Organic electroluminescent element and device

• US 20080054799A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Satou, Tasuku
• Granted Patent: US 7,906,897 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/504
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/06 containing organic luminescent materials
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1029 containing one nitrogen atom as the heteroatom
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1044 containing two nitrogen atoms as heteroatoms
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1092 containing sulfur as the only heteroatom
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/185 of the platinum group, i.e. Os, Ir, Pt, Ru, Rh or Pd
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/14 characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material , or by the simultaneous addition of the electroluminescent material in or onto the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/10 Triplet emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/324 comprising aluminium, e.g. Alq3
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/342 comprising iridium
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/346 comprising platinum
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/631 Amine compounds having at least two aryl rest on at least one amine-nitrogen atom, e.g. triphenylamine
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6572 comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. phenanthroline or carbazole

Abstract

An organic electroluminescent (EL) element includes at least a positive hole transport layer, a light emitting layer and an electron transport layer between at least a pair of electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer contains therein at least two light emitting materials having different Ea values or Ip values and emitting phosphorescence having the same color as each other, and among the two light emitting materials, a light emitting material having a larger Ea value or Ip value is contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the positive hole transport layer, while a light emitting material having a smaller Ea value or Ip value is contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the electron transport layer.

Claims

1. An organic electroluminescent element comprising at least a positive hole transport layer, a light emitting layer and an electron transport layer between at least a pair of electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer contains therein at least two light emitting materials having different electron affinity (Ea values) or ionization potentials (Ip values) and emitting phosphorescence having the same color as each other, and among the two light emitting materials, a light emitting material having a larger Ea value or Ip value is contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the positive hole transport layer, while a light emitting material having a smaller Ea value or Ip value is contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the electron transport layer.

2. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, wherein Ea values of the two light emitting materials are different from each other.

3. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 2, wherein the difference between the Ea values of the two light emitting materials is 0.1 eV to 0.5 eV.

4. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, wherein Ip values of the two light emitting materials are different from each other.

5. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 4, wherein the difference between the Ip values of the two light emitting materials is 0.1 eV to 0.5 eV.

6. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, wherein both Ea values and Ip values of the two light emitting materials are different from each other.

7. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 6, wherein the difference between the Ea values of the two light emitting materials is 0.1 eV to 0.5 eV, and the difference between the Ip values of the two light emitting materials is 0.1 eV to 0.5 eV.

8. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, wherein the difference between peak wavelengths of light emission of the two light emitting materials is 30 nm or less.

9. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting material contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the positive hole transport layer is a platinum compound, and the light emitting material contained at a higher density in a region of the light emitting layer in the vicinity of the electron transport layer is an iridium compound.

10. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 9, wherein the light emitting layer comprises at least two layers, and a first light emitting layer in the vicinity of the positive hole transport layer contains the platinum compound, and a second light emitting layer in the vicinity of the electron transport layer contains the iridium compound.

11. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 9, wherein the platinum compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing platinum as a central metal.

12. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 9, wherein the iridium compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing iridium as a central metal.

13. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 9, wherein the platinum compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing platinum as a central metal, and the iridium compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing iridium as a central metal.

14. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 11, wherein the platinum compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing a tridentate ligand or a higher polydenate ligand.

15. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 12, wherein the iridium compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing a bidentate ligand or a higher polydenate ligand.

16. The organic electroluminescent element according to claim 13, wherein the platinum compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing a tridentate ligand or a higher polydenate ligand, and the iridium compound is a phosphorescence luminescent organic metal complex containing a bidentate ligand or a higher polydenate ligand.

17. A passive-matrix drive display device using the organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1.