LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20110278562A1
• Filed: 08/02/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: SEO, Satoshi, KUMAKI, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,338,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/40
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/351 Thickness
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/00 Organic light-emitting devices integrated devices or assemblies of multiple devices H10K59/00, H10K65/00; organic semiconductor lasers H01S5/36
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/17 Carrier injection layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/171 Electron injection layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/85 Arrangements for extracting light from the devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/131 Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/17 Passive-matrix OLED displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/875 Arrangements for extracting light from the devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/30 Coordination compounds
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/611 Charge transfer complexes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/636 comprising heteroaromatic hydrocarbons as substituents on the nitrogen atom
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/657 Polycyclic condensed heteroaromatic hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 257/918 Light emitting regenerative switching device, e.g. light emitting scr arrays, circuitry

Abstract

The present invention provides a light-emitting element having less increase in driving voltage with the accumulation of light-emission time, and provides a light-emitting element having less increase in resistance value with the increase in film thickness. A light-emitting element includes a first layer, a second layer and a third layer between a first electrode and a second electrode. The first layer is provided to be closer to the first electrode than the second layer, and the third layer is provided to be closer to the second electrode than the second layer. The first layer is a layer including an aromatic amine compound and a substance showing an electron accepting property to the aromatic amine compound. The second layer includes a substance of which an electron transporting property is stronger than a hole transporting property, and a substance showing an electron donating property to the aforementioned substance.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element comprising:

forming a first layer comprising molybdenum and a first compound by evaporation;

forming a second layer comprising the first compound over the first layer by evaporation;

forming a third layer comprising a second compound and a third compound over the second layer by evaporation;

forming a fourth layer comprising the second compound over the third layer by evaporation; and

forming a fifth layer comprising lithium and the second compound over the fourth layer.

2. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the first layer is formed by evaporating a material including molybdenum and oxygen and the first compound at the same time.

3. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the fifth layer is formed by a material including lithium and the second compound at the same time.

4. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the first compound is an aromatic amine compound.

5. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the second compound is tris(8-quinolinolato)aluminum.

6. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the third compound is coumarin 6.

7. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting element is incorporated in at least one of a computer, a telephone, a television and a lighting appliance.

8. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element comprising:

forming a first layer comprising molybdenum and a first compound by evaporation;

forming a second layer comprising the first compound over the first layer by evaporation;

forming a third layer comprising a second compound and a third compound over the second layer by evaporation;

forming a fourth layer comprising the second compound over the third layer by evaporation;

forming a fifth layer comprising lithium and the second compound over the fourth layer by evaporation; and

forming a sixth layer comprising molybdenum and the first compound over the fifth layer by evaporation.

9. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 8, wherein each of the first layer and the sixth layer is formed by evaporating a material including molybdenum and oxygen and the first compound at the same time.

10. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 8, wherein the fifth layer is formed by evaporating a material including lithium and the second compound at the same time.

11. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 8, wherein the first compound is an aromatic amine compound.

12. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 8, wherein the second compound is tris(8-quinolinolato)aluminum.

13. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 8, wherein the third compound is coumarin 6.

14. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element according to claim 8, wherein the light-emitting element is incorporated in at least one of a computer, a telephone, a television and a lighting appliance.

15. A light-emitting element comprising:

a first electrode,

a first layer comprising molybdenum and a first compound over and in contact with the first electrode;

a second layer comprising the first compound over the first layer;

a third layer comprising a second compound and a third compound over the second layer;

a fourth layer comprising the second compound over the third layer;

a fifth layer comprising lithium and the second compound over the fourth layer; and

a second electrode over the fifth layer.

16. The light-emitting element according to claim 15, further comprising a sixth layer comprising molybdenum and the first compound between the fifth layer and the second electrode, wherein the sixth layer is in contact with the second electrode.

17. The light-emitting element according to claim 15, wherein the first compound is an aromatic amine compound.

18. The light-emitting element according to claim 15, wherein the light-emitting element is incorporated in at least one of a computer, a telephone, a television and a lighting appliance.