Patent Application
20230389345
This application is priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application Nos. 10-2022-0065597, filed on May 27, 2022, 10-2022-0163449, filed on Nov. 29, 2022, and 10-2023-0066476, filed on May 23, 2023, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the entire disclosures of each of which are incorporated by reference herein.
One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an organic light-emitting device and an electronic apparatus including the same.
Organic light-emitting devices among light-emitting devices are self-emissive devices that have wide viewing angles, high contrast ratios, short response times, and excellent characteristics in terms of luminance, driving voltage, and response speed.
Organic light-emitting devices may include a first electrode on a substrate, and a hole transport region, an emission layer, an electron transport region, and a second electrode sequentially stacked on the first electrode. Holes provided from the first electrode move toward the emission layer through the hole transport region, and electrons provided from the second electrode move toward the emission layer through the electron transport region. Carriers, such as holes and electrons, recombine in the emission layer to produce excitons. The excitons may transition from an excited state to a ground state, thus generating light.
One or more embodiments include an organic light-emitting device having improved efficiency and an electronic apparatus including the same.
Additional aspects of embodiments will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the presented embodiments of the disclosure.
According to one or more embodiments, an organic light-emitting device includes:
Another aspect of embodiments provides an organic light-emitting device including:
M11(L11)n11(L12)n12 Formula 1
According to one or more embodiments, an electronic apparatus includes the light-emitting device.
The above and other aspects and features of certain embodiments of the disclosure will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Reference will now be made in more detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout. In this regard, the present embodiments may have different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the descriptions set forth herein. Accordingly, the embodiments are merely described below, by referring to the figures, to explain aspects of embodiments of the present description. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. Throughout the disclosure, the expression “at least one of a, b or c” indicates only a, only b, only c, both a and b, both a and c, both b and c, all of a, b, and c, or variations thereof.
An aspect of embodiments provides an organic light-emitting device including: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an interlayer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer; and a capping layer outside the first electrode or outside the second electrode, the emission layer includes a first emitter, and the capping layer includes an amine-free compound.
First Emitter
The first emitter may emit red light.
The first emitter may include a transition metal. For example, the first emitter may include iridium (Ir).
A photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of the first emitter may include a first peak (Imax) having a maximum intensity and a second peak (I2nd) having a second highest intensity, and
a ratio (I2nd/Imax) of an intensity of the second peak to an intensity of the first peak may be less than or equal to 0.5, less than or equal to 0.49, less than or equal to 0.48, less than or equal to 0.47, less than or equal to 0.46, less than or equal to 0.45, less than or equal to 0.44, less than or equal to 0.43, less than or equal to 0.42, or less than or equal to 0.41.
As the ratio (I2nd/Imax) of the intensity of the second peak to the intensity of the first peak is small, for example, as the intensity of a wavelength of the second peak is smaller than that of a wavelength of the first peak spectrum which is the maximum emission wavelength, the organic light-emitting device may have high color purity.
A full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the first emitter may be less than or equal to 85 nm, less than or equal to 84 nm, less than or equal to 83 nm, less than or equal to 82 nm, less than or equal to 81 nm, or less than or equal to 80 nm.
The maximum emission wavelength in the PL spectrum of the first emitter may be in a range of 600 nm to 660 nm.
A metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) value of the first emitter may be greater than or equal to 9.
In an embodiment, the first emitter may include a first ligand and a second ligand. The first ligand and the second ligand may each be a bidentate ligand bonded to Ir, and the first ligand and second ligand may be different from each other.
In an embodiment, the first ligand may include ring A1 and ring A2 that are directly bonded to Ir, and
In an embodiment, ring A1 may be substituted with fluorine (F).
In an embodiment, ring A1 may include at least one nitrogen (N), and
N of ring A1 and Ir may be bonded to each other.
In an embodiment, ring A1 may be a polycyclic group in which at least one cyclic group of Group CY1-1 and at least one cyclic group of Group CY2-1 are condensed together with each other:
For example, ring A1 may be a benzisoquinoline group.
In an embodiment, ring A2 may be a C6-C60 aryl group or a non-aromatic condensed polycyclic group.
For example, ring A2 may be a benzene group, a naphthalene group, an anthracene group, a phenanthrene group, a triphenylene group, a pyrene group, a chrysene group, a cyclopentadiene group, a 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene group, a thiophene group, a furan group, an indole group, a benzoborole group, a benzophosphole group, an indene group, a benzosilole group, a benzogermole group, a benzothiophene group, a benzoselenophene group, a benzofuran group, a carbazole group, a dibenzoborole group, a dibenzophosphole group, a fluorene group, a dibenzosilole group, a dibenzogermole group, a dibenzothiophene group, a dibenzoselenophene group, a dibenzofuran group, a dibenzothiophene 5-oxide group, a 9H-fluorene-9-one group, a dibenzothiophene 5,5-dioxide group, an azaindole group, an azabenzoborole group, an azabenzophosphole group, an azaindene group, an azabenzosilole group, an azabenzogermole group, an azabenzothiophene group, an azabenzoselenophene group, an azabenzofuran group, an azacarbazole group, an azadibenzoborole group, an azadibenzophosphole group, an azafluorene group, an azadibenzosilole group, an azadibenzogermole group, an azadibenzothiophene group, an azadibenzoselenophene group, an azadibenzofuran group, an azadibenzothiophene 5-oxide group, an aza-9H-fluorene-9-one group, an azadibenzothiophene 5,5-dioxide group, a pyridine group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrazine group, a pyridazine group, a triazine group, a quinoline group, an isoquinoline group, a quinoxaline group, a quinazoline group, a phenanthroline group, a pyrrole group, a pyrazole group, an imidazole group, a triazole group, an oxazole group, an isooxazole group, a thiazole group, an isothiazole group, an oxadiazole group, a thiadiazole group, a benzopyrazole group, a benzimidazole group, a benzoxazole group, a benzothiazole group, a benzoxadiazole group, a benzothiadiazole group, a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinoline group, or a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline group.
For example, ring A2 may be a benzene group, a naphthalene group, or a fluorene group.
In an embodiment, ring A1 and ring A2 may be linked to each other via a single bond.
In an embodiment, the second ligand may include at least one oxygen (O).
In an embodiment, the second ligand may include —F, a C1-C60 alkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C6-C60 aryl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, or a C1-C60 heteroaryl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a.
The amine-free compound may have a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.7 for light having a wavelength of 633 nm.
The amine-free compound may have a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.85 for light having a wavelength of 530 nm.
The amine-free compound may have a refractive index of greater than or equal to 2.0 for light having a wavelength of 450 nm.
The amine-free compound may have a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level of less than or equal to −5.0 eV, and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of less than or equal to −2.0 eV.
In an embodiment, the amine-free compound may include at least one naphthyl group.
In an embodiment, the amine-free compound may include a pyridine group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrazine group, a pyridazine group, a triazine group, or a carbazole group.
Another aspect of embodiments provides an organic light emitting device including: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an interlayer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer; and a capping layer outside the first electrode or the second electrode,
In an embodiment, the organic light-emitting device may include:
Hereinafter, the organometallic compound represented by Formula 1 will be described in more detail:
M11(Li)n11(L12)n12 Formula 1
wherein M11 in Formula 1 may be a transition metal.
