Light-emitting element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12262574-B2
Application number	US-202318232861-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2023
Priority date	Aug 3, 2012
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

To provide a light-emitting element which uses a fluorescent material as a light-emitting substance and has higher luminous efficiency. To provide a light-emitting element which includes a mixture of a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a fluorescent material. By making the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance overlap with an absorption band on the longest wavelength side in absorption by the fluorescent material in an S1 level of the fluorescent material, energy at an S1 level of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance can be transferred to the S1 of the fluorescent material. Alternatively, it is also possible that the S1 of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is generated from part of the energy of a T1 level of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance, and is transferred to the S1 of the fluorescent material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light-emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes,
wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a material which emits fluorescence, the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance generating a singlet excited state from a triplet excited state by reverse intersystem crossing,
wherein the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance comprises a x-electron rich heteroaromatic ring,
wherein a level of the singlet excited state generated by the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is higher than a level of a singlet excited state of the material which emits fluorescence, and
wherein an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance overlaps with an absorption band on the longest wavelength side in an absorption spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein the T-electron rich heteroaromatic ring is any one of a carbazole skeleton, a thiophene skeleton, and a furan skeleton.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is longer than or equal to a peak wavelength of the absorption band on the longest wavelength side in the absorption spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is 30 nm or less.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , wherein a difference in equivalent energy value between a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is smaller than or equal to +0.2 eV.

6. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 .

7. A light-emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes,
wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a material which emits fluorescence, the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance generating a singlet excited state from a triplet excited state by reverse intersystem crossing,
wherein the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance comprises a x-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring,
wherein a level of the singlet excited state generated by the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is higher than a level of a singlet excited state of the material which emits fluorescence, and
wherein an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance overlaps with an absorption band on the longest wavelength side in an absorption spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence.

8. The light-emitting element according to claim 7 , wherein the x-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring is any one of a polyazole skeleton, a diazine skeleton, and a pyridine skeleton.

9. The light-emitting element according to claim 7 , wherein a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is longer than or equal to a peak wavelength of the absorption band on the longest wavelength side in the absorption spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence.

10. The light-emitting element according to claim 7 , wherein a difference between a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is 30 nm or less.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 7 , wherein a difference in equivalent energy value between a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is smaller than or equal to +0.2 eV.

12. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 7 .

13. A light-emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes,
wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a material which emits fluorescence, the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance generating a singlet excited state from a triplet excited state by reverse intersystem crossing,
wherein the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance comprises a x-electron rich heteroaromatic ring and a x-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring,
wherein a level of the singlet excited state generated by the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is higher than a level of a singlet excited state of the material which emits fluorescence, and
wherein an emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance overlaps with an absorption band on the longest wavelength side in an absorption spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence.

14. The light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein the x-electron rich heteroaromatic ring is any one of a carbazole skeleton, a thiophene skeleton, and a furan skeleton.

15. The light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein the x-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring is any one of a polyazole skeleton, a diazine skeleton, and a pyridine skeleton.

16. The light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is longer than or equal to a peak wavelength of the absorption band on the longest wavelength side in the absorption spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence.

17. The light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein a difference between a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is 30 nm or less.

18. The light-emitting element according to claim 13 , wherein a difference in equivalent energy value between a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the material which emits fluorescence is smaller than or equal to +0.2 eV.

19. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 13 .

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Seo Satoshi
• Seo Hiromi
• Takahashi Tatsuyoshi

Classifications

• C09K2211/1092

  containing sulfur as the only heteroatom · CPC title

• C09K2211/1044

  containing two nitrogen atoms as heteroatoms · CPC title

• C09K2211/1029

  containing one nitrogen atom as the heteroatom · CPC title

• C09K2211/1014

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

• C09K2211/1011

  Condensed systems · CPC title