The present invention relates to an organic compound and an organic electroluminescent device including the same.
Since organic electroluminescent devices have a simpler structure than other flat panel display devices such as current liquid crystal displays (LCDs), plasma display panels (PDPs), and field emission displays (FEDs), various advantages in a manufacturing process, high brightness and excellent viewing angle characteristics, and a fast response speed and a low driving voltage, the organic electroluminescent devices are being actively developed to be used as flat displays, such as wall-mounted TVs, or light sources, such as backlight of displays, lighting, and billboards.
In an organic electroluminescent device, generally, when a voltage is applied, holes injected from a positive electrode and electrons injected from a negative electrode are recombined to form an exciton, which is an electron-hole pair, and the energy of the exciton is transmitted to a light emitting material and converted into light.
To increase the efficiency and stability of the organic electroluminescent device, research for an organic material for a multi-layered organic electroluminescent device has been actively conducted since the low-voltage organic electroluminescent device in which the organic thin film is formed between two opposite electrodes was reported to by C. W. Tang, et al. of Eastman Kodak (C. W. Tang and S.A. Vanslyke, Applied Physics Letters, Volume 51, Pages 913, 1987).
Generally, the organic electroluminescent device has a structure which includes a negative electrode (electron injection electrode), a positive electrode (hole injection electrode), and one or more organic layers between the two electrodes. In this case, in the organic electroluminescent device, a hole injection layer (HIL), a hole transport layer (HTL), a light emitting layer (EML), an electron transport layer (ETL), or an electron injection layer (EIL) may be sequentially stacked from the positive electrode, and to increase the efficiency of the light emitting layer, an electron blocking layer (EBL) or a hole blocking layer (HBL) may be added in front of or behind the light emitting layer.
The reason why the organic electroluminescent device is manufactured in a multi-layer thin film structure is to stabilize an interface between the electrode and the organic material and increase luminous efficiency.
In particular, in the case of organic compounds used as materials for multi-layer thin films, since there is a large difference in movement speeds of holes and electrons according to their characteristics, holes and electrons may be effectively transported to the light emitting layer only when hole transport layers and electron transport layers containing appropriate compounds are used, and thus densities of the holes and the electrons may be balanced to excellently increase luminous efficiency.
Therefore, since the characteristics of the organic compound components contained in each layer of the organic thin film layer not only greatly affects a driving voltage, luminous efficiency, luminance, and lifetime of the device, but also affect the efficiency or lifetime of a finally produced display, it is important to use specific organic materials appropriate for the multi-layer structure in the organic electroluminescent devices. Therefore, research for the components included in each layer of the organic thin film layer is actively being conducted.
The present invention is directed to providing an organic electroluminescent device which includes a novel organic compound and has a low driving voltage and excellent device efficiency characteristics and lifetime characteristics.
To achieve the object, the present invention may relate to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below.
Ar1 and Ar2 are selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkenyl groups having 2 to 20 carbon atoms,
In addition, the present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and one or more organic layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the one or more organic layers include a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1.
In the present invention, “hydrogen” is hydrogen, protium, deuterium, or tritium, unless otherwise specified.
In the present invention, “halogen group” indicates fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine.
In the present invention, “alkyl” indicates a monovalent substituent derived from a linear or branched saturated hydrocarbon having 1 to 40 carbon atoms. Examples thereof include methyl, ethyl, propyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, pentyl, iso-amyl, hexyl, and the like, but are not limited thereto.
In the present invention, “alkenyl” indicates a monovalent substituent derived from a linear or branched unsaturated hydrocarbon having one or more carbon-carbon double bonds and 2 to 40 carbon atoms. Examples thereof include vinyl, allyl, isopropenyl, 2-butenyl, and the like, but are not limited thereto.
In the present invention, “alkynyl” indicates a monovalent substituent derived from a linear or branched unsaturated hydrocarbon having one or more carbon-carbon triple bond and 2 to 40 carbon atoms. Examples thereof include ethynyl, 2-propynyl, and the like, but are not limited thereto.
