Light emitting element and light emitting device

• US 7,598,670 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2005
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Abe, Hiroko, Seo, Satoshi, Kumaki, Daisuke, Ikeda, Hisao
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Nimeshkumar D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bowman; Mary Ellen
• Application Number:
  US10/593,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20070182318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,603 Days
• Field of Search: 313500-512, 428/690, 428/917
• US Class Current: 313/506
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/14 Carrier transporting layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/155 comprising dopants
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/165 comprising dopants
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/19 Tandem OLEDs
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/84 Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/10 OLED displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/32 Stacked devices having two or more layers, each emitting at different wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/917 Electroluminescent
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24942 including components having same physical characteristic in differing degree

Abstract

A light emitting element of the invention includes n pieces of light emitting layers (n is a natural number) between first and second electrodes. A first layer and a second layer are provided between the m^th light emitting layer (m is a natural number of 1≦m≦n) and the m+1^th light emitting layer. The first and second layers are contacted to each other. The first layer contains a substance that transports holes easily and a substance with an electron accepting property. The second layer contains a substance that transports electrons easily and a substance with an electron donating property. Molybdenum oxide is used as the substance with the electron accepting property.

Claims

1. A light emitting element comprising:

n pieces of light emitting layers (n is a natural number) between a first electrode and a second electrode; and

a first layer and a second layer provided between the m^th light emitting layer (m is a natural number of 1≦

m≦

n) and the m+1^th light emitting layer, the second layer being in contact with the first layer,

wherein the first layer contains both an aromatic amine and molybdenum oxide, and

wherein the second layer contains both a first substance that transports an electron easily and a second substance having an electron donating property with respect to the first substance.

7. A light emitting device comprising any one of light emitting elements according to claim 1 through claim 4, claim 5, or claim 6.

2. A light emitting element comprising:

n pieces of layer groups (n is a natural number) between a pair of electrodes, each of the layer groups including;

a first layer containing both an aromatic amine and molybdenum oxide;

a second layer containing both a first substance that transports an electron easily and a second substance having an electron donating property with respect to the first substance;

a light emitting layer provided between the first layer and the second layer;

a hole transporting layer between the first layer and the light emitting layer; and

an electron transporting layer between the second layer and the light emitting layer,

wherein in the n pieces of layer groups, the second layer included in the m^th layer group (m is a natural number of 1≦

m≦

n) and the first layer included in the m+1^th layer group are laminated in contact with each other.

3. A light emitting element comprising:

n pieces of light emitting layers (n is a natural number) between a first electrode and a second electrode with higher reflectance than that of the first electrode; and

a first layer containing both an aromatic amine and molybdenum oxide and a second layer containing both a first substance that transports an electron easily and a second substance with an electron donating property with respect to the first substance between the m^th light emitting layer (m is a natural number of 1≦

m≦

n) and the m+1^th light emitting layer, the second layer being in contact with the first layer,

wherein a peak wavelength of emission spectrum of the m+1^th light emitting layer is shorter than that of the m^th light emitting layer, and

wherein the n pieces of light emitting layers are arranged such that the m+1^th light emitting layer is placed closer to the second electrode than the m^th light emitting layer.

4. A light emitting element comprising:

n pieces of light emitting layers between a first electrode and a second electrode with higher reflectance than that of the first electrode; and

a first layer containing both an aromatic amine and molybdenum oxide and a second layer containing both a first substance that transports an electron easily and a second substance with an electron donating property with respect to the first substance between the m^th light emitting layer (m is a natural number of 1≦

m≦

n) and the m+1^th light emitting layer, the second layer being in contact with the first layer,

wherein the n pieces of light emitting layers are arranged such that the light emitting layer exhibiting a shorter peak wavelength of emission spectrum is provided closer to the second electrode.

5. A light emitting element comprising:

a first layer, a second layer formed in contact with the first layer, a third layer and a fourth layer formed in contact with the third layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first layer and the third layer contain both an aromatic amine and molybdenum oxide, and the second layer and the fourth layer contain both a first substance that transports an electron easily and a second substance with an electron donating property with respect to the first substance;

a first light emitting layer emitting red light provided between the first layer and the first electrode;

a second light emitting layer emitting green light provided between the second layer and the third layer; and

a third light emitting layer emitting blue light provided between the fourth layer and the second electrode.

6. The light emitting element according to claim 5,

wherein the second electrode highly reflects light compared with the first electrode.

8. A light emitting element comprising:

at least two light emitting layers between a first electrode and a second electrode; and

a first layer containing both an aromatic amine and molybdenum oxide, and a second layer containing both a first substance that transports an electron easily and a second substance with an electron donating property with respect to the first substance between a first light emitting layer and a second light emitting layer, the second layer being in contact with the first layer.

9. A light emitting element comprising:

at least two layer groups between a pair of electrodes, each of the layer groups including;

a first layer containing both an aromatic amine and molybdenum oxide;

a second layer containing both a first substance that transports an electron easily and a second substance with an electron donating property with respect to the first substance;

a light emitting layer provided between the first layer and the second layer;

a hole transporting layer between the first layer and the light emitting layer; and

an electron transporting layer between the second layer and the light emitting layer,

wherein in the layer groups, the first layer included in a first layer group and the second layer included in a second layer group are laminated in contact with each other.

10. A light emitting element comprising:

at least two light emitting layers between a first electrode and a second electrode with higher reflectance than that of the first electrode; and

a first layer containing both an aromatic amine and molybdenum oxide and a second layer containing both a first substance that transports an electron easily and a second substance with an electron donating property with respect to the first substance between a first light emitting layer and a second light emitting layer, the second layer being in contact with the first layer,

wherein a peak wavelength of emission spectrum of the second light emitting layer is shorter than that of the first light emitting layer, and

wherein the light emitting layers are arranged such that the second light emitting layer is placed closer to the second electrode than the first light emitting layer.

11. A light emitting element comprising:

at least two light emitting layers between a first electrode and a second electrode with higher reflectance than that of the first electrode; and

a first layer containing both an aromatic amine and molybdenum oxide and a second layer containing both a first substance that transports an electron easily and a second substance with an electron donating property with respect to the first substance between a first light emitting layer and a second light emitting layer, the second layer being in contact with the first layer,

wherein the light emitting layers are arranged such that the light emitting layer exhibiting a shorter peak wavelength of emission spectrum is provided closer to the second electrode.

12. A light emitting device comprising the light emitting element according to any one of claim 8 through claim 11.