In an embodiment, M11 in Formula 1 may be a first-row transition metal of the Periodic Table of Elements, a second-row transition metal of the Periodic Table of Elements, or a third-row transition metal of the Periodic Table of Elements.
In an embodiment, M11 may be iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), osmium (Os), palladium (Pd), gold (Au), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), europium (Eu), terbium (Tb), thulium (Tm), or rhodium (Rh).
For example, M11 may be Ir.
In Formula 1, n11 and n12 may each independently be 1 or 2.
In an embodiment, the sum of n11 and n12 may be 3.
For example, n11 may be 2, and n12 may be 1.
In Formula 1, L11 may be a ligand represented by Formula 1A:
wherein, in Formula 1A, X11 may be C or N, and X12 may be C or N.
For example, X11 may be N, and X12 may be C.
In Formula 1A, ring A2 may be a C5-C60 carbocyclic group or a C1-C60 heterocyclic group.
In an embodiment, ring A2 may be a C6-C60 aryl group or a non-aromatic condensed polycyclic group.
In an embodiment, ring A2 may be i) one of Group CY1-2, ii) one of Group CY2-2, iii) a polycyclic group in which at least two of Group CY1-2 are condensed together with each other, iv) a polycyclic group in which at least two of Group CY2-2 are condensed together with each other, or v) a polycyclic group in which at least one of Group CY1-2 and at least one of Group CY2-2 are condensed together with each other:
a cyclopentane group, a cyclopentadiene group, a furan group, a thiophene group, a pyrrole group, a silole group, an indene group, a benzofuran group, a benzothiophene group, an indole group, a benzosilole group, an oxazole group, an isoxazole group, an oxadiazole group, an isoxadiazole group, an oxatriazole group, an isoxatriazole group, a thiazole group, an isothiazole group, a thiadiazole group, an isothiadiazole group, a thiatriazole group, an isothiatriazole group, a pyrazole group, an imidazole group, a triazole group, a tetrazole group, an azasilole group, a diazasilole group, and a triazasilole group; and
an adamantane group, a norbornane group, a norbornene group, a cyclohexane group, a cyclohexene group, a benzene group, a pyridine group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrazine group, a pyridazine group, and a triazine group.
For example, ring A2 may be a benzene group, a naphthalene group, an anthracene group, a phenanthrene group, a triphenylene group, a pyrene group, a chrysene group, a cyclopentadiene group, a 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene group, a thiophene group, a furan group, an indole group, a benzoborole group, a benzophosphole group, an indene group, a benzosilole group, a benzogermole group, a benzothiophene group, a benzoselenophene group, a benzofuran group, a carbazole group, a dibenzoborole group, a dibenzophosphole group, a fluorene group, a dibenzosilole group, a dibenzogermole group, a dibenzothiophene group, a dibenzoselenophene group, a dibenzofuran group, a dibenzothiophene 5-oxide group, a 9H-fluorene-9-one group, a dibenzothiophene 5,5-dioxide group, an azaindole group, an azabenzoborole group, an azabenzophosphole group, an azaindene group, an azabenzosilole group, an azabenzogermole group, an azabenzothiophene group, an azabenzoselenophene group, an azabenzofuran group, an azacarbazole group, an azadibenzoborole group, an azadibenzophosphole group, an azafluorene group, an azadibenzosilole group, an azadibenzogermole group, an azadibenzothiophene group, an azadibenzoselenophene group, an azadibenzofuran group, an azadibenzothiophene 5-oxide group, an aza-9H-fluorene-9-one group, an azadibenzothiophene 5,5-dioxide group, a pyridine group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrazine group, a pyridazine group, a triazine group, a quinoline group, an isoquinoline group, a quinoxaline group, a quinazoline group, a phenanthroline group, a pyrrole group, a pyrazole group, an imidazole group, a triazole group, an oxazole group, an isooxazole group, a thiazole group, an isothiazole group, an oxadiazole group, a thiadiazole group, a benzopyrazole group, a benzimidazole group, a benzoxazole group, a benzothiazole group, a benzoxadiazole group, a benzothiadiazole group, a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinoline group, or a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline group.
In an embodiment, a moiety represented by
in Formula 1A may be a group represented by one selected from Formulae 1A(2)-1 to 1A(2)-10;
In Formulae 1A(2)-1 to 1A(2)-10,
In Formula 1A, R11 and R12 may each independently be hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C1-C60 alkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C2-C60 alkenyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C2-C60 alkynyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C1-C60 alkoxy group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C3-C60 carbocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C1-C60 heterocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C6-C60 aryloxy group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C6-C60 arylthio group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, —C(Q1)(Q2)(Q3), —Si(Q1)(Q2)(Q3), —N(Q1)(Q2), —B(Q1)(Q2), —C(═O)(Q1), —S(═O)2(Q1), or —P(═O)(Q1)(Q2).
In an embodiment, R11 and R12 may each independently be: hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, hydroxyl group, cyano group, a nitro group, a C1-C20 alkyl group, or a C1-C20 alkoxy group;
In an embodiment, R11 and R12 may each independently be: hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, —CDs, —CD2H, —CDH2, —CF3, —CF2H, —CFH2, a C1-C60 alkyl group, a C2-C60 alkenyl group, a C2-C60 alkynyl group, or a C1-C60 alkoxy group;
In Formulae 9-1 to 9-39, 9-44 to 9-61, 9-201 to 9-237, 10-1 to 10-129, and 10-201 to 10-350, * indicates a binding site to a neighboring atom, Ph is a phenyl group, cMS is a trimethylsilyl group, and MG is a trimethylgermyl group.
In Formula 1A, b11 may be an integer from 1 to 7, and b12 may be an integer from 1 to 10.
At least two of b12 R12(s) may optionally be bonded to each other to form a C3-C60 carbocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a or a C1-C60 heterocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, and
In an embodiment, at least one of b11 R11(s) may include F.
For example, at least one of b11 R11(s) may be F.
In Formula 1A, * and *′ each indicate a neighboring atom.
In Formula 1, L12 may be a bidentate ligand.
In an embodiment, L12 may be a ligand represented by Formula 1B-1 or 11B-2:
In an embodiment, ring A3 may be a benzene group, a naphthalene group, an anthracene group, a phenanthrene group, a triphenylene group, a pyrene group, a chrysene group, a cyclopentadiene group, a 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene group, a thiophene group, a furan group, an indole group, a benzoborole group, a benzophosphole group, an indene group, a benzosilole group, a benzogermole group, a benzothiophene group, a benzoselenophene group, a benzofuran group, a carbazole group, a dibenzoborole group, a dibenzophosphole group, a fluorene group, a dibenzosilole group, a dibenzogermole group, a dibenzothiophene group, a dibenzoselenophene group, a dibenzofuran group, a dibenzothiophene 5-oxide group, a 9H-fluorene-9-one group, a dibenzothiophene 5,5-dioxide group, an azaindole group, an azabenzoborole group, an azabenzophosphole group, an azaindene group, an azabenzosilole group, an azabenzogermole group, an azabenzothiophene group, an azabenzoselenophene group, an azabenzofuran group, an azacarbazole group, an azadibenzoborole group, an azadibenzophosphole group, an azafluorene group, an azadibenzosilole group, an azadibenzogermole group, an azadibenzothiophene group, an azadibenzoselenophene group, an azadibenzofuran group, an azadibenzothiophene 5-oxide group, an aza-9H-fluorene-9-one group, an azadibenzothiophene 5,5-dioxide group, a pyridine group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrazine group, a pyridazine group, a triazine group, a quinoline group, an isoquinoline group, a quinoxaline group, a quinazoline group, a phenanthroline group, a pyrrole group, a pyrazole group, an imidazole group, a triazole group, an oxazole group, an isooxazole group, a thiazole group, an isothiazole group, an oxadiazole group, a thiadiazole group, a benzopyrazole group, a benzimidazole group, a benzoxazole group, a benzothiazole group, a benzoxadiazole group, a benzothiadiazole group, a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinoline group, or a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline group.
