate.

9. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the intermediate hole transport material includes a compound represented by the following Formula 2:

wherein, in Formula 2,

Ar 1 to Ar 3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms,

Ar 4 is a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, and

L 1 is a direct linkage, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 18 ring carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group having 5 to 15 ring carbon atoms.

10. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the electron accepting material has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level of about −9.0 eV to about −4.0 eV.

11. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the anode-side hole transport layer is adjacent to the anode.

12. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the emission layer includes a compound represented by the following Formula 3:

wherein, in Formula 3,

each Ar 1 is independently a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a carboxyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, or a hydroxyl group, and

n is an integer of 1 to 10.

13. The organic EL device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the emission layer-side hole transport material represented by Formula 1 is one of the following Compounds 1 to 12:

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2015
From: SASAKI, IKUO; JIN, XIULAN; UENO, MASATSUGU; MATSUOKA, KOUSHIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037003/0840 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-244485 · Dec 2, 2014 · national
JP 2014-244490 · Dec 2, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160155943A1 · Jun 2, 2016