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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11903227-B2
Application number	US-202117329759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2021
Priority date	Mar 9, 2015
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

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 minimum value of a distance between centroids of the fluorescent material and at least one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is 0.7 nm or more and 5 nm or less.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light-emitting device emitting green light, comprising:
a pair of electrodes over a substrate; and
a light-emitting layer between the pair of electrodes,
wherein the light-emitting layer comprises:
a fluorescent material as a guest material; and
an organic compound as a host material,
wherein the fluorescent material comprises at least two branched alkyl groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, at least two cyclic hydrocarbon groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, or at least two bridged cyclic hydrocarbon groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms,
wherein an emission peak of the organic compound overlaps with an absorption band of the fluorescent material on the lowest energy side, and
wherein the organic compound is a thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) material.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the branched alkyl groups comprises any one of an isopropyl group, an isobutyl group, a sec-butyl group, a tert-butyl group, an isopentyl group, a neopentyl group, a tert-pentyl group, an isohexyl group, a 2-ethylhexyl group, and a 2-ethyloctyl group,
wherein each of the cyclic hydrocarbon groups comprises any one of a cyclopropyl group, a cyclobutyl group, a cyclopentyl group, and a cyclohexyl group, and
wherein each of the bridged cyclic hydrocarbon groups comprises any one of a norbomyl group, a bornyl group, a fenchyl group, a bicyclo[2.2.2]octanyl group, a bicyclo[3.2.1]octanyl group, and an adamantyl group.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the organic compound comprises a first organic compound and a second organic compound,
wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound comprises a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring skeleton,
wherein the other of the first organic compound and the second organic compound comprises a π-electron rich heteroaromatic ring skeleton or an aromatic amine skeleton,
wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex, and
wherein an emission peak of the exciplex overlaps with the absorption band of the fluorescent material on the lowest energy side.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fluorescent material comprises a condensed aromatic hydrocarbon having at least three rings.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a layer between the light-emitting layer and one of the pair of electrodes, and
wherein the layer comprises a compound comprising a pyrimidine skeleton.

6. A light-emitting device emitting blue light, comprising:
a pair of electrodes over a substrate; and
a light-emitting layer between the pair of electrodes,
wherein the light-emitting layer comprises:
a fluorescent material as a guest material; and
an organic compound as a host material,
wherein the fluorescent material comprises at least two branched alkyl groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, at least two cyclic hydrocarbon groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, or at least two bridged cyclic hydrocarbon groups each having 3 to 10 carbon atoms,
wherein an emission peak of the organic compound overlaps with an absorption band of the fluorescent material on the lowest energy side, and
wherein the organic compound is a thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) material.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 ,
wherein each of the branched alkyl groups comprises any one of an isopropyl group, an isobutyl group, a sec-butyl group, a tert-butyl group, an isopentyl group, a neopentyl group, a tert-pentyl group, an isohexyl group, a 2-ethylhexyl group, and a 2-ethyloctyl group,
wherein each of the cyclic hydrocarbon groups comprises any one of a cyclopropyl group, a cyclobutyl group, a cyclopentyl group, and a cyclohexyl group, and
wherein each of the bridged cyclic hydrocarbon groups comprises any one of a norbomyl group, a bornyl group, a fenchyl group, a bicyclo[2.2.2]octanyl group, a bicyclo[3.2.1]octanyl group, and an adamantyl group.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the organic compound comprises a first organic compound and a second organic compound,
wherein one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound comprises a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring skeleton,
wherein the other of the first organic compound and the second organic compound comprises a π-electron rich heteroaromatic ring skeleton or an aromatic amine skeleton,
wherein the first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex, and
wherein an emission peak of the exciplex overlaps with the absorption band of the fluorescent material on the lowest energy side.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the fluorescent material comprises a condensed aromatic hydrocarbon having at least three rings.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 ,
further comprising a layer between the light-emitting layer and one of the pair of electrodes, and
wherein the layer comprises a compound comprising a pyrimidine skeleton.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

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

Classifications

• F21Y2115/15

  Organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] · CPC title

• F21K9/20

  Light sources comprising attachment means · CPC title

• H10K59/1213

  the pixel elements being TFTs · CPC title

• H10K59/38

  comprising colour filters or colour changing media [CCM] · CPC title

• H10K85/649

  Aromatic compounds comprising a hetero atom · CPC title