In an embodiment, R31 to R34 may each independently be: hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, hydroxyl group, cyano group, a nitro group, a C1-C20 alkyl group, or a C1-C20 alkoxy group;
In an embodiment, R31 to R34 may each independently be: hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, —CD3, —CD2H, —CDH2, —CF3, —CF2H, —CFH2, a C1-C60 alkyl group, a C2-C60 alkenyl group, a C2-C60 alkynyl group, or a C1-C60 alkoxy group;
In an embodiment, the organometallic compound may be one selected from Compounds A1 to A10:
In an embodiment, the organometallic compound may be electrically neutral.
In an embodiment, the organometallic compound may emit red light.
In an embodiment, the FWHM of the organometallic compound may be less than or equal to 85 nm, less than or equal to 84 nm, less than or equal to 83 nm, less than or equal to 82 nm, less than or equal to 81 nm, or less than or equal to 80 nm.
In an embodiment, the maximum emission wavelength in the PL spectrum of the organometallic compound may be in a range of 600 nm to 660 nm.
In an embodiment, the PL spectrum of the organometallic compound may include the first peak (Imax) having a maximum intensity and the second peak (I2nd) having a second highest intensity, and
the ratio (Imax/I2nd) of an intensity of the first peak to an intensity of the second peak may be less than or equal to 0.5, less than or equal to 0.49, less than or equal to 0.48, less than or equal to 0.47, less than or equal to 0.46, less than or equal to 0.45, less than or equal to 0.44, less than or equal to 0.43, less than or equal to 0.42, or less than or equal to 0.41.
In an embodiment, the organometallic compound may have a metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) value of greater than or equal to 9.
Hereinafter, the heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 2 will be described in more detail:
wherein, in Formula 2, ring B1 may be a C1-C60 heterocyclic group including at least one N.
In an embodiment, ring B1 may be a pyridine group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrazine group, a pyridazine group, a triazine group, or a carbazole group.
In an embodiment, ring B1 may be a group represented by one selected from Formulae 2B(1)-5 to 2B(1)-22:
In Formulae 2B(1)-5 to 2B(1)-22,
In Formula 2, L20 to L22 may each independently be a single bond, a C3-C60 carbocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, or a C1-C60 heterocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a.
In an embodiment, L20 to L22 may each independently be a single bond, a C6-C60 aryl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, or a C1-C60 heteroaryl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a.
For example, L20 may be a benzene group, a naphthalene group, a pyridine group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrazine group, a pyridazine group, or a triazine group.
For example, L21 and L22 may each independently be a single bond, a benzene group, a naphthalene group, a pyridine group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrazine group, a pyridazine group, or a triazine group.
In Formula 2, n20 to n22 may each independently be an integer from 1 to 5.
For example, n20 may be 1.
In Formula 2, T21 and T22 may each independently be a group represented by Formula 2A:
wherein, in Formula 2A, ring B2 may be a C5-C60 carbocyclic group or a C1-C60 heterocyclic group.
For example, ring B2 may be a benzene group, a naphthalene group, an anthracene group, a phenanthrene group, a triphenylene group, a pyridine group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrazine group, a pyridazine group, a triazine group, a quinoline group, an isoquinoline group, a benzoquinoline group, or a benzoisoquinoline group.
In Formula 2A, X21 may be C(R24)(R25), N(R24), O, or S.
In Formula 2A, X22 may be C(R26) or N.
In Formula 2A, Y21 may be C or N, and Y22 may be C or N.
In Formula 2A, * indicates a binding site to a neighboring atom.
In Formulae 2 and 2A, R21 to R26 may each independently be hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C1-C60 alkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C2-C60 alkenyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C2-C60 alkynyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C1-C60 alkoxy group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C3-C60 carbocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C1-C60 heterocyclic group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C6-C60 aryloxy group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, a C6-C60 arylthio group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R10a, —C(Q1)(Q2)(Q3), —Si(Q1)(Q2)(Q3), —N(Q1)(Q2), —B(Q1)(Q2), —C(═O)(Q1), —S(═O)2(Q1), or —P(═O)(Q1)(Q2).
In Formulae 2 and 2A, b21 may be an integer from 1 to 7, and b22 and b23 may each independently be an integer from 1 to 10.
In an embodiment, T1 and T2 may each independently be a group represented by one selected from Formulae 2A-1 to 2A-5:
In an embodiment, T1 and T2 may each independently be a group represented by one selected from Formulae 2A(1)-1 to 2A(1)-5:
In Formula 2, a21 and a22 may each independently be an integer from 1 to 5.
For example, a21 and a22 may each be 1.
In Formula 2, t21 and t22 may each independently be an integer from 0 to 5. When t21 is 0, -(L21)n21-(T21)a21 does not exist, and when t22 is 0, -(L22)n22-(T22)a22 does not exist.
In an embodiment, t21 and t22 may each independently be 0, 1, or 2.
In an embodiment, the sum of t21 and t22 may be 1 or 2.
In an embodiment, the heterocyclic compound may be represented by one of Formula 2-1 to 2-4:
In an embodiment, in Formulae 2, 2-1 to 2-4, 2A, 2A-1 to 2A-5, and 2A(1)-1 to 2A(1)-5, R21 to R26, R41 to R45, R51, R52, E11 to E14, E21 to E28, and E31 to E34 may each independently be: hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C1-C20 alkyl group, or a C1-C20 alkoxy group;
In an embodiment, in Formulae 2, 2-1 to 2-4, 2A, 2A-1 to 2A-5, and 2A(1)-1 to 2A(1)-5, R21 to R26, R41 to R45, R51, R52, E11 to E14, E21 to E28, and E31 to E34 may each independently be: hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, —CD3, —CD2H, —CDH2, —CF3, —CF2H, —CFH2, a C1-C60 alkyl group, a C2-C60 alkenyl group, a C2-C60 alkynyl group, or a C1-C60 alkoxy group;
In an embodiment, the heterocyclic compound may be one selected from Compounds B1 to B5:
In an embodiment, the heterocyclic compound may have a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.7 for light having a wavelength of 633 nm.
In an embodiment, the heterocyclic compound may have a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.85 for light having a wavelength of 530 nm.
In an embodiment, the heterocyclic compound may have a refractive index of greater than or equal to 2.0 for light having a wavelength of 450 nm.
In an embodiment, the amine-free compound may have a HOMO energy level of less than or equal to −5.0 eV, and a LUMO energy level of less than or equal to −2.0 eV.
