Luminescent material for delayed fluorescence and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11800796-B2
Application number	US-201615738335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2016
Priority date	Jul 20, 2015
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

The present invention relates to a luminescent material for delayed fluorescence and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By using the luminescent material for delayed fluorescence according to the present invention, an organic electroluminescent device having long lifespan, low driving voltage, excellent color purity, and significantly improved luminous efficiency such as current efficiency is provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising a luminescent material for delayed fluorescence comprising a compound of the following formula 1 as a dopant material, and further comprising a compound of the following formula 8 as a host material:

wherein
R 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C30)alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl, or CN; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;
X 1 represents —CR 3 or N;
X 2 represents —CR 6 or N;
R 3 and R 6 each independently represent hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C30)alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl, or CN; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;
E is represented by the following formulae 2-1 to 2-5, 2-9 to 2-13, 2-15, 2-19 to 2-28, 2-30, and 2-32 to 2-35;

wherein
X and Y each independently are selected from O, S, NR 4 , Si(R 4 ) 2 , C(R 4 ) 2 , PO(R 4 ) 2 , SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;
R 4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl; where there are two R 4 's, each of the two R 4 's may be the same or different, and the two R 4 's may be linked to each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted 11- to 60-membered polycyclic ring; and
R each independently represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl; and
* represents a bonding site between the ring comprising X 1 and X 2 , and E;
independently represents N or CR 11 ;
R 11 independently represents hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C30)alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl, or CN; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;
Het represents a 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl(ene);
L represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;
i represents an integer of 1 or 2; and
j represents an integer of 1 to 5; where j is an integer of 2 or more, each of L may be the same or different.

2. The organic electroluminescent device comprising the luminescent material for delayed fluorescence according to claim 1 , wherein formula 1 is selected from the following formulas 1-1 to 1-16:

wherein
Z is selected from O, S, NR 8 , Si(R 8 ) 2 , C(R 8 ) 2 , PO(R 8 ) 2 , SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ;
R 8 represents a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl; and
Ph represents phenyl, and E is as defined in claim 1 .

3. The organic electroluminescent device comprising the luminescent material for delayed fluorescence according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by formula 1 is selected from the group consisting of:

4. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the compound represented by formula 8 is represented by the following formula 9:

wherein
X 11 independently represents N or CR 11 ;
X 12 independently represents N or CR 12 ;
R 11 and R 12 each independently represent hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C30)alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl, or CN; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, Si, PO, SO, SO 2 , and SeO 2 ; and
L independently represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted (C5-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 30-membered heteroaryl; or may be linked to an adjacent substituent to form a substituted or unsubstituted mono- or polycyclic, (C5-C30) alicyclic or aromatic ring, whose carbon atom(s) may be replaced with at least one heteroatom s

Assignees

• Rohm & Haas Elect Materials Korea Ltd

Inventors

• Jeon Jeong-Hwan
• Na Hong Yeop
• Ahn Hee-Choon

Classifications

• H10K85/6572 Primary

  comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. phenanthroline or carbazole · CPC title

• C07D401/04 Primary

  directly linked by a ring-member-to-ring-member bond · CPC title

• C07D401/14

  containing three or more hetero rings · CPC title

• C07D403/04

  directly linked by a ring-member-to-ring-member bond · CPC title

• C07D403/14

  containing three or more hetero rings · CPC title