Organic light-emitting devices, display panels and display apparatuses

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12239017-B2
Application number	US-202117462859-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2021
Priority date	Sep 28, 2020
Publication date	Feb 25, 2025
Grant date	Feb 25, 2025

Abstract

Organic light-emitting devices, display panels and display apparatuses are provided. An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode layer; a first light-emitting layer provided on the first electrode layer and including a first host material and a first guest material; a second light-emitting layer provided on the first light-emitting layer and including a second host material and a second guest material; and a second electrode layer provided on the second light-emitting layer. The first guest material has a general structural formula as indicated in Formula I. X is selected from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, or boron; Y is selected from nitrogen or boron, and Y is different from X; and R 1 and R 2 are selected from hydrogen, methyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing aryl, respectively.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An organic light-emitting device, comprising:
a first electrode layer;
a first light-emitting layer provided on the first electrode layer and comprising a first host material and a first guest material;
a second light-emitting layer provided on the first light-emitting layer and comprising a second host material and a second guest material; and
a second electrode layer provided on the second light-emitting layer,
wherein the first guest material has a general structural formula as indicated in Formula I:

wherein X is selected from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, or boron;
Y is selected from nitrogen or boron, and Y is different from X; and
R 1 and R 2 are selected from hydrogen, methyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing aryl.

2. The organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first host material has a general structural formula as indicated in Formula II:

wherein R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are selected from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, substituted or unsubstituted diphenylamine, substituted or unsubstituted carbazole, substituted or unsubstituted indolocarbazole, substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophene, substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuran, substituted or unsubstituted benzothienocarbazole, substituted or unsubstituted benzofurocarbazole, substituted or unsubstituted dihydroacridine, or substituted or unsubstituted phenoxazine, respectively, and R 5 contains a heteroatom; and
L 1 and L 3 are selected from single bond, or phenyl, respectively, and L 2 is phenyl and is connected to the heteroatom of R 5 .

3. The organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a mass concentration of the first guest material in the first light-emitting layer ranges from 0.5% to 5.0%.

4. The organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein an overlapping area between an absorption spectrum of the second guest material and an electroluminescence spectrum of the first guest material is greater than 70% of an area of the electroluminescence spectrum of the first guest material under normalized conditions.

5. The organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first guest material has a thermally activated delayed fluorescence, TADF characteristic; and/or
a full width at half maximum, FWHM of a photoluminescence spectrum of the first guest material is less than 30 nm, and a peak wavelength of the photoluminescence spectrum of the first guest material is less than 490 nm, and a peak wavelength of a photoluminescence spectrum of the second guest material is greater than 500 nm.

6. The organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting layer further comprises a first thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.

7. The organic light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein an overlapping area between an absorption spectrum of the first guest material and an electroluminescence spectrum of the first thermally activated delayed fluorescent material is greater than or equal to 50% of an area of the electroluminescence spectrum of the first thermally activated delayed fluorescent material, and is greater than or equal to 70% of an area of the absorption spectrum of the first guest material under normalized conditions.

8. The organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second light-emitting layer further comprises a second thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.

9. The organic light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein an overlapping area between an absorption spectrum of the second guest material and an electroluminescence spectrum of the second thermally activated delayed fluorescent material is greater than or equal to 50% of an area of the electroluminescence spectrum of the second thermally activated delayed fluorescent material, and is greater than or equal to 70% of an area of the absorption spectrum of the second guest material under normalized conditions.

10. A display panel comprising an organic light-emitting device, the organic light-emitting device comprising:
a first electrode layer;
a first light-emitting layer provided on the first electrode layer and comprising a first host material and a first guest material;
a second light-emitting layer provided on the first light-emitting layer and comprising a second host material and a second guest material; and
a second electrode layer provided on the second light-emitting layer,
wherein the first guest material has a general structural formula as indicated in Formula I:

wherein X is selected from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, or boron;
Y is selected from nitrogen or boron, and Y is different from X; and
R 1 and R 2 are selected from hydrogen, methyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing aryl.

11. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the first host material has a general structural formula as indicated in Formula II:

wherein R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are selected from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, substituted or unsubstituted diphenylamine, substituted or unsubstituted carbazole, substituted or unsubstituted indolocarbazole, substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophene, substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuran, substituted or unsubstituted benzothienocarbazole, substituted or unsubstituted benzofurocarbazole, substituted or unsubstituted dihydroacridine, or substituted or unsubstituted phenoxazine, respectively, and R 5 contains a heteroatom; and
L 1 and L 3 are selected from single bond, or phenyl, respectively, and L 2 is phenyl and is connected to the heteroatom of R 5 .

12. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein a mass concentration of the first guest material in the first light-emitting layer ranges from 0.5% to 5.0%.

13. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein an overlapping area between an absorption spectrum of the second guest material and an electroluminescence spectrum of the first guest material is greater than 70% of an area of the electroluminescence spectrum of the first guest material under normalized conditions.

14. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the first guest material has a thermally activated delayed fluorescence, TADF characteristic; and/or
a full width at half maximum, FWHM of a photoluminescence spectrum of the first guest material is less than 30 nm, and a peak wavelength of the photoluminescence spectrum of the first guest material is less than 490 nm, and a peak wavelength of a photoluminescence spectrum of the second guest material is greater than 500 nm.

15. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the first light-emitting layer further comprises a first thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.

16. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein an overlapping area between an absorption spectrum of the first guest m

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Siqi
• Sun Haiyan
• Zhang Xiaojin

Classifications

• H10K85/658

  Organoboranes · CPC title

• H10K59/10

  OLED displays · CPC title

• H10K2101/20

  Delayed fluorescence emission · CPC title

• C09K2211/1022

  bridged by heteroatoms, e.g. N, P, Si or B · CPC title

• C09K11/06

  containing organic luminescent materials · CPC title