The organic light-emitting device may include an emission layer and a capping layer that is outside the first electrode or the second electrode, wherein the emission layer may include the organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, and the capping layer may include the heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 2. For example, the organic light-emitting device may include a first capping layer outside the first electrode and a second capping layer outside the second electrode.
The organometallic compound may have a narrow FWHM and excellent efficiency, and the heterocyclic compound may have an excellent refractive index. Accordingly, the organic light-emitting device including the organometallic compound and the heterocyclic compound may have high color purity and excellent luminescence efficiency.
Synthesis methods for synthesizing the organometallic compound represented by Formula 1 and the heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 2 may be recognized by those skilled in the art by referring to Synthesis Examples and/or Examples below.
In an embodiment,
In an embodiment, the organometallic compound may be included between a pair of electrodes of the organic light-emitting device. Accordingly, the organometallic compound may be included in the interlayer of the organic light-emitting device, for example, in the emission layer of the interlayer.
In an embodiment, the emission layer may further include a host, and an amount of the organometallic compound may be in a range of 0.01 parts by weight to 49.99 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the emission layer.
In one or more embodiments, the emission layer of the organic light-emitting device may include a dopant and a host, and the dopant may include the organometallic compound. For example, the organometallic compound may act as a dopant. In some embodiments, the emission layer may emit red light.
In an embodiment, the emission layer may emit light having a CIE(x) value of greater than or equal to about 0.65. For example, the emission layer may emit light having a CIE(x) value of greater than or equal to 0.65, greater than or equal to 0.66, or greater than or equal to 0.67.
The expression “(an interlayer) includes an organometallic compound,” as used herein, may include a case in which “(an interlayer) includes one organometallic compounds represented by Formula 1” and a case in which “(an interlayer) includes two or more different organometallic compounds represented by Formula 1.”
In an embodiment, the interlayer may include, as the organometallic compound, only Compound A1. In this regard, Compound A1 may be present in the emission layer of the light-emitting device. In one or more embodiments, the interlayer may include, as the organometallic compound, Compound A1 and Compound A2. In this regard, Compound A1 and Compound A2 may be present in the same layer (for example, both Compound A1 and Compound A2 may be present in the emission layer), or may be present in different layers (for example, Compound A1 may be present in the emission layer, and Compound A2 may be present in the electron transport region).
The expression “(a capping layer) includes a heterocyclic compound,” as used herein, may include a case in which “(a capping layer) includes one heterocyclic compounds represented by Formula 2” and a case in which “(a capping layer) includes two or more different heterocyclic compounds represented by Formula 2.”
In an embodiment, the first capping layer or the second capping layer may include, as the heterocyclic compound, Compound B1 only. Here, Compound B1 may be included in the first capping layer and/or the second capping layer. In one or more embodiments, the first capping layer or the second capping layer may include, as the heterocyclic compound, Compound B1 and Compound B2. In this regard, Compound B1 and Compound B2 may all exist in an identical layer (for example, Compound B1 and Compound B2 may all exist in the first capping layer or the second capping layer) or in different layers (for example, Compound B1 may exist in the first capping layer and Compound B2 may exist in the second capping layer).
The term “interlayer,” as used herein, refers to a single layer and/or all of a plurality of layers between the first electrode and the second electrode of the organic light-emitting device.
Another aspect of embodiments provides an electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device. The electronic apparatus may further include a thin-film transistor. For example, the electronic apparatus may further include a thin-film transistor including a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein the first electrode of the light-emitting device may be electrically connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode. In an embodiment, the electronic apparatus may further include a color filter, a color conversion layer, a touch screen layer, a polarizing layer, or any combination thereof. For more details on the electronic apparatus, related descriptions provided herein may be referred to.
Another aspect of embodiments provides an electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device.
For example, the electronic apparatus may be a flat panel display, a curved display, a computer monitor, a medical monitor, a television, an advertisement board, an indoor or outdoor lighting and/or signaling light, a head-up display, a fully or partially transparent display, a flexible display, a rollable display, a foldable display, a stretchable display, a laser printer, a telephone, a mobile phone, a tablet, a phablet, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wearable device, a laptop computer, a digital camera, a camcorder, a viewfinder, a microdisplay, a 3D display, a virtual and/or augmented reality display, a vehicle, a video wall including multiple displays tiled together, a theater or stadium screen, a phototherapy device, and/or a sign.
Hereinafter, the structure of the organic light-emitting device 10 according to an embodiment and a method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting device 10 will be described in connection with
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The first electrode 110 may be formed by, for example, depositing and/or sputtering a material for forming the first electrode 110 on the substrate. When the first electrode 110 is an anode, a material for forming the first electrode 110 may be a high-work function material that facilitates injection of holes.
The first electrode 110 may be a reflective electrode, a semi-transmissive electrode, or a transmissive electrode. When the first electrode 110 is a transmissive electrode, a material for forming the first electrode 110 may include indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), tin oxide (SnO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), or any combination thereof. In one or more embodiments, when the first electrode 110 is a semi-transmissive electrode or a reflective electrode, a material for forming the first electrode 110 may include magnesium (Mg), silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), aluminum-lithium (Al—Li), calcium (Ca), magnesium-indium (Mg—In), magnesium-silver (Mg—Ag), or any combination thereof.
The first electrode 110 may have a single-layer structure consisting of a single layer or a multi-layer structure including multiple layers. For example, the first electrode 110 may have a three-layer structure of ITO/Ag/ITO.
The interlayer 130 is on the first electrode 110, and the interlayer 130 includes an emission layer.
In an embodiment, the interlayer 130 may further include a hole transport region between the first electrode 110 and the emission layer, and an electron transport region between the emission layer and the second electrode 150.
The interlayer 130 may further include, in addition to various suitable organic materials, a metal-containing compound such as an organometallic compound, an inorganic material such as quantum dots, and/or the like.
In one or more embodiments, the interlayer 130 may include, i) two or more emitting units sequentially stacked between the first electrode 110 and the second electrode 150, and ii) a charge generation layer between the two or more emitting units. When the interlayer 130 includes emitting units and a charge generation layer as described above, the organic light-emitting device 10 may be a tandem light-emitting device.
The hole transport region may have: i) a single-layer structure consisting of a single layer consisting of a single material, ii) a single-layer structure consisting of a single layer consisting of multiple materials that are different from each other, or iii) a multi-layer structure including multiple materials including multiple materials that are different from each other.
The hole transport region may include a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an emission auxiliary layer, an electron-blocking layer, or any combination thereof.
For example, the hole transport region may have a multi-layer structure including a hole injection layer/hole transport layer structure, a hole injection layer/hole transport layer/emission auxiliary layer structure, a hole injection layer/emission auxiliary layer structure, a hole transport layer/emission auxiliary layer structure, or a hole injection layer/hole transport layer/electron blocking layer structure, wherein constituent layers of each structure are stacked sequentially from the first electrode 110.
The hole transport region may include a compound represented by Formula 201, a compound represented by Formula 202, or any combination thereof:
For example, each of Formulae 201 and 202 may include at least one selected from groups represented by Formulae CY201 to CY217:
In Formulae CY201 to CY217, R10b and R10c are each the same as described with respect to R10a, ring CY201 to ring CY204 may each independently be a C3-C20 carbocyclic group or a C1-C20 heterocyclic group, and at least one hydrogen in Formulae CY201 to CY217 may be unsubstituted or substituted with R10a as described above.
