LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE

• US 20070194306A1
• Filed: 02/13/2007
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki, KAWAKAMI, Takahiro, YAMAZAKI, Shunpei, SAKATA, Junichiro, KATAYAMA, Miki, YOKOYAMA, Kohei
• Application Number:
  US11/674,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20070194306A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/40
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/08 containing inorganic luminescent materials
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/22 characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of auxiliary dielectric or reflective layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/17 Carrier injection layers

Abstract

It is an object to provide a light emitting element capable of low-voltage driving; with high luminous efficiency; with high emission luminance; and with long emission lifetime. It is another object to provide a light emitting device and an electronic appliance in which power consumption is reduced; and which can be manufactured at low cost. A light emitting element is provided, including a light emitting layer and a layer including a composite material between a first electrode and a second electrode, where the light emitting layer includes a base material and an impurity element, the layer including the composite material includes an organic compound and an inorganic compound, the layer including the composite material is provided to be in contact with the second electrode, and light emission is obtained by application of a voltage so that an electric potential of the second electrode is higher than that of the first electrode.

Claims

1. A light emitting element comprising:

a light emitting layer and a layer including a composite material between a first electrode and a second electrode,

wherein the light emitting layer includes a base material and an impurity element which forms a luminescent center,

the layer including the composite material includes an organic compound and an inorganic compound,

the layer including the composite material is provided to be in contact with the second electrode, and

light emission is obtained by application of a voltage so that an electric potential of the second electrode is higher than an electric potential of the first electrode.

2. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the organic compound is an aromatic amine compound.

3. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the organic compound is a carbazole derivative.

4. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the organic compound is aromatic hydrocarbon.

5. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the inorganic compound shows an electron accepting property with respect to the organic compound.

6. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the inorganic compound is transition metal oxide.

7. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the inorganic compound is an oxide of a metal belonging to Groups 4 to 8 in a periodic table.

8. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the inorganic compound is any of vanadium oxide, niobium oxide, tantalum oxide, chromium oxide, molybdenum oxide, tungsten oxide, manganese oxide, and rhenium oxide.

9. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the base material is any of zinc sulfide, cadmium sulfide, calcium sulfide, yttrium sulfide, gallium sulfide, strontium sulfide, barium sulfide, zinc oxide, yttrium oxide, aluminum nitride, gallium nitride, indium nitride, zinc selenide, zinc telluride, calcium-gallium sulfide, strontium-gallium sulfide, and barium-gallium sulfide.

10. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the impurity element is a metal element to be a luminescent center.

11. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein plural kinds of the impurity elements are included, which are a metal element to be a luminescent center;

any one of fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), iodine (I), boron (B), aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), indium (In), and thallium (Tl); and

any one of lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), and bismuth (Bi).

12. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein a metal element is included in a concentration of 0.05 to 5 atom % with respect to the base material.

13. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the impurity element is a metal element selected from manganese, copper, samarium, terbium, erbium, thulium, europium, cerium, and praseodymium.

14. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein plural kinds of the impurity elements are included, which are any one of copper, silver, gold, platinum, and silicon;

and any one of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, and thallium.

15. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein plural kinds of the impurity elements are included, which are any one of copper, silver, gold, platinum, and silicon;

and any one of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth.

16. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein plural kinds of the impurity elements are included, which are any one of copper, silver, gold, platinum, and silicon;

any one of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, and thallium; and

any one of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth.

17. The light emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein a barrier layer is provided between the light emitting layer and the first electrode.

18. The light emitting element according to claim 17,

wherein a thickness of the barrier layer is from 1 to 10 nm.

19. The light emitting element according to claim 17,

wherein the barrier layer is metal oxide or metal nitride.

20. The light emitting element according to claim 17,

wherein the barrier layer is an oxide of a metal included in the first electrode.

21. A light emitting device having the light emitting element according to claim 1 and control means which controls light emission of the light emitting element.

22. An electronic appliance comprising a display portion,

wherein the display portion is equipped with the light emitting element according to claim 1 and control means which controls light emission of the light emitting element.