Tandem organic electroluminescent element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10147899-B2
Application number	US-201715540033-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2017
Priority date	Dec 29, 2016
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a tandem organic electroluminescent element, comprising a first electrode, a first light emitting unit, a third electron transporting layer, a second electron transporting layer, a first electron transporting layer, a charge generation layer, a second light emitting unit and a second electrode which are stacked up from bottom to top; both the first electron transporting layer and the second electron transporting layer comprising n type dopant, and a concentration of the n type dopant in the first electron transporting layer being larger than a concentration of the n type dopant in the second electron transporting layer, and the third electron transporting layer comprising no n type dopant; the arrangement of the first, the second and the third electron transporting layers can reduce the energy barrier of injecting electrons into the first light emitting unit by the charge generation layer to make the electrons easy to be injected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tandem organic electroluminescent element, comprising a first electrode, a first light emitting unit, a third electron transporting layer, a second electron transporting layer, a first electron transporting layer, a charge generation layer, a second light emitting unit and a second electrode which are stacked up from bottom to top;
both the first electron transporting layer and the second electron transporting layer comprising n type dopant, and a concentration of the n type dopant in the first electron transporting layer being larger than a concentration of the n type dopant in the second electron transporting layer, and the third electron transporting layer comprising no n type dopant.

2. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the n type dopant in the first electron transporting layer is 1 wt %-20 wt %, and the concentration of the n type dopant in the second electron transporting layer is 1 wt %-10 wt %.

3. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein the n type dopant comprises at least one of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, and a metal compound of the aforesaid metals.

4. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 3 , wherein the n type dopant comprises at least one of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, francium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, barium, radium, lanthanum, cerium, strontium, neodymium, samarium, europium, terbium, thorium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, gadolinium, ytterbium, lutetium, yttrium, manganese, and a metal compound of the aforesaid metals.

5. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein all the first electron transporting layer, the second electron transporting layer and the third electron transporting layer comprise a host material, and the host material comprises at least one of 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline and 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum salt.

6. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 5 , wherein a material of the first electron transporting layer and the second electron transporting layer is 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline doped with lithium, and a doping concentration of lithium in the first electron transporting layer is 10 wt %, and a doping concentration of lithium in the second electron transporting layer is 5 wt %; a material of the third electron transporting layer is 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum salt.

7. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is an anode, and the second electrode is a cathode.

8. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , wherein the charge generation layer comprises an n type charge generation layer disposed adjacent to the first electron transport layer and a p type charge generation layer disposed adjacent to the second light emitting unit.

9. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 8 , wherein a material of the n type charge generation layer is Hexanitrilehexaazatriphenylene, and a material of the p type charge generation layer is N,N′-bis(naphthalen-1-yl)-N,N′-bis(phenyl)benzidine.

10. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one light emitting unit disposed between the second light emitting unit and the second electrode, and in the second light emitting unit and the at least one light emitting unit, the third electron transporting layer, the second electron transporting layer, the first electron transporting layer and the charge generation layer which are stacked up from bottom to top are disposed between every two adjacent light emitting units.

11. A tandem organic electroluminescent element, comprising a first electrode, a first light emitting unit, a third electron transporting layer, a second electron transporting layer, a first electron transporting layer, a charge generation layer, a second light emitting unit and a second electrode which are stacked up from bottom to top;
both the first electron transporting layer and the second electron transporting layer comprising n type dopant, and a concentration of the n type dopant in the first electron transporting layer being larger than a concentration of the n type dopant in the second electron transporting layer, and the third electron transporting layer comprising no n type dopant;
wherein the concentration of the n type dopant in the first electron transporting layer is 1 wt %-20 wt %, and the concentration of the n type dopant in the second electron transporting layer is 1 wt %-10 wt %;
wherein the n type dopant comprises at least one of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, and a metal compound of the aforesaid metals;
wherein all the first electron transporting layer, the second electron transporting layer and the third electron transporting layer comprise a host material, and the host material comprises at least one of 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline and 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum salt.

12. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 11 , wherein the n type dopant comprises at least one of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, francium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, barium, radium, lanthanum, cerium, strontium, neodymium, samarium, europium, terbium, thorium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, gadolinium, ytterbium, lutetium, yttrium, manganese, and a metal compound of the aforesaid metals.

13. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 11 , wherein a material of the first electron transporting layer and the second electron transporting layer is 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline doped with lithium, and a doping concentration of lithium in the first electron transporting layer is 10 wt %, and a doping concentration of lithium in the second electron transporting layer is 5 wt %; a material of the third electron transporting layer is 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum salt.

14. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 11 , wherein the first electrode is an anode, and the second electrode is a cathode.

15. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 11 , wherein the charge generation layer comprises an n type charge generation layer disposed adjacent to the first electron transport layer and a p type charge generation layer disposed adjacent to the second light emitting unit.

16. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 15 , wherein a material of the n type charge generation layer is Hexanitrilehexaazatriphenylene, and a material of the p type charge generation layer is N,N′-bis(naphthalen-1-yl)-N,N′-bis(phenyl)benzidine.

17. The tandem organic electroluminescent element according to claim 11 , further comprising at least one light emitting unit disposed between the second light emitting unit and the second electrode, and in the second light emitting unit and the at least one light emitting unit, the third electron transporting layer, the second electron transporting layer, the first electron transporting layer and the charge generation layer which are stacked up from bottom to top are disposed between every two adjacent light emitting units.

Assignees

• Shenzhen China Star Optoelect

Inventors

• Tu Aiguo
• Yuan Wei

Classifications

• H01L27/3209

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5221

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5076

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5056 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5206

  Electricity · mapped topic