In an embodiment, ring CY201 to ring CY204 in Formulae CY201 to CY217 may each independently be a benzene group, a naphthalene group, a phenanthrene group, or an anthracene group.
In one or more embodiments, each of Formulae 201 and 202 may include at least one selected from groups represented by Formulae CY201 to CY203.
In one or more embodiments, Formula 201 may include at least one selected from the groups represented by Formulae CY201 to CY203 and at least one selected from the groups represented by Formulae CY204 to CY217.
In one or more embodiments, in Formula 201, xa1 may be 1, R201 may be a group represented by one selected from Formulae CY201 to CY203, xa2 may be 0, and R202 may be a group represented by one selected from Formulae CY204 to CY207.
In one or more embodiments, each of Formulae 201 and 202 may not include a group represented by one selected from Formulae CY201 to CY203.
In one or more embodiments, each of Formulae 201 and 202 may not include a group represented by one selected from Formulae CY201 to CY203, and may include at least one selected from the groups represented by Formulae CY204 to CY217.
In one or more embodiments, each of Formulae 201 and 202 may not include a group represented by one selected from Formulae CY201 to CY217.
In an embodiment, the hole transport region may include one selected from Compounds HT1 to HT46, m-MTDATA, TDATA, 2-TNATA, NPB(NPD), p-NPB, TPD, Spiro-TPD, Spiro-NPB, methylated NPB, TAPC, HMTPD, 4,4′,4″-tris(N-carbazolyl)triphenylamine (TCTA), polyaniline/dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (PANI/DBSA), poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS), polyaniline/camphor sulfonic acid (PANI/CSA), polyaniline/poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PANI/PSS), or any combination thereof:
A thickness of the hole transport region may be in a range of about 50 Å to about 10,000 Å, for example, about 100 Å to about 4,000 Å. When the hole transport region includes a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, or any combination thereof, a thickness of the hole injection layer may be in a range of about 100 Å to about 9,000 Å, for example, about 100 Å to about 1,000 Å, and a thickness of the hole transport layer may be in a range of about 50 Å to about 2,000 Å, for example, about 100 Å to about 1,500 Å. When the thicknesses of the hole transport region, the hole injection layer, and the hole transport layer are within these ranges, suitable or satisfactory hole transporting characteristics may be obtained without a substantial increase in driving voltage.
The emission auxiliary layer may increase light-emission efficiency by compensating for an optical resonance distance according to the wavelength of light emitted by an emission layer, and the electron-blocking layer may block or reduce the leakage of electrons from an emission layer to a hole transport region. Materials that may be included in the hole transport region may be included in the emission auxiliary layer and the electron-blocking layer.
p-Dopant
The hole transport region may further include, in addition to these materials, a charge-generation material for the improvement of conductive properties (e.g., electrically conductive properties). The charge-generation material may be uniformly or non-uniformly dispersed in the hole transport region (for example, in the form of a single layer consisting of a charge-generation material).
The charge-generation material may be, for example, a p-dopant.
For example, the LUMO energy level of the p-dopant may be less than or equal to −3.5 eV.
In one or more embodiments, the p-dopant may include a quinone derivative, a cyano group-containing compound, a compound including element EL1 and element EL2, or any combination thereof.
Examples of the quinone derivative include TCNQ, F4-TCNQ, and the like.
Examples of the cyano group-containing compound include HAT-CN, and a compound represented by Formula 221:
In Formula 221,
In the compound including element EL1 and element EL2, element EL1 may be metal, metalloid, or any combination thereof, and element EL2 may be non-metal, metalloid, or any combination thereof.
Examples of the metal include an alkali metal (for example, lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs), etc.); alkaline earth metal (for example, beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), etc.); transition metal (for example, titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), manganese (Mn), technetium (Tc), rhenium (Re), iron (Fe), ruthenium (Ru), osmium (Os), cobalt (Co), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), nickel (Ni), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), copper (Cu), silver (Ag), gold (Au), etc.); post-transition metal (for example, zinc (Zn), indium (In), tin (Sn), etc.); and lanthanide metal (for example, lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu), etc.).
Examples of the metalloid include silicon (Si), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te), and the like.
Examples of the non-metal include O, halogen (for example, F, Cl, Br, I, etc.), and the like.
Examples of the compound including element EL1 and element EL2 include metal oxide, metal halide (for example, metal fluoride, metal chloride, metal bromide, metal iodide, etc.), metalloid halide (for example, metalloid fluoride, metalloid chloride, metalloid bromide, metalloid iodide, etc.), metal telluride, or any combination thereof.
Examples of the metal oxide include tungsten oxide (for example, WO, W2O3, WO2, WO3, W2O5, etc.), vanadium oxide (for example, VO, V2O3, VO2, V2O5, etc.), molybdenum oxide (MoO, Mo2O3, MoO2, MoO3, Mo2O5, etc.), rhenium oxide (for example, ReO3, etc.), and the like.
Examples of the metal halide include alkali metal halide, alkaline earth metal halide, transition metal halide, post-transition metal halide, lanthanide metal halide, and the like.
Examples of the alkali metal halide include LiF, NaF, KF, RbF, CsF, LiCl, NaCl, KCl, RbCl, CsCl, LiBr, NaBr, KBr, RbBr, CsBr, LiI, NaI, KI, RbI, CsI, and the like.
Examples of the alkaline earth metal halide include BeF2, MgF2, CaF2, SrF2, BaF2, BeCl2, MgCl2, CaCl2), SrCl2, BaCl2, BeBr2, MgBr2, CaBr2, SrBr2, BaBr2, BeI2, MgI2, CaI2, SrI2, BaI2, and the like.
Examples of the transition metal halide include titanium halide (for example, TiF4, TiCl4, TiBr4, TiI4, etc.), zirconium halide (for example, ZrF4, ZrCl4, ZrBr4, ZrI4, etc.), hafnium halide (for example, HfF4, HfCl4, HfBr4, HfI4, etc.), vanadium halide (for example, VF3, VCl3, VBr3, VI3, etc.), niobium halide (for example, NbF3, NbCl3, NbBr3, NbI3, etc.), tantalum halide (for example, TaF3, TaCl3, TaBr3, TaI3, etc.), chromium halide (for example, CrF3, CrO3, CrBr3, CrI3, etc.), molybdenum halide (for example, MoF3, MoCl3, MoBr3, MoI3, etc.), tungsten halide (for example, WF3, WCl3, WBr3, WI3, etc.), manganese halide (for example, MnF2, MnCl2, MnBr2, MnI2, etc.), technetium halide (for example, TcF2, TcCl2, TcBr2, TcI2, etc.), rhenium halide (for example, ReF2, ReCl2, ReBr2, ReI2, etc.), iron halide (for example, FeF2, FeCl2, FeBr2, FeI2, etc.), ruthenium halide (for example, RuF2, RuCl2, RuBr2, RuI2, etc.), osmium halide (for example, OsF2, OsCl2, OsBr2, OsI2, etc.), cobalt halide (for example, CoF2, CoCl2, CoBr2, CoI2, etc.), rhodium halide (for example, RhF2, RhCl2, RhBr2, RhI2, etc.), iridium halide (for example, IrF2, IrCl2, IrBr2, IrI2, etc.), nickel halide (for example, NiF2, NiCl2, NiBr2, NiI2, etc.), palladium halide (for example, PdF2, PdCl2, PdBr2, PdI2, etc.), platinum halide (for example, PtF2, PtCl2, PtBr2, PtI2, etc.), copper halide (for example, CuF, CuCl, CuBr, CuI, etc.), silver halide (for example, AgF, AgCl, AgBr, AgI, etc.), gold halide (for example, AuF, AuCl, AuBr, AuI, etc.), and the like.
