Light-emitting element, display device, electronic device, and lighting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10461271-B2
Application number	US-201816113128-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2018
Priority date	Feb 24, 2015
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency which includes fluorescent materials is provided. The light-emitting element includes a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting layer includes a first fluorescent material and a first host material, and the second light-emitting layer includes a second fluorescent material and a second host material. The second host material includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex. A singlet excited energy level of the first host material is higher than a singlet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material, and a triplet excited energy level of the first host material is lower than a triplet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light-emitting element comprising:
a pair of electrodes,
a first light-emitting layer; and
a second light-emitting layer,
wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a first fluorescent material and a first host material,
wherein a second fluorescent material, a first organic compound and a second organic compound are mixed in the second light-emitting layer,
wherein a triplet excited energy level of the first host material is lower than a triplet excited energy level of the first fluorescent material,
wherein the triplet excited energy level of the first host material is lower than triplet excited energy levels of the first organic compound and the second organic compound, and
wherein light emitted from the light-emitting element comprises delayed fluorescence.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , further comprising a region in which the first light-emitting layer is in contact with the second light-emitting layer.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein a spectrum of emission from the first light-emitting layer comprises a region on a short wavelength side of a spectrum of emission from the second light-emitting layer.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first fluorescent material has a function of emitting light in a blue region.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first fluorescent material has a function of emitting light having a peak in a region of longer than or equal to 400 nm and shorter than 490 nm.

7. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second light-emitting layer further comprises a third fluorescent material.

8. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a function of transporting electrons, and
wherein the other of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a function of transporting holes.

9. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring skeleton, and
wherein the other of the first organic compound and the second organic compound has a π-electron rich heteroaromatic ring skeleton or an aromatic amine skeleton.

10. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the first host material comprises an anthracene skeleton.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the first fluorescent material comprises a pyrene skeleton.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 2 ,
wherein the light emitted from the light-emitting element comprises light emitted from the second fluorescent material.

13. The light-emitting element according to claim 2 ,
wherein 20% or more of light emitted from the exciplex is a delayed fluorescence component.

14. The light-emitting element according to claim 7 ,
wherein a spectrum of emission from the third fluorescent material is different from a spectrum of emission from the second fluorescent material.

15. The light-emitting element according to claim 7 ,
wherein the second fluorescent material has a function of emitting light in a green region, and
wherein the third fluorescent material has a function of emitting light in a red region.

16. The light-emitting element according to claim 7 ,
wherein the second fluorescent material has a function of emitting light having an emission spectrum peak in a region of longer than or equal to 490 nm and shorter than 580 nm, and
wherein the third fluorescent material has a function of emitting light having an emission spectrum peak in a region of longer than or equal to 580 nm and shorter than or equal to 680 nm.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab
• Semiconductor Energy Laboratories Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Satoshi
• Ishisone Takahiro

Classifications

• H01L51/0074

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/504 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/006

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L2251/5384

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/0072

  Electricity · mapped topic