In the present invention, “alkylthio” indicates the above-described alkyl group bonded through a sulfur linkage (—S—).
In the present invention, “aryl” indicates a monovalent substituent derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 60 carbon atoms, which is a single ring or a combination of two or more rings. In addition, forms in which two or more rings are simply pendant or condensed, specifically, a naphthyl group, an anthracenyl group, a phenanthryl group, a triphenyl group, a pyrenyl group, a phenalenyl group, a perylenyl group, a chrysenyl group, a fluorenyl group, and the like may also be included, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The fluorenyl group may be substituted, and adjacent groups may be bonded to form a ring.
In the present invention, “heteroaryl” indicates a monovalent substituent derived from a monoheterocyclic or polyheterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 30 carbon atoms. In this case, one or more carbons, preferably, 1 to 3 carbons of the ring are substituted with a heteroatom such as N, O, S or Se. In addition, a form in which two or more rings are simply pendant or condensed may be included, and a condensed form with an aryl group may also be included. Examples of such heteroaryls may include 6-membered monocyclic rings such as pyridyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyridazinyl, and triazinyl, polycyclic rings such as phenoxathiinyl, indolizinyl, indolyl, purinyl, quinolyl, benzothiazole, and carbazolyl, 2-furanyl, N-imidazolyl, 2-isoxazolyl, 2-pyridinyl, 2-pyrimidinyl, and the like, but are not limited thereto.
In the present invention, “aryloxy” indicates a monovalent substituent represented by RO—, in which R indicates aryl having 6 to 60 carbon atoms. Examples of such aryloxy may include phenyloxy, naphthyloxy, diphenyloxy, and the like, but are not limited thereto.
In the present invention, “alkyloxy” indicates a monovalent substituent represented by R′O—, in which R′ indicates alkyl having 1 to 40 carbon atoms and may include a linear, branched, or cyclic structure. Examples of alkyloxy may include methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, 1-propoxy, t-butoxy, n-butoxy, and pentoxy, but are not limited thereto.
In the present invention, “alkoxy” may be linear, branched chain, or ring chain. The number of carbon atoms of alkoxy is not especially limited, but is preferably 1 to 20. Specifically, the alkoxy may be methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, i-propyloxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy, tert-butoxy, sec-butoxy, n-pentyloxy, neopentyloxy, isopentyloxy, n-hexyloxy, 3,3-dimethylbutyloxy, 2-ethylbutyloxy, n-octyloxy, n-nonyloxy, n-decyloxy, benzyloxy, p-methylbenzyloxy, and the like, but is not limited thereto.
In the present invention, “aralkyl” indicates an aryl-alkyl group in which aryl and alkyl are described above. Preferred aralkyl includes lower alkyl groups. Non-limiting examples of suitable aralkyl groups include benzyl, 2-phenethyl, and naphthalenylmethyl. Bonding to the parent moiety is made via the alkyl.
In the present invention, “arylamino group” indicates an amine substituted with an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.
In the present invention, “alkylamino group” indicates an amine substituted with an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms.
In the present invention, “aralkylamino group” indicates an amine substituted with an aryl-alkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.
In the present invention, “heteroarylamino group” indicates an amine group substituted with an aryl group and heterocyclic group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms.
In the present invention, “heteroaralkyl group” indicates an aryl-alkyl group substituted with a heterocyclic group.
In the present invention, “cycloalkyl” indicates a monovalent substituent derived from a monocyclic or polycyclic non-aromatic hydrocarbon having 3 to 40 carbon atoms. Examples of such cycloalkyl may include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, norbornyl, adamantine, and the like, but are not limited thereto.