Examples of the post-transition metal halide include zinc halide (for example, ZnF2, ZnCl2, ZnBr2, ZnI2, etc.), indium halide (for example, InI3, etc.), tin halide (for example, SnI2, etc.), and the like.
Examples of the lanthanide metal halide include YbF, YbF2, YbF3, SmF3, YbCl, YbCl2, YbCl3, SmCl3, YbBr, YbBr2, YbBr3, SmBr3, YbI, YbI2, YbI3, SmI3, and the like.
Examples of the metalloid halide include antimony halide (for example, SbCl5, etc.) and the like.
Examples of the metal telluride include alkali metal telluride (for example, Li2Te, a Na2Te, K2Te, Rb2Te, Cs2Te, etc.), alkaline earth metal telluride (for example, BeTe, MgTe, CaTe, SrTe, BaTe, etc.), transition metal telluride (for example, TiTe2, ZrTe2, HfTe2, V2Te3, Nb2Te3, Ta2Te3, Cr2Te3, Mo2Te3, W2Te3, MnTe, TcTe, ReTe, FeTe, RuTe, OsTe, CoTe, RhTe, IrTe, NiTe, PdTe, PtTe, Cu2Te, CuTe, Ag2Te, AgTe, Au2Te, etc.), post-transition metal telluride (for example, ZnTe, etc.), lanthanide metal telluride (for example, LaTe, CeTe, PrTe, NdTe, PmTe, EuTe, GdTe, TbTe, DyTe, HoTe, ErTe, TmTe, YbTe, LuTe, etc.), and the like.
When the organic light-emitting device 10 is a full-color light-emitting device, the emission layer may be patterned into a red emission layer, a green emission layer, and/or a blue emission layer, according to a sub-pixel. In an embodiment, the emission layer may have a stacked structure of two or more layers of a red emission layer, a green emission layer, and a blue emission layer, in which the two or more layers contact (e.g., physically contact) each other or are separated (e.g., spaced apart) from each other to emit white light. In one or more embodiments, the emission layer may include two or more materials of a red light-emitting material, a green light-emitting material, and a blue light-emitting material, in which the two or more materials are mixed together with each other in a single layer to emit white light.
The emission layer may include a host and a dopant. The dopant may include a phosphorescent dopant, a fluorescent dopant, or any combination thereof.
An amount of the dopant in the emission layer 130 may be in a range of about 0.01 parts by weight to about 15 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the host.
In one or more embodiments, the emission layer may include a quantum dot.
In some embodiments, the emission layer may include a delayed fluorescence material. The delayed fluorescence material may act as a host or a dopant in the emission layer.
A thickness of the emission layer may be in a range of about 100 Å to about 1,000 Å, for example, about 200 Å to about 600 Å. When the thickness of the emission layer is within these ranges, excellent light-emission characteristics may be obtained without a substantial increase in driving voltage.
In an embodiment, the host may include a compound represented by Formula 301:
[Ar301]xb11-[(L301)xb1-R301]xb21 Formula 301
For example, when xb11 in Formula 301 is 2 or more, two or more of Ar301 may be linked to each other via a single bond.
In one or more embodiments, the host may include a compound represented by Formula 301-1, a compound represented by Formula 301-2, or any combination thereof:
In Formulae 301-1 and 301-2,
In one or more embodiments, the host may include an alkali earth metal complex, a post-transition metal complex, or any combination thereof. For example, the host may include a Be complex (for example, Compound H55), an Mg complex, a Zn complex, or any combination thereof.
In one or more embodiments, the host may include: one selected from Compounds H1 to H124; 9,10-di(2-naphthyl)anthracene (ADN); 2-methyl-9,10-bis(naphthalen-2-yl)anthracene (MADN); 9,10-di-(2-naphthyl)-2-t-butyl-anthracene (TBADN); 4,4′-bis(N-carbazolyl)-1,1′-biphenyl (CBP); 1,3-di-9-carbazolylbenzene (mCP); 1,3,5-tri(carbazol-9-yl)benzene (TCP); or any combination thereof:
The phosphorescent dopant may include at least one transition metal as a central metal.
The phosphorescent dopant may include a monodentate ligand, a bidentate ligand, a tridentate ligand, a tetradentate ligand, a pentadentate ligand, a hexadentate ligand, or any combination thereof.
The phosphorescent dopant may be electrically neutral.
For example, the phosphorescent dopant may include an organometallic compound represented by Formula 401:
For example, in Formula 402, i) X401 may be nitrogen, and X402 may be carbon, or ii) each of X401 and X402 may be nitrogen.
In an embodiment, when xc1 in Formula 401 is 2 or more, two ring A401 (s) among two or more of L401 may optionally be bonded to each other via T402, which is a linking group, and two ring A402(s) among two or more of L401 may optionally be bonded to each other via T403, which is a linking group (see Compounds PD1 to PD4 and PD7). T402 and T403 are each the same as described in connection with T401.
L402 in Formula 401 may be an organic ligand. For example, L402 may include a halogen group, a diketone group (for example, an acetylacetonate group), a carboxylic acid group (for example, a picolinate group), —C(═O), an isonitrile group, —CN group, a phosphorus group (for example, a phosphine group, a phosphite group, etc.), or any combination thereof.
The phosphorescent dopant may include, for example, one selected from
The fluorescent dopant may include an amine group-containing compound, a styryl group-containing compound, or any combination thereof.
For example, the fluorescent dopant may include a compound represented by Formula 501:
For example, Ar501 in Formula 501 may be a condensed cyclic group (for example, an anthracene group, a chrysene group, or a pyrene group) in which three or more monocyclic groups are condensed together.
In an embodiment, xd4 in Formula 501 may be 2.
For example, the fluorescent dopant may include: one selected from Compounds FD1 to FD36; DPVBi; DPAVBi; or any combination thereof:
The emission layer may include a delayed fluorescence material.
In the present specification, the delayed fluorescence material may be selected from compounds capable of emitting delayed fluorescent light based on a delayed fluorescence emission mechanism.
The delayed fluorescence material included in the emission layer may act as a host or a dopant depending on the type (or kind) of other materials included in the emission layer.
In one or more embodiments, the difference between the triplet energy level (eV) of the delayed fluorescence material and the singlet energy level (eV) of the delayed fluorescence material may be greater than or equal to 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.5 eV. When the difference between the triplet energy level (eV) of the delayed fluorescence material and the singlet energy level (eV) of the delayed fluorescence material satisfies the above-described range, up-conversion from the triplet state to the singlet state of the delayed fluorescence materials may effectively occur, and thus, the luminescence efficiency of the organic light-emitting device 10 may be improved.
For example, the delayed fluorescence material may include i) a material including at least one electron donor (for example, a π electron-rich C3-C60 cyclic group, such as a carbazole group) and at least one electron acceptor (for example, a sulfoxide group, a cyano group, or a π electron-deficient nitrogen-containing C1-C60 cyclic group), and ii) a material including a C8-C60 polycyclic group in which two or more cyclic groups are condensed together while sharing boron (B).
