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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11322689-B2
Application number	US-202016737989-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2020
Priority date	Mar 9, 2015
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A light-emitting element containing a fluorescent material and having high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element contains the fluorescent material and a host material. The host material contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The first organic compound and the second organic compound can form an exciplex. The proportion of a delayed fluorescence component in light emitted from the exciplex is higher than or equal to 5%, and the delayed fluorescence component contains a delayed fluorescence component whose fluorescence lifetime is 10 ns or longer and 50 μs or shorter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light-emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting layer, the light-emitting layer comprising:
a layer where a first organic material is mixed with a second organic material;

wherein a singlet excited energy level of the first organic material is higher than a triplet excited energy level of the first organic material by less than 0.2 eV,
wherein the second organic material converts singlet excitation energy into light emission,
wherein an emission peak of the first organic material overlaps with a lowest energy absorption band of the second organic material,
wherein at room temperature an emission of the first organic material includes a delayed fluorescence component, and
wherein at room temperature a proportion of the delayed fluorescence component in the emission of the first organic material is higher than or equal to 5%.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the singlet excited energy level of the first organic material is higher than the triplet excited energy level of the first organic material by less than 0.1 eV.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a fluorescence quantum yield of the second organic material is 50% or more.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the first organic material comprises a first organic compound and a second organic compound.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 4 , wherein a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level of the first organic compound is higher than a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level of the second organic compound by 0.1 eV or more, and
wherein a highest occupied molecular orbital level of the first organic compound is higher than a highest occupied molecular orbital level of the second organic compound by 0.1 eV or more.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 4 , wherein the triplet excited energy level of the first organic material is lower than each of a triplet excited energy level of the first organic compound and a triplet excited energy level of the second organic compound.

7. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the second organic material to the first organic material is equal to or greater than 0.001 and lower than or equal to 0.05.

8. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a singlet excited energy level of the second organic material is lower than the singlet excited energy level of the first organic material.

9. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a lifetime of the delayed fluorescence component is 10 ns or longer and 50 μs or shorter.

10. A light-emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting layer, the light-emitting layer comprising:
a first organic material;
wherein at room temperature an emission of the first organic material includes a delayed fluorescence component, and
wherein a lifetime of the delayed fluorescence component is 10 ns or longer and 50 μs or shorter, and
a second organic material,
wherein the second organic material converts singlet excitation energy into light emission, and
wherein an emission peak of the first organic material overlaps with a lowest energy absorption band of the second organic material.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 10 , wherein a singlet excited energy level of the first organic material is higher than a triplet excited energy level of the first organic material by less than 0.1 eV.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 10 , wherein a fluorescence quantum yield of the second organic material is 50% or more.

13. The light-emitting element according to claim 10 , wherein the first organic material comprises a first organic compound and a second organic compound.

14. The light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level of the first organic compound is higher than a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level of the second organic compound by 0.1 eV or more, and
wherein a highest occupied molecular orbital level of the first organic compound is higher than a highest occupied molecular orbital level of the second organic compound by 0.1 eV or more.

15. The light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein the triplet excited energy level of the first organic material is lower than each of a triplet excited energy level of the first organic compound and a triplet excited energy level of the second organic compound.

16. The light-emitting element according to claim 10 , wherein a weight ratio of the second organic material to the first organic material is equal to or greater than 0.001 and lower than or equal to 0.05.

17. The light-emitting element according to claim 10 , wherein a singlet excited energy level of the second organic material is lower than the singlet excited energy level of the first organic material.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Ishisone Takahiro
• Hosoumi Shunsuke
• Takahashi Tatsuyoshi
• Seo Satoshi

Classifications

• H10K2101/30

  Highest occupied molecular orbital [HOMO], lowest unoccupied molecular orbital [LUMO] or Fermi energy values · CPC title

• H10K2101/20

  Delayed fluorescence emission · CPC title

• H01L2251/5384

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5278

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5012

  Electricity · mapped topic