In the present invention, “heterocycloalkyl” indicates a monovalent substituent derived from a non-aromatic hydrocarbon having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, and one or more carbons, preferably, 1 to 3 carbons of the ring are substituted with a hetero atom such as N, O, S or Se. Examples of such heterocycloalkyl may include morpholine, piperazine, and the like, but are not limited thereto.
In the present invention, “alkylsilyl” indicates silyl substituted with alkyl having 1 to 40 carbon atoms, and “arylsilyl” indicates silyl substituted with aryl having 6 to 60 carbon atoms.
In the present invention, “condensed ring” indicates a condensed aliphatic ring, a condensed aromatic ring, a condensed heteroaliphatic ring, a condensed heteroaromatic ring, or a combination thereof.
In the present invention, “forming a ring by being bonded with adjacent groups” indicates forming a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon ring; a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring; a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic heterocycle; a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocycle; or a condensed ring thereof by being bonded with adjacent groups.
In the present invention, examples of “aromatic hydrocarbon rings” may include a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, an anthracenyl group and the like, but are not limited thereto.
In the present invention, “aliphatic heterocycle” indicates an aliphatic ring including one or more heteroatoms.
In the present invention, “aromatic heterocycle” indicates an aromatic ring including one or more heteroatoms.
In the present invention, “substitution” indicates substituting a hydrogen atom bonded to a carbon atom of a compound with another substituent, and a location to be substituted is not limited as long as it is a location at which the hydrogen atom is substituted, that is, a location at which the substituent may be substituted, and when two or more substituents are substituted, the two or more substituents may be the same as or different from each other. The substituent may be substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium, a cyano group, a nitro group, a halogen group, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 24 carbon atoms, a heteroalkyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 5 to 30 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, a heteroarylalkyl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkylamino group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an arylamino group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, an aralkylamino group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a heteroarylamino group having 2 to 24 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsilyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylsilyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, but is not limited to the above examples.
The present invention can provide the novel organic compound and can have excellent interface characteristics with adjacent layers and excellent chemical stability when used as a material for an organic electroluminescent device.
In addition, the present invention can provide the organic electroluminescent device which includes the novel organic compound and has a low driving voltage and excellent device efficiency characteristics and lifetime characteristics.
The present invention relates to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. However, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.
A novel organic compound according to the present invention may have excellent interface characteristics with adjacent layers and excellent chemical stability, and in particular, have a HOMO energy level at which hole transport is easy and thus may be used as a material for a hole transport auxiliary layer of the organic electroluminescent device with excellent hole transport characteristics to a light emitting layer.
Specifically, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below is as follows:
The compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 may be compounds represented by Chemical Formulas 2 to 4 below:
The compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 may be compounds represented by Chemical Formulas 5 to 7 below:
The compound represented by Chemical Formula 3 may be compounds represented by Chemical Formulas 8 to 10 below:
The compound represented by Chemical Formula 4 may be compounds represented by Chemical Formulas 11 to 13 below:
The compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 according to the present invention is selected from the group consisting of the following compounds, but is not limited thereto:
The compound of Chemical Formula 1 of the present invention may be usefully used as a material for a hole transport auxiliary layer.
The compound of Chemical Formula 1 in one embodiment has an amine group bonded to one side and a carbazole group substituted with an aryl group bonded to the other side with respect to dibenzofuran or dibenzothiophene, and thus when used as a material for an organic electroluminescent device, can show equal or excellent characteristics in most device characteristics, such as luminous efficiency and lifetime.
The compound of Chemical Formula 1 in another embodiment has an amine group bonded to one side at any one of positions 1 to 3 of dibenzofuran or dibenzothiophene and a carbazole group substituted with an aryl group bonded to the other side at position 4 of dibenzofuran or dibenzothiophene, and thus when used as a material for an organic electroluminescent device, can show equal or excellent characteristics in most device characteristics, such as luminous efficiency and lifetime.
The carbon positions of the dibenzofuran or dibenzothiophene are as follows.
The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device containing the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1.
The organic compound of the present invention may be usefully used as a material for a hole transport auxiliary layer.
