Method of Manufacture of a Multi-Layer Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Device, and Articles Thereof

• US 20100033082A1
• Filed: 08/07/2008
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Liu, Jie, Chichak, Kelly Scott, Ye, Qing, Duggal, Anil Raj
• Application Number:
  US12/187,749
• Publication Number:
  US 20100033082A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/504
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 2261/1424 containing ether groups, including alkoxy
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 2261/3223 containing one or more sulfur atoms as the only heteroatom, e.g. thiophene
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 2261/512 Hole transport
• 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 71/15 characterised by the solvent used
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/1135 Polyethylene dioxythiophene [PEDOT]; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/141 comprising aliphatic or olefinic chains, e.g. poly N-vinylcarbazol, PVC or PTFE
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/151 Copolymers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/342 comprising iridium
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6572 comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. phenanthroline or carbazole

Abstract

A method for forming multi-emissive phosphorescent layers for a phosphorescent OLED comprises coating a first phosphorescent material from a first solvent onto a first electrode and removing the first solvent to form a first emissive layer; and coating a second phosphorescent material from a second solvent onto the first emissive layer and removing the second solvent to form a second emissive layer, wherein the first and second emissive layers are not cured after coating, and wherein the first emissive layer has negligible solubility in the second solvent.

Claims

1. A method for forming multi-emissive phosphorescent layers for a phosphorescent OLED, comprising:

coating a first phosphorescent material from a first solvent onto a first electrode and removing the first solvent to form a first emissive layer; and

coating a second phosphorescent material from a second solvent onto the first emissive layer and removing the second solvent to form a second emissive layer, wherein the first and second emissive layers are not cured after coating, and wherein the first emissive layer has negligible solubility in the second solvent.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising coating from a solvent a hole-injection layer comprising poly(3,4-ethylendioxythiophene) doped with polystyrene sulfonic acid (PEDOT:

PSS) between the first electrode and the first emissive layer.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising coating an interlayer of electroactive material between the first and second emissive layers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first emissive layer comprises a blue emitting phosphorescent polymeric dye 275-44-5, the first solvent is chlorobenzene, the second emissive layer comprises an orange phosphorescent dye ADS078GE, and the second solvent is toluene.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising coating a third phosphorescent material from a third solvent onto the second emissive layer and removing the third solvent to form a third emissive layer;

wherein the second phosphorescent material and the first phosphorescent material have negligible solubility in the third solvent, and the third emissive layer is not cured after coating.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising depositing a second electrode onto the third emissive layer, wherein the first phosphorescent material is blue emitting poly(carbazole_FIrpic), the first solvent is chlorobenzene, the second phosphorescent material is green emitting poly(STPPB_IrPPy), the second solvent is 2-ethoxyethanol, the third phosphorescent material is red emitting ADS067GE, the third solvent is toluene, the second electrode comprises NaF/Al, and the first electrode comprises ITO.

7. A multi-emissive phosphorescent OLED device formed by the method of claim 1.

8. A multi-emissive phosphorescent OLED device, comprising:

a substrate;

an anode layer disposed on the substrate;

a first emissive layer disposed on the anode layer, wherein the first emissive layer comprises a first polymeric phosphorescent material;

a second emissive layer disposed on the first emissive layer, wherein the second emissive layer comprises a second phosphorescent material, wherein the first and second emissive layers are not cured; and

a cathode layer disposed on the second emissive layer.

9. The phosphorescent OLED device of claim 8, further comprising a hole-injection layer, a hole-transporting layer, a hole-blocking layer, an electron-injection layer, an electron-transporting layer, an electron-blocking layer, or a combination thereof.

10. The phosphorescent OLED device of claim 8, wherein the first and/or the second emissive layer comprises a mixture of phosphorescent materials.

11. The phosphorescent OLED device of claim 8, wherein the first emissive layer comprises a toluene insoluble blue phosphorescent polymeric dye 275-44-5, and the second emissive layer comprises a toluene soluble orange phosphorescent dye, ADS069RE.

12. The phosphorescent OLED device of claim 8 wherein the first emissive layer comprises a copolymer of a hole-transporting host material and a blue phosphorescent polymeric dye 275-44-5, and the second emissive layer comprises a blend or a copolymer of an electron-transporting host material and an orange emitting phosphorescent dye.

13. The phosphorescent OLED of claim 8, further comprising a hole-injection layer comprises poly(3,4-ethylendioxythiophene) doped with polystyrene sulfonic acid (PEDOT:

PSS).

14. The phosphorescent OLED device of claim 8, wherein the second emissive layer further comprises an electron-transporting host material.

15. The phosphorescent OLED device of claim 8, wherein the first emissive layer further comprises a hole-transporting host material.

16. The phosphorescent OLED device of claim 8, wherein the second phosphorescent material is covalently bound to an electron-transporting polymeric host material.

17. The phosphorescent OLED device of claim 8, wherein the OLED device emits white light.

18. The phosphorescent OLED device of claim 8, further comprising a third emissive layer formed by coating a third mixture comprising a third phosphorescent material and a third solvent on the second emissive layer, and removing the solvent to form the third emissive layer, wherein the first and second emissive layers have negligible solubility in the third solvent, and the third emissive layer is not cured after coating.

19. An article comprising the multi-emissive phosphorescent OLED device of claim 8, wherein the article is for a lighting application.

20. The article of claim 19, wherein the article is an indoor lamp, outdoor lamp, ceiling light, vehicle headlight, flashlight, or street light.