Organic electroluminescent device with low barrier height

• US 5,343,050 A
• Filed: 01/05/1993
• Issued: 08/30/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Japan Display Central Incorporated (Japan Display Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Yoko, Egusa, Syun
• Primary Examiner(s): Hille, Rolf
• Assistant Examiner(s): SAADAT, MAHSHID D
• Application Number:
  US08/000,884
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• Field of Search: 257/40, 257/103, 313/504, 313/507, 313/509
• US Class Current: 257/40
• 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: H05B 33/26 characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode
• 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 50/156 comprising a multilayered structure
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/60 Organic compounds having low molecular weight H10K85/10 - H10K85/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/621 Aromatic anhydride or imide compounds, e.g. perylene tetra-carboxylic dianhydride or perylene tetracarboxylic di-imide
• 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 85/649 Aromatic compounds comprising a hetero atom
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6565 Oxadiazole compounds
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/657 Polycyclic condensed heteroaromatic hydrocarbons

Abstract

There is disclosed an organic electroluminescent device, comprising a multilayered structure of an organic film for electron injection, and an organic film for hole injection, at least one of which consists of a plurality of layers, and an organic film serving as a light-emitting layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode for electron injection formed on the side of the organic film for electron injection of the multilayered structure, and a second electrode for hole injection formed on the side of the organic film for hole injection of the multilayered structure, wherein a barrier height against electron injection at each interface between layers present from the first electrode to the organic film serving as the light-emitting layer is not more than 0.6 eV, and a barrier height against hole injection at each interface between layers present from the second electrode to the organic film serving as the light-emitting layer is not more than 0.6 eV.

Claims

1. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising a multilayered structure consisting of an organic film for electron injection and an organic film for hole injection, at least one of which consists of a plurality of layers, and an organic film serving as a light-emitting layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode for electron injection formed on the side of the organic film for electron injection of the multilayered structure, and a second electrode for hole injection formed on the side of the organic film for hole injection of the multilayered structure, wherein a barrier height against electron injection at each interface between layers present from the first electrode to the organic film serving as the light-emitting layer is not more than 0.6 eV, and a barrier height against hole injection at each interface between layers present from the second electrode to the organic film serving as the light-emitting layer is not more than 0.6 eV.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein a carrier mobility μ

_LEL in the organic film serving as a light-emitting layer and a carrier mobility μ

_CIL in the organic film serving as a carrier injection layer satisfy condition μ

_CIL /μ

_LEL >

10⁴.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein a carrier mobility μ

_LEL in the organic film serving as a light-emitting layer and a carrier mobility μ

_CIL in the organic film serving as a carrier injection layer satisfy condition μ

_CIL /μ

_LEL >

10⁴.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the barrier height against electron injection at each interface between layers present from the first electrode for electron injection to the organic film serving as the light-emitting layer is not more than 0.4 eV, and the barrier height against hole injection at each interface between layers present from the second electrode for hole injection to the organic film serving as the light-emitting layer is not more than 0.4 eV.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein a barrier height against electron injection between the organic film serving as the light-emitting layer and the organic film on the side of the second electrode, which directly forms junction with the said organic film serving as the light-emitting layer is not less than 0.6 eV.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein a barrier height against hole injection between the organic film serving as the light-emitting layer and the organic film on the side of the first electrode, which directly forms junction with the organic film serving as the light-emitting layer is not less than 0.6 eV.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein a carrier mobility μ

_LEL in said light-emitting layer and a carrier mobility μ

_CIL in a carrier injection layer satisfy condition μ

_CIL /μ

_LEL >

10⁴.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the carrier mobility μ

_CIL in the carrier injection layer is higher than 10^-2 cm² /V·

sec.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein each of said light-emitting film, the adjacent electron injection film and the adjacent hole injection film have a band gap, and said band gap of said light-emitting film is narrower than each of said band gaps of said adjacent electron injection film and said adjacent hole injection film.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein each of a first end organic film, a central organic film thereof and a second end organic film is comprised of a molecule having a basic skeleton, wherein said first end organic film is comprised of a molecule having a first basic skeleton, said second end organic film is comprised of a molecule containing a second basic skeleton, and said central organic film is comprised of a molecule containing both said first basic skeleton and said second basic skeleton.