Light-Emitting Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025212681-A1
Application number	US-202418999401-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 23, 2024
Priority date	Dec 26, 2023
Publication date	Jun 26, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A light-emitting device driven at a low voltage is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic compound layer. The organic compound layer is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic compound layer includes a light-emitting layer and an electron-injection layer. The electron-injection layer includes a metal or a metal oxide, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound. The first organic compound includes a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring. The second organic compound includes two or more heteroaromatic rings that are bonded or condensed to each other and include three or more heteroatoms in total. The second organic compound has a function of interacting with the metal or the metal oxide by two or more of the three or more heteroatoms as a multidentate ligand.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A light-emitting device comprising:
a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic compound layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic compound layer comprises a light-emitting layer and an electron-injection layer, wherein the electron-injection layer comprises a metal or a metal oxide, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound, wherein the first organic compound comprises a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring, wherein the second organic compound comprises two or more heteroaromatic rings, wherein the two or more heteroaromatic rings are bonded or condensed to each other and comprise three or more heteroatoms in total, and wherein the second organic compound is configured to interact with the metal or the metal oxide by two or more of the three or more heteroatoms as a multidentate ligand.

2 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second organic compound is configured to interact with the metal or the metal oxide as a bidentate or tridentate ligand.

3 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the three or more heteroatoms are each a nitrogen atom.

4 . A light-emitting device comprising:
a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic compound layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic compound layer comprises a light-emitting layer and an electron-injection layer, wherein the electron-injection layer comprises a metal or a metal oxide, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound, wherein the first organic compound comprises a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring, wherein the second organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1-1),

and
wherein A 1 , A 2 , and A 3 independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic ring having 1 to 30 carbon atoms.

5 . A light-emitting device comprising:
a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic compound layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic compound layer comprises a light-emitting layer and an electron-injection layer, wherein the electron-injection layer comprises a metal or a metal oxide, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound, wherein the first organic compound comprises a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring, wherein the second organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1-2),

wherein A 1 and A 2 independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic ring having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and
wherein A 1 comprises two or more nitrogen atoms.

6 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the two or more heteroaromatic rings are each a π-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring.

7 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the two or more heteroaromatic rings each independently comprise at least one of a pyridine ring, a pyrazine ring, a pyrimidine ring, a pyridazine ring, a triazine ring, an imidazole ring, a pyrazole ring, an oxazole ring, a thiazole ring, and a triazole ring.

8 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one of the two or more heteroaromatic rings comprises a pyrazine ring, a pyrimidine ring, a pyridazine ring or a triazine ring.

9 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the two or more heteroaromatic rings comprise three or more pyridine rings in total.

10 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first organic compound comprises an electron-donating group.

11 . The light-emitting device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the electron-donating group comprises at least one of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, and a heterocyclic amino group.

12 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first organic compound has an acid dissociation constant pK a of 8 or more.

13 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first organic compound comprises a phenanthroline ring.

14 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second organic compound has a glass transition temperature T g of 100° C. or higher.

15 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a LUMO level of the second organic compound is lower than a LUMO level of the first organic compound.

16 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal belongs to Group 1, 3, 11, or 13 of a periodic table.

17 . The light-emitting device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first organic compound comprises a phenanthroline ring.

18 . The light-emitting device according to claim 4 ,
wherein a LUMO level of the second organic compound is lower than a LUMO level of the first organic compound.

19 . The light-emitting device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the metal belongs to Group 1, 3, 11, or 13 of a periodic table.

20 . The light-emitting device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the first organic compound comprises a phenanthroline ring.

21 . The light-emitting device according to claim 5 ,
wherein a LUMO level of the second organic compound is lower than a LUMO level of the first organic compound.

22 . The light-emitting device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the metal belongs to Group 1, 3, 11, or 13 of a periodic table.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Ohsawa Nobuharu
• Sasaki Toshiki
• Seo Hiromi
• Fukuzaki Shinya

Classifications

• H10K2101/40

  Interrelation of parameters between multiple constituent active layers or sublayers, e.g. HOMO values in adjacent layers · CPC title

• H10K50/11

  characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers · CPC title

• H10K50/82

  Cathodes · CPC title

• H10K50/81

  Anodes · CPC title

• H10K50/171 Primary

  Electron injection layers · CPC title