In addition, according to the present invention, in an organic electroluminescent device in which an organic thin film layer including one or more layers including at least a light emitting layer is stacked between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, the organic thin film layer is a hole transport auxiliary layer between the first electrode and the light emitting layer.
The hole transport auxiliary layer may comprise the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1.
The hole transport auxiliary layer may adjust hole injection characteristics by reducing a difference in HOMO energy level between the hole transport layer and the light emitting layer, thereby reducing the accumulation of holes at an interface between the hole transport auxiliary layer and the light emitting layer to reduce a quenching phenomenon in which excitons extinct due to polarons at the interface. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a degradation phenomenon of the device, thereby stabilizing the device and increasing efficiency and lifetime.
The organic electroluminescent device may have a structure in which a positive electrode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a hole transport auxiliary layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, and a negative electrode are stacked, and an electron transport auxiliary layer may be added if necessary.
Hereinafter, the organic electroluminescent device of the present invention will be described as an example. However, the contents illustrated below do not limit the organic electroluminescent device of the present invention.
The organic electroluminescent device of the present invention may have a structure in which a positive electrode (hole injection electrode), a hole injection layer (HIL), a hole transport layer (HTL), a hole transport auxiliary layer, a light emitting layer (EML), and a negative electrode (electron injection electrode) are sequentially stacked and preferably, may further include a hole transport auxiliary layer between the positive electrode and the light emitting layer, and a hole transport auxiliary layer between the positive electrode and the light emitting layer, and electron transport layer (ETL) and an electron injection layer (EIL) between the negative electrode and the light emitting layer. In addition, an electron transport auxiliary layer may be further included between the negative electrode and the light emitting layer.
In a method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescent device according to the present invention, first, a positive electrode is formed by coating a surface of a substrate with a material for a positive electrode in a typical method. In this case, the substrate used is preferably a glass substrate or a transparent plastic substrate with excellent transparency, surface smoothness, ease of handling, and waterproofness. In addition, indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), tin oxide (SnO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), and the like, which are transparent and have excellent conductivity, may be used as a material for a positive electrode.
Next, a hole injection layer is formed by forming a material for a hole injection layer (HIL) on a surface of the positive electrode by vacuum thermal evaporation or spin coating in a typical method. Examples of the material for a hole injection layer may include copper phthalocyanine (CuPc), 4,4′,4″-tris(3-methylphenylamino)triphenylamine (m-MTDATA), 4,4′,4″-tris(3-methylphenyamino)phenoxybenzene (m-MTDAPB), 4,4′,4″-tri(N-carbazolyl)triphenylamine (TCTA) which is starburst type amines, 4,4′,4″-tris(N-(2-naphthyl)-N-phenylamino)-triphenylamine(2-TNATA), or IDE406 available from Idemitsu.
A hole transport layer is formed by forming a material for a hole transport layer on a surface of the hole injection layer by vacuum thermal evaporation or spin coating in a typical method. As the material for a hole transport layer, a commonly used material for a hole transport layer may be used.
A hole transport auxiliary layer may be formed by forming the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 according to the present invention on a surface of the hole transport layer by vacuum thermal evaporation or spin coating. As described above, in the hole transport auxiliary layer, the compound according to the present invention may be used as the material for a hole transport auxiliary layer, and a commonly used material for a hole transport auxiliary layer may be used to form the hole transport auxiliary layer.
