Light-Emitting Device, Light-Emitting Apparatus, Electronic Device and Lighting Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023180501-A1
Application number	US-202118013658-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 22, 2021
Priority date	Jul 3, 2020
Publication date	Jun 8, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. An electronic device including an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer positioned between the anode and the cathode is provided. The EL layer includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer; the first layer is positioned between the anode and the second layer; the third layer is positioned between the second layer and the cathode; the first layer includes an organic compound having a hole-transport property; the third layer includes an organic compound having an electron-transport property; the organic compound having a hole-transport property and the organic compound having an electron-transport property have specific structures; the ordinary refractive index of each of the organic compound having a hole-transport property and the organic compound having an electron-transport property with respect to light with a wavelength greater than or equal to 455 nm and less than or equal to 465 nm is higher than or equal to 1.5 and lower than or equal to 1.75.

First claim

1 . An electronic device comprising:
an anode; a cathode; and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the EL layer comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, wherein the first layer is between the anode and the second layer, wherein the third layer is between the second layer and the cathode, wherein the first layer comprises an organic compound having a hole-transport property, wherein the third layer comprises an organic compound having an electron-transport property, wherein the organic compound having a hole-transport property is a monoamine compound and the proportion of carbon atoms forming a bond by sp 3 hybrid orbitals to the total number of carbon atoms in the monoamine compound is higher than or equal to 23% and lower than or equal to 55%, and wherein an ordinary refractive index of the organic compound having a hole-transport property and an ordinary refractive index of the organic compound having an electron-transport property with respect to light with a wavelength greater than or equal to 455 nm and less than or equal to 465 nm are each higher than or equal to 1.5 and lower than or equal to 1.75.

2 . An electronic device comprising:
an anode; a cathode; and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the EL layer comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, wherein the first layer is between the anode and the second layer, wherein the third layer is between the second layer and the cathode, wherein the first layer comprises an organic compound having a hole-transport property, wherein the third layer comprises an organic compound having an electron-transport property, wherein the organic compound having an electron-transport property comprises at least one six-membered heteroaromatic ring comprising nitrogen, two benzene rings, one or a plurality of aromatic hydrocarbon rings each of which has 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and a plurality of hydrocarbon groups each forming a bond by sp 3 hybrid orbitals, wherein total carbon atoms forming the bond by the sp 3 hybrid orbitals account for higher than or equal to 10% and lower than or equal to 60% of total carbon atoms in molecules of the organic compound having an electron-transport property, and wherein an ordinary refractive index of the organic compound having a hole-transport property and an ordinary refractive index of the organic compound having an electron-transport property with respect to light with a wavelength greater than or equal to 455 nm and less than or equal to 465 nm are each higher than or equal to 1.5 and lower than or equal to 1.75.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the organic compound having a hole-transport property is a monoamine compound and the proportion of carbon atoms forming a bond by sp 3 hybrid orbitals to the total number of carbon atoms in the monoamine compound is higher than or equal to 23% and lower than or equal to 55%.

4 . An electronic device comprising:
an anode; a cathode; and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the EL layer comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, wherein the first layer is between the anode and the second layer, wherein the third layer is between the second layer and the cathode, wherein the first layer comprises an organic compound having a hole-transport property, wherein the third layer comprises an organic compound having an electron-transport property, wherein the organic compound having a hole-transport property is a monoamine compound and the proportion of carbon atoms forming a bond by sp 3 hybrid orbitals to the total number of carbon atoms in the monoamine compound is higher than or equal to 23% and lower than or equal to 55%, and wherein an ordinary refractive index of the organic compound having a hole-transport property and an ordinary refractive index of the organic compound having an electron-transport property with respect to light with a wavelength of 633 nm are each higher than or equal to 1.45 and lower than or equal to 1.70.

5 . An electronic device comprising:
an anode; a cathode; and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the EL layer comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, wherein the first layer is between the anode and the second layer, wherein the third layer is between the second layer and the cathode, wherein the first layer comprises an organic compound having a hole-transport property, wherein the third layer comprises an organic compound having an electron-transport property, wherein the organic compound having an electron-transport property comprises at least one six-membered heteroaromatic ring comprising nitrogen, two benzene rings, one or a plurality of aromatic hydrocarbon rings each of which has 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and a plurality of hydrocarbon groups each forming a bond by sp 3 hybrid orbitals, wherein total carbon atoms forming the bond by the sp 3 hybrid orbitals account for higher than or equal to 10% and lower than or equal to 60% of total carbon atoms in molecules of the organic compound having an electron-transport property, and wherein an ordinary refractive index of the organic compound having a hole-transport property and an ordinary refractive index of the organic compound having an electron-transport property with respect to light with a wavelength of 633 nm are each higher than or equal to 1.45 and lower than or equal to 1.70.

6 . The electronic device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the organic compound having a hole-transport property is a monoamine compound and the proportion of carbon atoms forming a bond by sp 3 hybrid orbitals to the total number of carbon atoms in the monoamine compound is higher than or equal to 23% and lower than or equal to 55%.

7 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first layer is a hole-transport layer and/or a hole-injection layer.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third layer is an electron-transport layer and/or an electron-injection layer.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein one or both of the anode and the cathode is configured to reflect part or all of light emitted by the electronic device or light incident on the electronic device.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein one or both of the anode and the cathode comprise a metal.

11 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second layer emits light.

12 . An electronic appliance comprising:
the electronic device according to claim 1 ; and at least one of a sensor, an operation button, a speaker, and a microphone.

13 . A light-emitting apparatus comprising:
the electronic device according to claim 1 ; and at least one of a transistor and a substrate.

14 . A lighting device comprising the electronic device according to claim 1 , and a housing.

15 . The electronic device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first layer is a hole-transport layer and/or a hole-injection layer.

16 . The electronic device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the third layer is an electron-transport layer and/or an electron-injection layer.

17 . The electronic device according to claim 2 ,
wherein one or both of the anode and the cathode comprise a metal.

18 . The electronic device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second layer emits light.

19 . The electronic device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first layer is a hole-transport layer and

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Kawano Yuta
• Ueda Airi
• Watabe Takeyoshi
• Ohsawa Nobuharu
• Seo Satoshi

Classifications

• H10K85/636

  comprising heteroaromatic hydrocarbons as substituents on the nitrogen atom · CPC title

• H10K50/858 Primary

  comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses · CPC title

• H10K50/15 Primary

  Hole transporting layers · CPC title

• H10K85/654

  comprising only nitrogen as heteroatom (H10K85/652 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H10K85/6572

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