Examples of the delayed fluorescence material may include at least one selected from Compounds DF1 to DF9:
The emission layer may include a quantum dot.
The term “quantum dot,” as used herein, refers to a crystal of a semiconductor compound, and may include any suitable material capable of emitting light of various suitable emission wavelengths according to the size of the crystal.
A diameter of the quantum dot may be, for example, in a range of about 1 nm to about 10 nm.
The quantum dot may be synthesized by a wet chemical process, a metal organic chemical vapor deposition process, a molecular beam epitaxy process, and/or any suitable process similar thereto.
The wet chemical process is a method including mixing a precursor material together with an organic solvent and then growing a quantum dot particle crystal. When the crystal grows, the organic solvent naturally acts as a dispersant coordinated on the surface of the quantum dot crystal and controls the growth of the crystal so that the growth of quantum dot particles can be controlled through a process which costs less, and is easier than vapor deposition methods, such as metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) or molecular beam epitaxy (MBE),
The quantum dot may include Group II-VI semiconductor compounds, Group Ill-V semiconductor compounds, Group III-VI semiconductor compounds, Group I-III-VI semiconductor compounds, Group IV-VI semiconductor compounds, a Group IV element or compound, or any combination thereof.
Examples of the Group II-VI semiconductor compound include a binary compound, such as CdS, CdSe, CdTe, ZnS, ZnSe, ZnTe, ZnO, HgS, HgSe, HgTe, MgSe, and/or MgS; a ternary compound, such as CdSeS, CdSeTe, CdSTe, ZnSeS, ZnSeTe, ZnSTe, HgSeS, HgSeTe, HgSTe, CdZnS, CdZnSe, CdZnTe, CdHgS, CdHgSe, CdHgTe, HgZnS, HgZnSe, HgZnTe, MgZnSe, and/or MgZnS; a quaternary compound, such as CdZnSeS, CdZnSeTe, CdZnSTe, CdHgSeS, CdHgSeTe, CdHgSTe, HgZnSeS, HgZnSeTe, and/or HgZnSTe; or any combination thereof.
Examples of the Group III-V semiconductor compound may include: a binary compound, such as GaN, GaP, GaAs, GaSb, AlN, AlP, AlAs, AlSb, InN, InP, InAs, and/or InSb; a ternary compound, such as GaNP, GaNAs, GaNSb, GaPAs, GaPSb, AlNP, AlNAs, AlNSb, AlPAs, AlPSb, InGaP, InNP, InAlP, InNAs, InNSb, InPAs, and/or InPSb; a quaternary compound, such as GaAlNP, GaAlNAs, GaAlNSb, GaAlPAs, GaAlPSb, GaInNP, GaInNAs, GalnNSb, GaInPAs, GalnPSb, InAlNP, InAlNAs, InAlNSb, InAlPAs, and/or InAlPSb; or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the Group III-V semiconductor compound may further include a Group II element.
Examples of the Group III-V semiconductor compound further including the Group II element include InZnP, InGaZnP, InAlZnP, and the like.
Examples of the Group III-VI semiconductor compound include: a binary compound, such as GaS, GaSe, Ga2Se3, GaTe, InS, InSe, In2S3, In2Se3, InTe, and the like; a ternary compound, such as InGaS3, InGaSes, and the like; or any combination thereof.
Examples of the Group I-III-VI semiconductor compound include: a ternary compound, such as AgInS, AgInS2, CuInS, CuInS2, CuGaO2, AgGaO2, AgAlO2, and the like; or any combination thereof.
Examples of the Group IV-VI semiconductor compound include: a binary compound, such as SnS, SnSe, SnTe, PbS, PbSe, PbTe, and the like; a ternary compound, such as SnSeS, SnSeTe, SnSTe, PbSeS, PbSeTe, PbSTe, SnPbS, SnPbSe, SnPbTe, and the like; a quaternary compound, such as SnPbSSe, SnPbSeTe, SnPbSTe, and the like; or any combination thereof.
Examples of the Group IV element or compound include: a single element compound, such as Si, Ge, and the like; a binary compound, such as SiC, SiGe, and the like; or any combination thereof.
Each element included in a multi-element compound, such as the binary compound, the ternary compound, and the quaternary compound, may be present at a uniform concentration or non-uniform concentration in a particle.
In an embodiment, the quantum dot may have a single structure in which the concentration of each element in the quantum dot is uniform (e.g., substantially uniform), or may have a core-shell dual structure. In an embodiment, the quantum dot may have a single structure in which the concentration of each element in the quantum dot is uniform (e.g., substantially uniform), or may have a core-shell dual structure.
The shell of the quantum dot may act as a protective layer that prevents or reduces chemical degeneration of the core to maintain semiconductor characteristics, and/or as a charging layer that imparts electrophoretic characteristics to the quantum dot. The shell may be a single layer or a multi-layer. The interface between the core and the shell may have a concentration gradient in which the concentration of an element existing in the shell decreases along a direction toward the center of the core.
Examples of the shell of the quantum dot may include an oxide of metal, metalloid, or non-metal, a semiconductor compound, and any combination thereof. Examples of the oxide of metal, metalloid, or non-metal include a binary compound, such as SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2, ZnO, MnO, Mn2O3, Mn3O4, CuO, FeO, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, CoO, Co3O4, and/or NiO; a ternary compound, such as MgAl2O4, CoFe2O4, NiFe2O4, and/or CoMn2O4; and any combination thereof. Examples of the semiconductor compound include, as described herein, a Group II-VI semiconductor compound; a Group III-V semiconductor compound; a Group III-VI semiconductor compound; a Group I-III-VI semiconductor compound; a Group IV-VI semiconductor compound; and any combination thereof. For example, the semiconductor compound may include CdS, CdSe, CdTe, ZnS, ZnSe, ZnTe, ZnSeS, ZnTeS, GaAs, GaP, GaSb, HgS, HgSe, HgTe, InAs, InP, InGaP, InSb, AlAs, AlP, AlSb, or any combination thereof.
An FWHM of the emission wavelength spectrum of the quantum dot may be less than or equal to about 45 nm, for example, less than or equal to about 40 nm, and for example, less than or equal to about 30 nm, and within these ranges, color purity and/or color reproducibility may be increased. In addition, because the light emitted through the quantum dot is emitted in all (e.g., substantially all) directions, the wide viewing angle may be improved.
In addition, the quantum dot may be in the form of a spherical particle, a pyramidal particle, a multi-arm particle, a cubic nanoparticle, a nanotube particle, a nanowire particle, a nanofiber particle, and/or a nanoplate particle.
Because the energy band gap may be adjusted by controlling the size of the quantum dot, light having various suitable wavelength bands may be obtained from the quantum dot emission layer. Accordingly, by using quantum dots of different sizes, a light-emitting device that emits light of various suitable wavelengths may be implemented. In an embodiment, the size of the quantum dot may be selected to emit red, green, and/or blue light. In addition, the size of the quantum dots may be configured to emit white light by combination of light of various suitable colors.
