Organic Electroluminescence Element, Display and Illuminator

• US 20080303415A1
• Filed: 07/22/2005
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Kita, Hiroshi, Suzuri, Yoshiyuki, Kawakami, Akira
• Application Number:
  US11/659,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20080303415A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/504
• 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 50/125 specially adapted for multicolour light emission, e.g. for emitting white light
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/324 comprising aluminium, e.g. Alq3

Abstract

An organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode and a cathode having therebetween: at least two or more light emission layers exhibiting different emission peaks and an intermediate layer provided between the light emission layers, wherein at least one of the light emission layers comprises a phosphorescent compound as a light emission compound; and an excited triplet energy of a compound forming the intermediate layer is larger than an excited triplet energy of the phosphorescent compound.

Claims

1. An organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode and a cathode having therebetween:

at least two or more light emission layers exhibiting different emission peaks and an intermediate layer provided between the light emission layers, wherein

at least one of the light emission layers comprises a phosphorescent compound as a light emission compound; and

an excited triplet energy of a compound forming the intermediate layer is larger than an excited triplet energy of the phosphorescent compound.

2. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1, wherein each of the light emission layers exhibiting different emission peaks comprises a phosphorescent compound.

3. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1, wherein

among the light emission layers, a light emission layer is comprised of a light emission compound and a host compound, the light emission compound being the phosphorescent compound,

the excited triplet energy of the host compound is larger than the excited triplet energy of the phosphorescent compound.

4. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the intermediate layer is larger than a Fö

rster distance between two light emission compounds, each light emission compound being independently contained in one of the light emission layers sandwiching the intermediate layer.

5. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1, wherein at least one kind of light emission layer comprises two or more light emission layers of the same kind exhibiting the same light emission peak.

6. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1, wherein at least two kinds of light emission layers each comprise two or more light emission layers of the same kind.

7. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 comprising at least two kinds of light emission layers exhibiting different light emission peaks, wherein

each kind of the light emission layers is comprised of two or more light emission layers exhibiting the same light emission peak;

and

the light emission layers and the intermediate layers are alternatively laminated.

8. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 comprising at least three kinds of light emission layers, each kind of light emission layers exhibiting a different light emission peak, wherein

each kind of the light emission layers is comprised of two or more light emission layers exhibiting the same light emission peak;

and

the light emission layers and the intermediate layers are alternatively laminated.

9. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 further comprising a hole blocking layer between a light emission layer and the cathode, the hole blocking layer being adjacent to the light emission layer.

10. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 further comprising an electron blocking layer between a light emission layer and the anode, the electron blocking layer being adjacent to the light emission layer.

11. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1 emitting white light.

12. The organic electroluminescence element of claim 1, wherein the light emission layers comprise a light emission dopant having a substructure represented by any one of Formulas (A) to (C):

wherein Ra represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group;

Rb and Rc each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent;

A1 represents a residue necessary to form an aromatic ring or an aromatic heterocycle; and

M represents Ir or Pt,

wherein Ra represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group;

Rb, Rc, Rb₁ and Rc, each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent;

A1 represents a residue necessary to form an aromatic ring or an aromatic heterocycle; and

M represents Ir or Pt,

wherein Ra represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group;

Rb and Rc each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent;

A1 represents a residue necessary to form an aromatic ring or an aromatic heterocycle; and

M represents Ir or Pt.

13. A display employing the organic electroluminescence element of claim 1.

14. An illuminator employing organic electroluminescence element of claim 1.