A light emitting layer is formed by forming a material for a light emitting layer (EML) on a surface of the hole transport auxiliary layer by vacuum thermal evaporation or spin coating in a typical method. In this case, a sole light emitting material or light emitting host material among materials for a light emitting layer used may use Tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)aluminium (Alq3) or the like for green and use Alq3, CBP(4,4′-N,N′-dicabazole-biphenyl), PVK(poly(n-vinylcabazole)), ADN(9, 10-di(naphthalene-2-yl)anthracene), TCTA, TPBI(1,3,5-tris(N-phenylbenzimidazole-2-yl)benzene), TBADN(3-tert-butyl-9,10-di(naphth-2-yl)anthracene), E3, DSA(distyrylarylene), or a mixture of two or more thereof for blue, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
In the case of dopant which may be used together with a light emitting host among the materials for a light emitting layer, IDE102 and IDE105 available from Idemitsu company may be used, and as a phosphorescent dopant, tris(2-phenylpyridine)iridium(III)(Ir(ppy)3), iridium(III)bis[(4,6-difluorophenyl)pyridinato-N,C-2′]picolinate (FIrpic) (reference [Chihaya Adachi, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett., 2001, 79, 2082-2084]), platinium(II)octaethylporphyrin(PtOEP), TBE002 (by Covion company), or the like may be used.
An electron transport layer is formed by forming a material for the electron transport layer (ETL) on a surface of the light emitting layer by vacuum thermal evaporation or spin coating in a typical method. In this case, the material for an electron transport layer used is not especially limited, and Tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)aluminium(Alq3) may be preferably used.
Optionally, by additionally forming a hole blocking layer (HBL) between the light emitting layer and the electron transport layer and using the phosphorescent dopant in the light emitting layer, it is possible to prevent triplet excitons or holes from diffusing into the electron transport layer.
The formation of the hole blocking layer may be performed by vacuum thermal evaporation and spin coating of a material for a hole blocking layer in a typical method, and the material for a hole blocking layer is not especially limited, but can preferably use 8-Hydroxyquinolinolato-lithium (Liq), Bis(8-hydroxy-2-methylquinoline)-(4-phenylphenoxy)aluminum (BAlq), bathocuproine(BCP), LiF, or the like.
An electron injection layer is formed by forming a material for an electron injection layer (EIL) on a surface of the electron transport layer by vacuum thermal evaporation or spin coating in a typical method. In this case, materials such as LiF, Liq, Li2O, BaO, NaCl, and CsF may be used as the material for an electron injection layer.
A negative electrode is formed by forming a negative electrode material on a surface of the electron injection layer by vacuum thermal deposition in a typical method.
In this case, as the negative electrode material used, lithium (Li), aluminum (Al), aluminum-lithium (Al—Li), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), magnesium-indium (Mg—In), and magnesium-silver (Mg—Ag), and the like may be used. In addition, in the case of a top-emitting organic electroluminescent device, a transparent negative electrode through which light may transmit may be formed by using indium tin oxide (ITO) or indium zinc oxide (IZO).
A capping layer CPL may be formed on a surface of the negative electrode using a composition for the formation of the capping layer.
Hereinafter, a method of synthesizing the compounds will be described below as a representative example. However, the method of synthesizing the compounds of the present invention is not limited to the method exemplified below, and the compounds of the present invention may be manufactured by the methods exemplified below and methods known in the art.
SUB 1 may be synthesized as follows, but is not limited thereto.
Reactant 1 (89.64 mmol), Reactant 2 (94.12 mmol), t-BuONa (179.28 mmol), Pd2(dba)3 (1.79 mmol), sphos (3.58 mmol), and toluene were added, stirred, and refluxed in a 500 mL flask under nitrogen air flow. After the reaction was finished, an organic layer was extracted by using toluene and water. The extracted solution was treated with MgSO4 to remove remaining moisture, concentrated under reduced pressure, purified by using a column chromatography method, and then recrystallized to obtain SUB 1.
In addition, Ar1 and Ar2 substituted with deuterium may be synthesized in the same manner as Reaction Formula 1. The synthesized result of SUB1 is expressed by Table 1 below.
SUB 2 may be synthesized by Reaction Formula 2 below, but is not limited thereto (X may be O or S, Hal1 may be Br, I, or C1, and Hal2 may be Br).
