Organic electroluminescent element having improved durability

• US 5,449,564 A
• Filed: 10/29/1993
• Issued: 09/12/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sano, Takeshi, Nishio, Yoshitaka, Shibata, Kenichi, Fujita, Masayuki, Hamada, Yuji, Fujii, Takanori
• Primary Examiner(s): Nold, Charles R.
• Application Number:
  US08/142,970
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 428/690, 428/691, 428/917, 313/503, 313/504, 313/506
• US Class Current: 428/690
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/06 containing organic luminescent materials
• 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: Y10S 428/917 Electroluminescent

Abstract

There is disclosed an EL element having at least one layer made from an organic material between an electron injection electrode and a hole injection electrode. The organic material consists of an oxadiazole series compound which has a plurality of oxadiazole rings, each of the oxadiazole rings being substituted by a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

Claims

1. An organic EL element comprising an electron injection electrode, a hole injection electrode, and at least one layer made from an organic material between the electron injection electrode and the hole injection electrode, wherein said organic material comprises an oxadiazole series compound having a plurality of oxadiazole rings, each of the oxadiazole rings being substituted by a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

2. The organic EL element of claim 1, wherein at least two layers mad from organic materials are present, wherein said layers include an organic luminous layer and at least one carrier transport layer.

3. The organic EL element of claim 2, wherein said organic luminous layer comprises said oxadiazole series compound.

4. The organic EL element of claim 3, wherein said condensed polycyclic aromatic group has two benzene rings.

5. The organic EL element of claim 3, wherein said condensed polycyclic aromatic group has three benzene rings.

6. The organic EL element of claim 5, wherein said condensed polycyclic aromatic group is one of anthracene and phenanthrene.

7. The organic EL element of claim 3, wherein said condensed polycyclic aromatic group has four benzene rings.

8. The organic EL element of claim 7, wherein said condensed polycyclic aromatic group is pyrene.

9. The organic EL element of claim 3, wherein said oxadiazole series compound has a benzene ring between the oxadiazole rings substituted by said condensed polycyclic aromatic group, the benzene ring being combined with carbon, the carbon being not combined with said condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

10. The organic EL element of claim 3, wherein said oxadiazole series compound has an alkyl chain between the oxadiazole rings substituted by said condensed polycyclic aromatic group, the alkyl chain being combined with carbon, the carbon being not combined with said condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

11. The organic EL element of claim 9, wherein said oxadiazole series compound is selected from the group consisting of chemical formulas 101-104 shown below:

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12. The organic EL element of claim 3, wherein said carrier transport layer is an organic hole transport layer.

13. The organic EL element of claim 12, wherein the organic hole transport layer comprises a diamine derivative.

14. The organic EL element of claim 13, wherein the diamine derivative is a compound shown in chemical formula 105 below:

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15. The organic EL element of claim 3, wherein at least two carrier transport layers are present, wherein said carrier transport layers include an organic electron transport layer.

16. The organic EL element of claim 3, wherein at least two carrier transport layers are present, wherein said carrier transport layers include an organic hole transport layer and an organic electron transport layer.

17. The organic EL element of claim 2, wherein said at least one carrier transport layer includes at least an organic electron transport layer, said organic electron transport layer comprising said oxadiazole series compound.

18. The organic EL element of claim 17, wherein said condensed polycyclic aromatic group has two benzene rings.

19. The organic EL element of claim 17, wherein said condensed polycyclic aromatic group has three benzene rings.

20. The organic EL element of claim 19, wherein said condensed polycyclic aromatic group is one of anthracene and phenanthrene.

21. The organic EL element of claim 17, wherein said condensed polycyclic aromatic group has four benzene rings.

22. The organic EL element of claim 21, wherein said condensed polycyclic aromatic group is pyrene.

23. The organic EL element of claim 17, wherein said oxadiazole series compound has a benzene ring between the oxadiazole rings substituted by said condensed polycyclic aromatic group, the benzene ring being combined with carbon, the carbon being not combined with said condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

24. The organic EL element of claim 17, wherein said oxadiazole series compound has an alkyl chain between the oxadiazole rings substituted by said condensed polycyclic aromatic group, the alkyl chain being combined with carbon, the carbon being not combined with said condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

25. The organic EL element o f claim 23, wherein said oxadiazole series compound is selected from the group consisting of chemical formulas 106-108 shown below:

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26. The organic EL element of claim 17, wherein at least two carrier transport layers are present, wherein said carrier transport layers include the organic electron transport layer and an organic hole transport layer.

27. The organic EL element of claim 26, wherein said organic hole transport layer comprises a diamine derivative and said organic luminous layer comprises a perylene derivative.

28. The organic EL element of claim 27, wherein the diamine derivative is a compound shown in chemical formula 110 below and the perylene derivative is a compound shown in chemical formula 111:

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