Organic light emitting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10020349-B2
Application number	US-201615157163-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2016
Priority date	May 23, 2015
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

Provided is an organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting units laminated between a first electrode and a second electrode and each including an organic emitting layer, and a charge generation layer between the light emitting units. Further, the charge generation layer includes an N-type charge generation layer disposed to be in direct contact with an organic emitting layer of the adjacent light emitting unit and HOMO levels of the N-type charge generation layer and the organic emitting layer are regulated. Thus, a color change rate based on a viewing angle can be improved, and efficiency and a lifetime of the organic light emitting device can be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting device comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode disposed to face each other;
a plurality of light emitting units between the first electrode and the second electrode and each including an organic emitting layer; and
a charge generation layer between the light emitting units,
wherein the charge generation layer includes a N-type charge generation layer disposed to be in direct contact with an organic emitting layer of the light emitting units,
wherein a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of the N-type charge generation layer is higher than a HOMO level of the organic emitting layer in direct contact with the N-type charge generation layer.

2. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the N-type charge generation layer directly transfers electrons to the organic emitting layer in direct contact with the N-type charge generation layer.

3. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light emitting units includes at least a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit,
wherein the first electrode, the first light emitting unit, the charge generation layer, the second light emitting unit, and the second electrode are configured to be stacked in sequence, and
wherein the N-type charge generation layer is in direct contact with the organic emitting layer of the first light emitting unit.

4. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the N-type charge generation layer being in direct contact with the organic emitting layer results in a lifetime or a color change rate based on a viewing angle of the organic light emitting device to be relatively improved as compared with a case where the N-type charge generation layer is not in direct contact with the organic emitting layer.

5. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the HOMO level of the N-type charge generation layer and the HOMO level of the organic emitting layer in direct contact with the N-type charge generation layer is in a range of 0.2 eV to 0.8 eV.

6. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the HOMO level of the N-type charge generation layer is in a range of −5.3 eV to −5.7 eV.

7. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level of the N-type charge generation layer is higher than a LUMO level of the organic emitting layer in direct contact with the N-type charge generation layer.

8. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a LUMO level of the N-type charge generation layer is in a range of −2.6 eV to −3.0 eV.

9. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the N-type charge generation layer includes a host and a dopant, and
the host is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:

wherein in Chemical Formula 1, R 1 to R 3 each independently represents one among a C 1 to C 10 alkyl group, a C 1 to C 18 aryl group, a hydrogen atom, and a halogen atom.

10. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the N-type charge generation layer includes a host and a dopant, and
the dopant is included in an amount of 2% to 10% with respect to a total volume of the N-type charge generation layer.

11. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the charge generation layer further includes a P-type charge generation layer and the charge generation layer has a PN-junction structure.

12. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic emitting layer in direct contact with the N-type charge generation layer emits a blue light.

13. An organic light emitting device comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode disposed to face each other;
a first light emitting unit having a first organic emitting layer, a second light emitting unit having a second organic emitting layer, and a third light emitting unit having a third organic emitting layer on the first electrode;
a first charge generation layer between the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit and including a first N-type charge generation layer; and
a second charge generation layer between the second light emitting unit and the third light emitting unit and including a second N-type charge generation layer,
wherein the first N-type charge generation layer is in direct contact with the first organic emitting layer to smoothly transfer electrons from the first N-type charge generation layer to the first organic emitting layer, or the second N-type charge generation layer is in direct contact with the second organic emitting layer to smoothly transfer electrons from the second N-type charge generation layer to the second organic emitting layer,
wherein a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of the first N-type charge generation layer is higher than a HOMO level of the first organic emitting layer in direct contact with the first N-type charge generation layer, and
wherein a HOMO level of the second N-type charge generation layer is higher than a HOMO level of the second organic emitting layer in direct contact with the second N-type charge generation layer.

14. The organic light emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein at least one among a difference between a HOMO level of the first charge generation layer and the HOMO level of the first organic emitting layer and a difference between a HOMO level of the second charge generation layer and the HOMO level of the second organic emitting layer is in a range of 0.2 eV to 0.8 eV.

15. The organic light emitting device according to claim 13 ,
wherein the first N-type charge generation layer being in direct contact with the first organic emitting layer allows the first N-type charge generation layer to suppress a flow of holes from the first organic emitting layer to the first N-type charge generation layer, and
the second N-type charge generation layer being in direct contact with the second organic emitting layer allows the second N-type charge generation layer to suppress a flow of holes from the second organic emitting layer to the second N-type charge generation layer.

16. The organic light emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the first N-type charge generation layer being in direct contact with the first organic emitting layer results in a lifetime or a color change rate based on a viewing angle of the organic light emitting device to be relatively improved as compared with a case where the first N-type charge generation layer is not in direct contact with the first organic emitting layer.

17. The organic light emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the second N-type charge generation layer being in direct contact with the second organic emitting layer results in a lifetime or a color change rate based on a viewing angle of the organic light emitting device to be relatively improved as compared with a case where the second N-type charge generation layer is not in direct contact with the second organic emitting layer.

18. The organic light emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the first organic emitting layer and the third organic emitting layer emit blue light, and the second organic emitting layer emits one among a yellow-green light and a green light.

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Heo Jeonghaeng
• Song Jaeil
• Lee Sanggun
• Ahn Soyeon

Classifications

• H01L2251/552

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/005

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/0072

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5271

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/006

  Electricity · mapped topic