Reactant 3 (174.1 mmol), Reactant 4 (182.8 mmol), K2CO3 (348.3 mmol), and Pd(PPh3)4 (3.48 mmol) were added to a 3000 mL flask under nitrogen air flow, and after toluene, ethanol, and water were added, stirred, and refluxed. After the reaction was finished, an organic layer was extracted by using toluene and water. The extracted solution was treated with MgSO4 to remove remaining moisture, concentrated under reduced pressure, purified by using a column chromatography method, and then recrystallized to obtain SUB 2.
In addition, Reactants 3 and 4 substituted with deuterium may be synthesized in the same manner as Reaction Formula 2. The synthesized result of SUB 2 is expressed by Table 2 below.
A compound (product) may be synthesized as follows, but is not limited thereto (X may be O or S, and Hal1 may be Br, I, or C1).
SUB 1 (16.33 mmol), SUB 2 (15.56 mmol), t-BuONa (31.11 mmol), Pd2(dba)3 (0.31 mmol), sphos (0.622 mmol), and toluene were added, stirred, and refluxed in a 500 mL flask under nitrogen air flow. After the reaction was finished, an organic layer was extracted by using toluene and water. The extracted solution was treated with MgSO4 to remove remaining moisture, concentrated under reduced pressure, purified by using a column chromatography method, and then recrystallized to obtain the compound. The synthesized result of the compound (product) is expressed by Tables 3 to 20 below.
A positive electrode was formed with ITO on a substrate on which a reflective layer was formed and surface-treated with N2 plasma or UV-ozone. HAT-CN was deposited above the positive electrode in a thickness of 10 nm as a hole injection layer (HIL). Subsequently, a hole transport layer (HTL) was formed by depositing N4,N4,N4′,N4′-tetra([1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4,4′-diamine in a thickness of 110 nm.
A hole transport auxiliary layer was formed by forming Compound 1 of the present invention above the hole transport layer by vacuum deposition in a thickness of 40 nm, and Ir(ppy)3[tris(2-phenylpyridine)-iridium] as a dopant was doped at about 5% while 4,4′-N,N′-dicarbazole-biphenyl(CBP) as an emitting layer (EML) was deposited above the hole transport auxiliary layer in a thickness of 35 nm.
An electron transport layer (ETL) was deposited above the light emitting layer (EML) in a thickness of 30 nm by mixing anthracene derivative and Liq at 1:1, and Liq as an electron injection layer (EIL) was deposited above the electron transport layer (ETL) in a thickness of 1 nm. Then, a mixture mixing magnesium and silver (Ag) at 1:4 was deposited in a thickness of 16 nm as a negative electrode, and N4,N4′-bis[4-[bis(3-methylphenyl)amino]phenyl]-N4,N4′-diphenyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4,4′-diamine (DNTPD) as a capping layer was deposited above the negative electrode in a thickness of 60 nm. An organic electroluminescent device was manufactured by bonding a sealcap containing a moisture absorbent to the capping layer using a UV curable adhesive to protect the organic electroluminescent device from O2 or moisture in the atmosphere.
An organic electroluminescent device was manufactured in the same manner as Example 1 except that compounds listed in Table 21 below were used instead of Compound 1 as the hole transport auxiliary layer in Example 1.
An organic electroluminescent device was manufactured in the same manner as Example 1 except that Compounds A to C were used instead of Compound 1 as the hole transport auxiliary layer in Example 1.
For the organic electroluminescent devices manufactured in Examples 1 to 252 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3, electroluminescent characteristics when driven at a current of 10 mA/cm2 and lifetime reduced by 95% when driven at a constant current of 20 mA/cm2 were measured, and a result of measurement is expressed in Table 21.
A positive electrode was formed with ITO on a substrate on which a reflective layer was formed and surface-treated with N2 plasma or UV-ozone. HAT-CN was deposited above the positive electrode in a thickness of 10 nm as a hole injection layer (HIL). Subsequently, a hole transport layer (HTL) was formed by depositing N4,N4,N4′,N4′-tetra([1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4,4′-diamine in a thickness of 110 nm.
