Three stack hybrid white OLED for enhanced efficiency and lifetime

• US 9,577,221 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2013
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
• Original Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
• Inventors: Weaver, Michael Stuart, Brown, Julia J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ingham, John C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Muse, Ismail
• Application Number:
  US13/964,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20140084269A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,289 Days
• Field of Search: 257/40
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/10 Triplet emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/27 Combination of fluorescent and phosphorescent emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/131 with spacer layers between the electroluminescent layers
• 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 50/19 Tandem OLEDs
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/80 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/85 Arrangements for extracting light from the devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/32 Stacked devices having two or more layers, each emitting at different wavelengths

Abstract

OLEDs containing a stacked hybrid architecture including a phosphorescent organic emissive unit and two fluorescent organic emissive units are disclosed. The stacked hybrid architecture includes a plurality of electrodes and a hybrid emissive stacked disposed between at least two of the electrodes. The stack contains at least three emissive units and at least two charge generation layers. At least one of the three emissive units is a phosphorescent organic emissive unit and at least two of the three emissive units are fluorescent organic emissive units. More specifically, the two fluorescent organic emissive units may be blue organic emissive units that emit light from the same or different color regions.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode; and

a hybrid emissive stack disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the stack comprising at least three emissive units and at least two charge generation layers, wherein

a first emissive unit of the at least three emissive units is disposed over the first electrode;

a first charge generation layer of the at least two charge generation layers is disposed over the first emissive unit;

a second emissive unit of the at least three emissive units is disposed over the first charge generation layer;

a second charge generation layer of the at least two charge generation layers is disposed over the second emissive unit;

a third emissive unit of the at least three emissive units is disposed over the second charge generation layer; and

wherein the first emissive unit is a phosphorescent organic emissive unit, and the second emissive unit and the third emissive units are only blue fluorescent organic emissive units, and

wherein the first emissive unit is the only emissive unit that is disposed between the first electrode and the first charge generation layer, and the first emissive unit contains no fluorescent organic emissive units.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the phosphorescent organic emissive unit is selected from the group consisting of:

a red organic emissive unit, a green organic emissive unit, and a yellow organic emissive unit.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the blue fluorescent organic emissive units emit light in different color regions.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the blue fluorescent organic emissive units emit light in the same color region.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the phosphorescent organic emissive unit comprises a plurality of emissive materials, each having a different emission spectrum.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a blocking layer disposed between the phosphorescent organic emissive unit and the first electrode.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising a blocking layer disposed between the phosphorescent organic emissive unit and the second electrode.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a first blocking layer disposed between the phosphorescent organic emissive unit and the first electrode; and

a second blocking layer disposed between the phosphorescent organic emissive unit and the second electrode.

9. The device of claim 1, further comprising a color filter.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the first, second, and third organic emissive units comprises at least one layer selected from the group consisting of:

an electron blocking layer, an electron transport layer, a hole blocking layer, a hole transport layer, an electron injection layer, and a hole injection layer.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, second, and third organic emissive units comprises at least one layer selected from the group consisting of:

an electron blocking layer, an electron transport layer, a hole blocking layer, a hole transport layer, an electron injection layer, and a hole injection layer.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein second emissive unit and the third emissive unit each have only one blue fluorescent organic emissive layer in an emissive layer, and no other emissive layers.

12. A device comprising:

a first electrode;

a fluorescent blue first organic emissive layer disposed over the first electrode;

a first charge generation layer disposed over the fluorescent blue first organic emissive layer;

a fluorescent blue second organic emissive layer disposed over the first charge generation layer;

a second charge generation layer disposed over the fluorescent blue second organic emissive layer;

a phosphorescent third organic emissive layer disposed over the second charge generation layer; and

a second electrode disposed over the phosphorescent third organic emissive layer;

wherein each organic emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second charge generation layer is only a blue fluorescent emissive layer, and

wherein the phosphorescent third organic emissive layer is the only organic emissive layer disposed between the second electrode and the second charge generation layer, the phosphorescent third organic emissive layer contains no fluorescent organic emissive layers.

13. The device of claim 12, further comprising a blocking layer disposed between the phosphorescent third organic emissive unit and the first electrode.

14. The device of claim 12, further comprising a blocking layer disposed between the phosphorescent third organic emissive unit and the second electrode.

15. The device of claim 12, further comprising:

a first blocking layer disposed between the phosphorescent third organic emissive unit and the first electrode; and

a second blocking layer disposed between the phosphorescent third organic emissive unit and the second electrode.

16. The device of claim 12, further comprising a color filter.

17. A device comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode; and

a hybrid emissive stack disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the stack comprising at least three emissive units and at least two charge generation layers, wherein

a first emissive unit of the at least three emissive units is disposed over the first electrode;

a first charge generation layer of the at least two charge generation layers is disposed over the first emissive unit;

a second emissive unit of the at least three emissive units is disposed over the first charge generation layer;

a second charge generation layer of the at least two charge generation layers is disposed over the second emissive unit;

a third emissive unit of the at least three emissive units is disposed over the second charge generation layer; and

wherein the first emissive unit and the second emissive units are only blue fluorescent organic emissive units, and the third emissive unit is a phosphorescent organic emissive unit, and

wherein the third emissive unit is the only emissive unit that is disposed between the second electrode and the second charge generation layer, and the third emissive unit contains no fluorescent organic emissive units.

18. A device comprising:

a first electrode;

a phosphorescent first organic emissive layer disposed over the first electrode;

a first charge generation layer disposed over the phosphorescent first organic emissive layer;

a fluorescent blue second organic emissive layer disposed over the first charge generation layer;

a second charge generation layer disposed over the fluorescent blue second organic emissive layer;

a fluorescent blue third organic emissive layer disposed over the second charge generation layer; and

a second electrode disposed over the fluorescent blue third organic emissive layer;

wherein each organic emissive layer disposed between the first charge generation layer and the second electrode is only a blue fluorescent emissive layer, and

wherein the phosphorescent first organic emissive layer is the only organic emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the first charge generation layer, and the phosphorescent first organic emissive layer contains no fluorescent organic emissive layers.