LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, DISPLAY MODULE, LIGHTING MODULE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE, AND LIGHTING DEVICE

• US 20150053958A1
• Filed: 08/25/2014
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ishisone, Takahiro, Seo, Satoshi, Nonaka, Yusuke, Ohsawa, Nobuharu
• Granted Patent: US 9,515,279 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/40
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/10 Triplet emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/20 Delayed fluorescence emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/30 Highest occupied molecular orbital [HOMO], lowest unoccupied molecular orbital [LUMO] or Fermi energy values
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/12 comprising dopants
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/13 comprising stacked EL layers within one EL unit
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/15 Hole transporting layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/16 Electron transporting layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/17 Carrier injection layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/171 Electron injection layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/18 Carrier blocking layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/81 Anodes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/828 Transparent cathodes, e.g. comprising thin metal layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/841 Self-supporting sealing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/85 Arrangements for extracting light from the devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/865 comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. light-blocking layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/35 comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/871 Self-supporting sealing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/875 Arrangements for extracting light from the devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/342 : comprising iridium
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/615 : Polycyclic condensed aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g. anthracene
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/622 : containing four rings, e.g. pyrene
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/626 : containing more than one polycyclic condensed aromatic rings, e.g. bis-anthracene
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/633 : comprising polycyclic condensed aromatic hydrocarbons as substituents on the nitrogen atom
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/636 : comprising heteroaromatic hydrocarbons as substituents on the nitrogen atom
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6572 : comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. phenanthroline or carbazole
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6576 : comprising only sulfur in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. benzothiophene
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/00 : Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps

Abstract

A multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application is provided. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission peak on the shorter wavelength side than light emitted from the second light-emitting layer.

Claims

1. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes;

an EL layer between the pair of electrodes;

a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer in the EL layer, the first light-emitting layer being in contact with the second light-emitting layer,

wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a fluorescent substance and a host material,

wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a substance,

wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex and produce triplet excitation energy,

wherein the substance is capable of converting the triplet excitation energy into luminescence,

wherein the first light-emitting layer is capable of emitting light comprising a first spectrum,

wherein the second light-emitting layer is capable of emitting light comprising a second spectrum, and

wherein the first spectrum includes a shorter wavelength than the second spectrum.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein a singlet excitation level of the host material is higher than a singlet excitation level of the fluorescent substance, and

wherein a triplet excitation level of the host material is lower than a triplet excitation level of the fluorescent substance.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein a triplet excitation level of the host material is lower than triplet excitation levels of the first organic compound and the second organic compound.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the first organic compound is a material having a hole-transport property,

wherein the second organic compound is a material having an electron-transport property, and

wherein a mixing ratio of the first organic compound to the second organic compound is in a range of 5:

5 to 9;

1.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the host material is an organic compound having a condensed aromatic ring skeleton.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the host material is an organic compound having an anthracene skeleton.

7. The light-emitting element according to claim 1,

wherein the host material is an organic compound having an anthracene skeleton, and

wherein the fluorescent substance is an organic compound having a pyrene skeleton.

8. A light-emitting element comprising:

a pair of electrodes;

an EL layer between the pair of electrodes; and

a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer in the EL layer, the first light-emitting layer being in contact with the second light-emitting layer,

wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a fluorescent substance and a host material,

wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a first layer and a second layer,

wherein the first layer comprises a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a first phosphorescent substance,

wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound form a first exciplex and produce first triplet excitation energy,

wherein the first phosphorescent substance is capable of converting the first triplet excitation energy into luminescence,

wherein the second layer comprises a third organic compound, a fourth organic compound, and a second phosphorescent substance,

wherein the third organic compound and the fourth organic compound form a second exciplex and produce second triplet excitation energy,

wherein the second phosphorescent substance is capable of converting the second triplet excitation energy into luminescence,

wherein the first light-emitting layer is capable of emitting light comprising a first spectrum,

wherein the second light-emitting layer is capable of emitting light comprising a second spectrum in the first layer, and light comprising a third spectrum in the second layer, and

wherein the first spectrum includes a shorter wavelength than the second spectrum and the third spectrum.

9. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein a singlet excitation level of the host material is higher than a singlet excitation level of the fluorescent substance, and

wherein a triplet excitation level of the host material is lower than a triplet excitation level of the fluorescent substance.

10. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein a triplet excitation level of the host material is lower than triplet excitation levels of the first organic compound and the second organic compound, and triplet excitation levels of the third organic compound and the fourth organic compound.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein the first organic compound is a material having a hole-transport property,

wherein the second organic compound is a material having an electron-transport property,

wherein the third organic compound is a material having a hole-transport property,

wherein the fourth organic compound is a material having an electron-transport property,

wherein a mixing ratio of the first organic compound to the second organic compound is in a range of 5:

5 to 9;

1, and

wherein a mixing ratio of the third organic compound to the fourth organic compound is in a range of 5;

5 to 9;

1.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein the host material is an organic compound having a condensed aromatic ring skeleton.

13. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein the host material is an organic compound having an anthracene skeleton.

14. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein the host material is an organic compound having an anthracene skeleton, and

wherein the fluorescent substance is an organic compound having a pyrene skeleton.

15. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein the first light-emitting layer emits blue light,

wherein the first layer emits red light, and

wherein the second layer emits green light.

16. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein the first spectrum has an emission spectrum peak in a range of 400 nm to 480 nm,

wherein the second spectrum has an emission spectrum peak in a range of 580 nm to 680 nm, and

wherein the third spectrum has an emission spectrum peak in a range of 500 nm to 560 nm.

17. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein the first light-emitting layer, the first layer, and the second layer are stacked in this order.

18. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein the first light-emitting layer is formed on an anode side of the pair of electrodes, and the second light-emitting layer is formed on a cathode side of the pair of electrodes.

19. The light-emitting element according to claim 8,

wherein the first phosphorescent substance has an electron-trapping property, and

wherein the second phosphorescent substance has an electron-trapping property.