A hole transport auxiliary layer was formed above the hole transport layer by forming Compound 1 by vacuum deposition in a thickness of 15 nm, and N1,N1,N6,N6-tetrakis(4-(1-silyl)phenyl)pyrene-1,6-diamine as a dopant was doped at about 3 wt % while 9,10-bis(2-naphthyl)anthracene (ADN) capable of forming a blue EML as a light emitting layer (EML) was deposited above the hole transport auxiliary layer in a thickness of 25 nm.
An electron transport layer (ETL) was deposited above the light emitting layer (EML) in a thickness of 30 nm by mixing anthracene derivative and Liq at a mass ratio of 1:1, and Liq as an electron injection layer (EIL) was deposited above the electron transport layer (ETL) in a thickness of 1 nm. Then, a mixture mixing magnesium and silver (Ag) at 9:1 was deposited in a thickness of 15 nm as a negative electrode, and N4,N4′-bis[4-[bis(3-methylphenyl)amino]phenyl]-N4,N4′-diphenyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4,4′-diamine (DNTPD) as a capping layer was deposited above the negative electrode in a thickness of 60 nm. An organic electroluminescent device was manufactured by bonding a sealcap containing a moisture absorbent to the capping layer using a UV curable adhesive to protect the organic electroluminescent device from 02 or moisture in the atmosphere.
An organic electroluminescent device was manufactured in the same manner as Example 253 except that Compounds 2 to 259 listed in Table 22 below were used instead of Compound 1 as the hole transport auxiliary layer in Example 253.
An organic electroluminescent device was manufactured in the same manner as Example 253 except that Compounds A to C were used instead of Compound 1 as the hole transport auxiliary layer in Example 253.
For the organic electroluminescent devices manufactured in Examples 253 to 511 and Comparative Examples 4 to 6, electroluminescent characteristics when driven at a current of 10 mA/cm2 and lifetime reduced by 95% when driven at a constant current of 20 mA/cm2 were measured, and a result of measurement is expressed in Table 22.
Compounds 253 to 259 expressed in Table 22 are as follows.
According to the experimental result in Tables 21 and 22, it was confirmed that when the compounds of the present invention were used as a material for the hole transport auxiliary layer of the organic electroluminescent device, the driving voltage was low, and excellent device efficiency characteristics and long lifetime characteristics were shown as compared to Comparative Examples.
In other words, it was confirmed that the compounds in Comparative Examples are compounds not bonded to dibenzofuran or dibenzothiophene between the amine group and the carbazole group substituted with the aryl group, as shown in the experimental result of Comparative Examples in Tables 21 and 22, the driving voltage was high and the device efficiency and lifetime were low.
According to the experimental results in Tables 21 and 22, it was confirmed that when the compounds in part or whole substituted with deuterium of the present invention were used as a material for the hole transport auxiliary layer of the organic electroluminescent device, the driving voltage was low, and excellent device efficiency characteristics and long lifetime characteristics were shown as compared to Comparative Examples.
The present invention is not limited by the embodiments disclosed above in the specification, and it is apparent that various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention. In addition, even when the operational effects according to the configuration of the present invention have not been explicitly described in the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it goes without saying that the effects predictable by the corresponding configuration should also be recognized.
The present invention relates to an organic compound and an organic electroluminescent device including the same.
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10-2022-0029756 | Mar 2022 | KR | national |
10-2023-0020712 | Feb 2023 | KR | national |
The present application is a Continuation of PCT application number PCT/KR2023/002369, filed on Feb. 20, 2023, which is based upon and claims the benefit of priorities to Korean Patent Application Nos. 10-2023-0020712, filed on Feb. 16, 2023, and 10-2022-0029756 filed on Mar. 10, 2022, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office. All of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
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Parent | PCT/KR2023/002369 | Feb 2023 | WO |
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