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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9786860-B2
Application number	US-201514812060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2015
Priority date	Mar 14, 2012
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

An object is to provide a light-emitting element which uses a plurality of kinds of light-emitting dopants and has high emission efficiency. In one embodiment of the present invention, a light-emitting device, a light-emitting module, a light-emitting display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption by using the above light-emitting element are provided. Attention is paid to Förster mechanism, which is one of mechanisms of intermolecular energy transfer. Efficient energy transfer by Förster mechanism is achieved by making an emission wavelength of a molecule which donates energy overlap with a local maximum peak on the longest wavelength side of a graph obtained by multiplying an absorption spectrum of a molecule which receives energy by a wavelength raised to the fourth power.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
a light-emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the light-emitting layer comprising;
a first compound;
a second compound; and
a third compound,

wherein a peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second compound overlaps with an emission spectrum F(λ) of the first compound,
wherein a peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the third compound overlaps with an emission spectrum F(λ) of the second compound,
wherein λ denotes a wavelength, and
wherein ε(λ) denotes a molar absorption coefficient at the wavelength λ.

2. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first compound, the second compound and the third compound are phosphorescent compounds.

3. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein a longest-wavelength-side peak of the function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second compound overlaps with the emission spectrum F(λ) of the first compound, and
wherein a longest-wavelength-side peak of the function ε(λ)λ 4 of the third compound overlaps with the emission spectrum F(λ) of the second compound.

4. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the peak of ε(λ)λ 4 of the third compound is higher than the peak of ε(λ)λ 4 of the second compound.

5. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein an emission peak wavelength of the second compound is longer than an emission peak wavelength of the first compound, and
wherein an emission peak wavelength of the third compound is longer than the emission peak wavelength of the second compound.

6. The light-emitting element according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first compound has an emission peak wavelength in a range from 440 nm to 520 nm,
wherein the second compound has an emission peak wavelength in a range from 520 nm to 600 nm, and
wherein the third compound has an emission peak wavelength in a range from 600 nm to 700 nm.

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

8. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 1 .

9. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode;
a first light-emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first light-emitting layer comprising:
a first compound; and
a first host material;

a second light-emitting layer in direct contact with the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer comprising:
a second compound; and
a second host material;

a third light-emitting layer in direct contact with the second light-emitting layer, the third light-emitting layer comprising:
a third compound; and
a third host material,

wherein a peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second compound overlaps with an emission spectrum F(λ) of the first compound,
wherein a peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the third compound overlaps with an emission spectrum F(λ) of the second compound,
wherein λ denotes a wavelength, and
wherein ε(λ) denotes a molar absorption coefficient at the wavelength λ.

10. The light-emitting element according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first compound, the second compound and the third compound are phosphorescent compounds.

11. The light-emitting element according to claim 9 ,
wherein a longest-wavelength-side peak of the function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second compound overlaps with the emission spectrum F(λ) of the first compound, and
wherein a longest-wavelength-side peak of the function ε(λ)λ 4 of the third compound overlaps with the emission spectrum F(λ) of the second compound.

12. The light-emitting element according to claim 9 ,
wherein the peak of ε(λ)λ 4 of the third compound is higher than the peak of ε(λ)λ 4 of the second compound.

13. The light-emitting element according to claim 9 ,
wherein an emission peak wavelength of the second compound is longer than an emission peak wavelength of the first compound, and
wherein an emission peak wavelength of the third compound is longer than the emission peak wavelength of the second compound.

14. The light-emitting element according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first compound has an emission peak wavelength in a range from 440 nm to 520 nm,
wherein the second compound has an emission peak wavelength in a range from 520 nm to 600 nm, and
wherein the third compound has an emission peak wavelength in a range from 600 nm to 700 nm.

15. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 9 .

16. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 9 .

17. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode;
a third light-emitting layer over the first electrode, the third light-emitting layer comprising:
a third compound; and
a third host material;

a second light-emitting layer over the third light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer comprising:
a second compound; and
a second host material;

a first light-emitting layer over the second light-emitting layer, the first light-emitting layer comprising:
a first compound; and
a first host material; and

a second electrode over the first light-emitting layer,
wherein a peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second compound overlaps with an emission spectrum F(λ) of the first compound,
wherein a peak of a function ε(λ)λ 4 of the third compound overlaps with an emission spectrum F(λ) of the second compound,
wherein λ denotes a wavelength, and
wherein ε(λ) denotes a molar absorption coefficient at the wavelength λ.

18. The light-emitting element according to claim 17 ,
wherein the first compound, the second compound and the third compound are phosphorescent compounds.

19. The light-emitting element according to claim 17 ,
wherein a longest-wavelength-side peak of the function ε(λ)λ 4 of the second compound overlaps with the emission spectrum F(λ) of the first compound, and
wherein a longest-wavelength-side peak of the function ε(λ)λ 4 of the third compound overlaps with the emission spectrum F(λ) of the second compound.

20. The light-emitting element according to claim 17 ,
wherein the peak of ε(λ)λ 4 of the third compound is higher than the peak of ε(λ)λ 4 of the second compound.

21. The light-emitting element according to claim 17 ,
wherein an emission peak wavelength of the second compound is longer than an emission peak wavelength of the first compound, and
wherein an emission peak wavelength of the third compound is longer than the emission peak wavelength of the second compound.

22. The light-emitting element according to claim 17 ,
wherein the first compound has an emission peak wavelength in a range from 440 nm to 520 nm,
wherein the second compound has an emission peak wavelength in a range from 520 nm to 600 nm, and
wherein the third compound has an emission peak wavelength in a range from 600 nm to 700 nm.

23. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 17 .

24. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 17 .

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Yamazaki Shunpei
• Seo Satoshi
• Hirakata Yoshiharu
• Ishisone Takahiro

Classifications

• C09K2211/1059

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• B60Q3/208

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• C09K2211/1044

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• C09K11/06 Primary

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• F21Y2115/10

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