Organic light emitting display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9761823-B2
Application number	US-201514879900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2015
Priority date	Oct 13, 2014
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

An organic light emitting display device is discussed. The organic light emitting display device in one embodiment includes at least one light emitting layer between an anode and a cathode, and an electron transport layer between the at least one light emitting layer and the cathode. The electron transport layer may include a first electron transport material for blocking holes from the light emitting layer to the electron transport layer, and a second electron transport material for assisting in a transfer of electrons to the light emitting layer, wherein the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material have different triplet exciton energy levels and different electron mobilities.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting display device comprising:
at least one light emitting layer between an anode and a cathode; and
an electron transport layer between the at least one light emitting layer and the cathode, the electron transport layer including:
a first layer having a first electron transport material for blocking holes from the at least one light emitting layer to the electron transport layer;
a second layer having a second electron transport material for assisting in a transfer of electrons to the at least one light emitting layer; and
a mixed layer having the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material,

wherein the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material have different triplet exciton energy levels and different electron mobilities.

2. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the triplet exciton energy level of the first electron transport material is higher than that of the second electron transport material.

3. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the electron mobility of the first electron transport material is lower than that of the second electron transport material.

4. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the triplet exciton energy level of the first electron transport material is within a range of 2.6 eV to 2.8 eV, and the triplet exciton energy level of the second electron transport material is within a range of 1.6 eV to 2.0 eV.

5. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the electron mobility of the second electron transport material is within a range of 1 ×10 −3 cm 2 /Vs to 1×10 −5 cm 2 /Vs.

6. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first electron transport material includes 30 to 50% of the sum of the first and second electron transport materials.

7. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the first electron transport material is equal to or lower than a ratio of the second electron transport material.

8. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the electron transport layer is within a range of 5 to 45nm.

9. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein thicknesses of the first and second layers include 25% to 100% of a thickness of the mixed layer, and the thickness of the mixed layer is within a range of 15 to 20 nm.

10. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first electron transport material is adjacent to the at least one light emitting layer, and is configured to block holes passing from the at least one light emitting layer to the electron transport layer.

11. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the second electron transport material is adjacent to the cathode, and is configured to assist in the transfer of electrons to the at least one light emitting layer.

12. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein a charge balance in the light emitting layer is adjusted using the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material.

13. An organic light emitting display device comprising:
at least one light emitting part between an anode and a cathode; and
an electron transport layer between the at least one light emitting part and the cathode,
wherein the electron transport layer is composed of at least one layer, and
wherein the at least one layer includes:
a first layer including a first electron transport material,
a second layer including a second electron transport material, and
a mixed layer including the first electron transport material and the second electron transport material.

14. The organic light emitting display device of claim 13 , wherein the first and second electron transport materials have different triplet exciton energy levels or different electron mobilities.

15. The organic light emitting display device of claim 14 , wherein the triplet exciton energy level of the first electron transport material is higher than that of the second electron transport material.

16. The organic light emitting display device of claim 15 , wherein the triplet exciton energy level of the first electron transport material is within a range of 2.6 eV to 2.8 eV, and the triplet exciton energy level of the second electron transport material is within a range of 1.6 eV to 2.0 eV.

17. The organic light emitting display device of claim 14 , wherein the electron mobility of the first electron transport material is lower than that of the second electron transport material.

18. The organic light emitting display device of claim 17 , wherein the electron mobility of the second electron transport material is within a range of 1×10 −3 cm 2 /Vs to 1×10 31 5 cm 2 /Vs.

19. The organic light emitting display device of claim 13 , wherein the first electron transport material includes 30 to 50% of the sum of the first and second electron transport materials.

20. The organic light emitting display device of claim 13 , wherein a ratio of the first electron transport material is equal to or lower than a ratio of the second electron transport material.

21. The organic light emitting display device of claim 13 , wherein a thickness of the electron transport layer is within a range of 5 to 45 nm.

22. The organic light emitting display device of claim 21 , wherein thicknesses of the first and second layers include 25% to 100% of a thickness of the mixed layer, and the thickness of the mixed layer is within a range of 15 to 20 nm.

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jeon Seongsu
• Heo Jeonghaeng
• Kim Seung

Classifications

• H01L51/0072

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L2251/558

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5076

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/508 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5004

  Electricity · mapped topic