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Organic electroluminescence element

  • US 9,029,843 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2013
  • Issued: 05/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An organic light-emitting element, comprising:

  • an anode;

    a cathode;

    banks;

    a functional layer between the anode and the cathode, the functional layer including one or more sublayers, the one or more sublayers including a light-emitting sublayer, the light-emitting sublayer defined by the banks and containing an organic material; and

    a hole injection layer between the anode and the functional layer, whereinthe hole injection layer comprises tungsten oxide,the hole injection layer includes an occupied energy level that is approximately 1.8 electron volts to approximately 3.6 electron volts lower than a lowest energy level of a valence band of the hole injection layer in terms of a binding energy,the hole injection layer has a surface facing the functional layer and has a recessed structure such that a portion of the surface overlapping with the light-emitting sublayer is located closer to the anode than other portions of the surface overlapping with the banks,the portion of the surface overlapping with the light-emitting sublayer and the other portions of the surface overlapping with the banks are located closer to the anode than a peripheral bottom surface of each of the banks,the recessed structure comprises an inner surface that is in contact with the functional layer, the inner surface including an inner bottom surface and an inner side surface that is continuous with the inner bottom surface, anda film thickness of the light-emitting sublayer is uniform over the recessed structure.

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