White light emitting oleds from combined monomer and aggregate emission

• US 20030175553A1
• Filed: 12/24/2002
• Published: 09/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton University), University of Southern California
• Original Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton University)
• Inventors: Forrest, Stephen R., Thompson, Mark E., Adamovich, Vadim, Brooks, Jason, DʼAndrade, Brian
• Granted Patent: US 6,863,997 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/690
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/10 Triplet emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/103 comprising indium oxides, e.g. ITO
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/125 specially adapted for multicolour light emission, e.g. for emitting white light
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/18 Carrier blocking layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/1135 Polyethylene dioxythiophene [PEDOT]; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/146 poly N-vinylcarbazol; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/342 comprising iridium
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/346 comprising platinum
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6572 comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. phenanthroline or carbazole
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/917 Electroluminescent

Abstract

The present invention relates to efficient organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). More specifically, the present invention relates to white-emitting OLEDs, or WOLEDs. The devices of the present invention employ two emitters in a single emissive region to sufficiently cover the visible spectrum. White emission is achieved from two emitters in a single emissive region through the formation of an aggregate by one of the emissive centers. This allows the construction of simple, bright and efficient WOLEDs that exhibit a high color rendering index.

Claims

1. An organic light emitting device comprising an emissive layer, wherein the emissive layer comprises

an aggregate emitter,

a monomer emitter, and a

matrix material comprising mCP,

 

wherein the emission from the aggregate emitter is lower in energy than the emission from the monomer emitter, and wherein the combined emission of the aggregate emitter and the monomer emitter sufficiently spans the visible spectrum to give a white emission.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the aggregate emitter is an excimer.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the aggregate emitter and the monomer emitter emit by phosphorescence.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the excimer emitter and the monomer emitter are comprised of the same chemical compound.

5. The device of claim 3, wherein the monomer emitter and aggregate emitter are phosphorescent organometallic compounds.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the combined emission has a color rendering index of at least about 80.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the combined emission has a CIE x-coordinate of about 0.30 to about 0.40 and a CIE y-coordinate of about 0.30 to about 0.45.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the emissive layer comprises an exciplex emitter and a monomer emitter.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the exciplex emitter and the monomer emitter emit by phosphorescence.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the monomer emitter and exciplex emitter are phosphorescent organometallic compounds.

11. An organic light emitting device comprising

an anode;

a hole transporting layer;

an emissive layer comprising an aggregate emitter, a monomer emitter, and a matrix material comprising mCP,

an electron transporting layer; and

a cathode;

 

wherein the emission from the aggregate emitter is lower in energy than the emission from the monomer emitter, and wherein the combined emission of the aggregate emitter and the monomer emitter sufficiently spans the visible spectrum to give a white emission.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the emissive layer comprises an excimer emitter and a monomer emitter.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the aggregate emitter and the monomer emitter emit by phosphorescence.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the aggregate emitter and the monomer emitter are comprised of the same chemical compound.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the aggregate emitter and the monomer emitter are phosphorescent organometallic compounds.

16. The device of claim 11, wherein the combined emission has a color rendering index of at least about 80.

17. The device of claim 11, wherein the combined emission has a CIE x-coordinate of about 0.30 to about 0.40 and a CIE y-coordinate of about 0.30 to about 0.45.

18. The device of claim 11, wherein the aggregate emitter is an exciplex.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the exciplex emitter and the monomer emitter emit by phosphorescence.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the monomer emitter and exciplex emitter are phosphorescent organometallic compounds.

21. The device of claim 11, wherein the device further comprises an exciton blocking layer.

22. The device of claim 21, wherein the exciton blocking layer is situated between the hole transporting layer and the emissive layer.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the exciton blocking layer comprises fac-Iridium (III) tris(1-phenylpyrazolato-N,C^2′

).