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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9755174-B2
Application number	US-201615050779-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2016
Priority date	Feb 25, 2015
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency which includes a plurality of light-emitting layers and exhibits multi-color light emission is provided. The light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an EL layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The EL layer includes a first injection layer, a first light-emitting layer, and a second light-emitting layer in a first region, and a second injection layer, the first light-emitting layer, and the second light-emitting layer in a second region. The first light-emitting layer includes a first light-emitting material and a first host material, and the second light-emitting layer includes a second light-emitting material and a second host material. A color of light emitted from the first region is different from that of light emitted from the second region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
an EL layer between the first electrode and the second electrode,
wherein the EL layer comprises a first region and a second region,
wherein the first region comprises a first injection layer, a first light-emitting layer, and a second light-emitting layer,
wherein the second region comprises a second injection layer, the first light-emitting layer, and the second light-emitting layer,
wherein the first injection layer comprises a region in contact with the first electrode,
wherein the second injection layer comprises a region in contact with the first electrode,
wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a first light-emitting material and a first host material,
wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second light-emitting material and a second host material,
wherein the first light-emitting material has an emission spectrum different from an emission spectrum of the second light-emitting material, and
wherein a color of light to be emitted from the first region is different from a color of light to be emitted from the second region.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first injection layer comprises a first acceptor material and a first donor material, and
wherein the second injection layer comprises a second acceptor material and a second donor material.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 2 ,
wherein a HOMO level of the first donor material is different from that of the second donor material.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 2 ,
wherein the EL layer comprises a carrier transport layer,
wherein the carrier transport layer comprises a region in contact with the first injection layer,
wherein the carrier transport layer comprises a region in contact with the second injection layer,
wherein the carrier transport layer comprises a carrier-transport material, and
wherein a HOMO level of the carrier-transport material is positioned between a HOMO level of the first donor material and a HOMO level of the second donor material.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 2 ,
wherein the EL layer comprises a carrier transport layer,
wherein the carrier transport layer comprises a region in contact with the first injection layer,
wherein the carrier transport layer comprises a region in contact with the second injection layer,
wherein the carrier transport layer comprises a carrier-transport material, and
wherein a HOMO level of the carrier-transport material is equal to one of a HOMO level of the first donor material and a HOMO level of the second donor material and different from the other of the HOMO level of the first donor material and the HOMO level of the second donor material.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first injection layer comprises a first acceptor material and a first donor material, and
wherein the second injection layer comprises the first acceptor material and a second donor material.

7. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first injection layer comprises a first acceptor material and a first donor material, and
wherein the second injection layer comprises a second acceptor material and the first donor material.

8. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first injection layer comprises a first acceptor material and a first donor material,
wherein the second injection layer comprises the first acceptor material and the first donor material, and
wherein a mixing ratio of the first acceptor material to the first donor material in the first injection layer is different from a mixing ratio of the first acceptor material to the first donor material in the second injection layer.

9. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein a conductivity of the first injection layer is different from a conductivity of the second injection layer.

10. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first light-emitting material has a peak of an emission spectrum in a wavelength range of at least one color selected from violet, blue, and blue green, and
wherein the second light-emitting material has a peak of an emission spectrum in a wavelength range of at least one color selected from green, yellow green, yellow, orange, and red.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein a singlet excitation energy level of the first host material is higher than a singlet excitation energy level of the first light-emitting material, and
wherein a triplet excitation energy level of the first host material is lower than a triplet excitation energy level of the first light-emitting material.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second host material comprises a first compound and a second compound, and
wherein the first compound and the second compound are able to form an exciplex.

13. The light-emitting element according to claim 12 ,
wherein a triplet excitation energy level of the first host material is lower than a triplet excitation energy level of the first compound, and
wherein the triplet excitation energy level of the first host material is lower than a triplet excitation energy level of the second compound.

14. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 , further comprising a region in which the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are in contact with each other.

15. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first light-emitting material is capable of converting singlet excitation energy into light emission, and
wherein the second light-emitting material is capable of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission.

16. A display device comprising:
the light-emitting element according to claim 1 ; and
at least one of a color filter and a transistor.

17. An electronic device comprising:
the display device according to claim 16 ; and
at least one of a housing and a touch sensor.

18. A lighting device comprising:
the light-emitting element according to claim 1 ; and
at least one of a housing and a touch sensor.

19. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode;
a third electrode; and
an EL layer,
wherein the EL layer comprises a first region and a second region,
wherein the first region is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode,
wherein the second region is positioned between the second electrode and the third electrode,
wherein the first region comprises a first injection layer, a first light-emitting layer, and a second light-emitting layer,
wherein the second region comprises a second injection layer, the first light-emitting layer, and the second light-emitting layer,
wherein the first injection layer comprises a region in contact with the first electrode,
wherein the second injection layer comprises a region in contact with the third electrode,
wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a first light-emitting material and a first host material,
wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second light-emitting material and a second host material,
wherein the first light-emitting material has an emission spectrum different from an emission spectrum of the second light-emitting material, and
wherein a color of light to be emitted from the first region is different from a color of ligh

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Uesaka Shogo
• Ohsawa Nobuharu

Classifications

• H10K2101/30

  Highest occupied molecular orbital [HOMO], lowest unoccupied molecular orbital [LUMO] or Fermi energy values · CPC title

• H05B47/20

  Responsive to malfunctions or to light source life; for protection · CPC title

• H10K50/13 Primary

  comprising stacked EL layers within one EL unit · CPC title

• H10K50/17

  Carrier injection layers · CPC title

• H01L51/5088

  Electricity · mapped topic