The electron transport region may have: i) a single-layer structure consisting of a single layer consisting of a single material, ii) a single-layer structure consisting of a single layer consisting of multiple different materials, or iii) a multi-layer structure including multiple layers including different materials.
The electron transport region may include a buffer layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron control layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, or any combination thereof.
For example, the electron transport region may have an electron transport layer/electron injection layer structure, a hole blocking layer/electron transport layer/electron injection layer structure, an electron control layer/electron transport layer/electron injection layer structure, or a buffer layer/electron transport layer/electron injection layer structure, wherein constituent layers of each structure are sequentially stacked from the emission layer.
In an embodiment, the electron transport region (for example, the buffer layer, the hole-blocking layer, the electron control layer, and/or the electron transport layer in the electron transport region) may include a metal-free compound including at least one π electron-deficient nitrogen-containing C1-C60 cyclic group.
For example, the electron transport region 140 may include a compound represented by Formula 601:
[Ar601]xe11-[(L601)xe1-R601]xe21 Formula 601
For example, when xe11 in Formula 601 is 2 or more, two or more of Ar601 may be linked to each other via a single bond.
In an embodiment, Ar601 in Formula 601 may be a substituted or unsubstituted anthracene group.
In one or more embodiments, the electron transport region may include a compound represented by Formula 601-1:
For example, xe1 and xe611 to xe613 in Formulae 601 and 601-1 may each independently be 0, 1, or 2.
The electron transport region may include one selected from Compounds ET1 to ET45, 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP), 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (Bphen), Alq3, Balq, TAZ, NTAZ, or any combination thereof:
A thickness of the electron transport region may be from about 100 Å to about 5,000 Å, for example, about 160 Å to about 4,000 Å. When the electron transport region includes a buffer layer, a hole-blocking layer, an electron control layer, an electron transport layer, or any combination thereof, the thickness of the buffer layer, the hole-blocking layer, or the electron control layer may each independently be from about 20 Å to about 1,000 Å, for example, about 30 Å to about 300 Å, and the thickness of the electron transport layer may be from about 100 Å to about 1,000 Å, for example, about 150 Å to about 500 Å. When the thickness of the buffer layer, the hole blocking layer, the electron control layer, the electron transport layer, and/or the electron transport region are within these ranges, suitable or satisfactory electron transporting characteristics may be obtained without a substantial increase in driving voltage.
The electron transport region (for example, the electron transport layer in the electron transport region) may further include, in addition to the materials described above, a metal-containing material.
The metal-containing material may include an alkali metal complex, an alkaline earth metal complex, or any combination thereof. The metal ion of an alkali metal complex may be a Li ion, a Na ion, a K ion, a Rb ion, or a Cs ion, and the metal ion of an alkaline earth metal complex may be a Be ion, a Mg ion, a Ca ion, a Sr ion, or a Ba ion. A ligand coordinated with the metal ion of the alkali metal complex or the alkaline earth-metal complex may include a hydroxyquinoline, a hydroxyisoquinoline, a hydroxybenzoquinoline, a hydroxyacridine, a hydroxyphenanthridine, a hydroxyphenyloxazole, a hydroxyphenylthiazole, a hydroxyphenyloxadiazole, a hydroxyphenylthiadiazole, a hydroxyphenylpyridine, a hydroxyphenylbenzimidazole, a hydroxyphenylbenzothiazole, a bipyridine, a phenanthroline, a cyclopentadiene, or any combination thereof.
For example, the metal-containing material may include a Li complex. The Li complex may include, for example, Compound ET-D1 (LiQ) or ET-D2:
The electron transport region may include an electron injection layer that facilitates the injection of electrons from the second electrode 150. The electron injection layer may directly contact (e.g., physically contact) the second electrode 150.
The electron injection layer may have: i) a single-layer structure consisting of a single layer consisting of a single material, ii) a single-layer structure consisting of a single layer consisting of multiple different materials, or iii) a multi-layer structure including multiple layers including different materials.
The electron injection layer may include an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, an alkali metal-containing compound, alkaline earth metal-containing compound, a rare earth metal-containing compound, an alkali metal complex, an alkaline earth metal complex, a rare earth metal complex, or any combination thereof.
The alkali metal may include Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or any combination thereof. The alkaline earth metal may include Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, or any combination thereof. The rare earth metal may include Sc, Y, Ce, Tb, Yb, Gd, or any combination thereof.
The alkali metal-containing compound, the alkaline earth metal-containing compound, and the rare earth metal-containing compound may be oxides, halides (for example, fluorides, chlorides, bromides, and/or iodides), and/or tellurides of the alkali metal, the alkaline earth metal, and the rare earth metal, or any combination thereof.
The alkali metal-containing compound may include: alkali metal oxides, such as Li2O, Cs2O, and/or K2O; alkali metal halides, such as LiF, NaF, CsF, KF, LiI, NaI, CsI, and/or KI; or any combination thereof. The alkaline earth metal-containing compound may include an alkaline earth metal oxide, such as BaO, SrO, CaO, BaxSr1-xO (wherein x is a real number satisfying the condition of 0<x<1), BaxCa1-xO (wherein x is a real number satisfying the condition of 0<x<1), and/or the like. The rare earth metal-containing compound may include YbF3, ScF3, Sc2O3, Y2O3, Ce2O3, GdF3, TbF3, YbI3, ScI3, TbI3, or any combination thereof. In one or more embodiments, the rare earth metal-containing compound may include lanthanide metal telluride. Examples of the lanthanide metal telluride include LaTe, CeTe, PrTe, NdTe, PmTe, SmTe, EuTe, GdTe, TbTe, DyTe, HoTe, ErTe, TmTe, YbTe, LuTe, La2Te3, Ce2Te3, Pr2Te3, Nd2Te3, Pm2Te3, Sm2Te3, Eu2Te3, Gd2Te3, Tb2Te3, Dy2Te3, Ho2Te3, Er2Te3, Tm2Te3, Yb2Te3, Lu2Te3, and the like.
The alkali metal complex, the alkaline earth-metal complex, and the rare earth metal complex may include i) one of ions of the alkali metal, the alkaline earth metal, and the rare earth metal and ii), as a ligand bonded to the metal ion, for example, hydroxyquinoline, hydroxyisoquinoline, hydroxybenzoquinoline, hydroxyacridine, hydroxyphenanthridine, hydroxyphenyloxazole, hydroxyphenylthiazole, hydroxyphenyloxadiazole, hydroxyphenylthiadiazole, hydroxyphenylpyridine, hydroxyphenyl benzimidazole, hydroxyphenylbenzothiazole, bipyridine, phenanthroline, cyclopentadiene, or any combination thereof.
The electron injection layer may include (or consist of) an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, an alkali metal-containing compound, an alkaline earth metal-containing compound, a rare earth metal-containing compound, an alkali metal complex, an alkaline earth metal complex, a rare earth metal complex, or any combination thereof, as described above. In one or more embodiments, the electron injection layer may further include an organic material (for example, a compound represented by Formula 601).
In one or more embodiments, the electron injection layer may consist of: i) an alkali metal-containing compound (for example, an alkali metal halide); or ii) a) an alkali metal-containing compound (for example, an alkali metal halide), and b) an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, or any combination thereof. For example, the electron injection layer may be a KI:Yb co-deposited layer, an RbI:Yb co-deposited layer, a LiF:Yb co-deposited layer, and/or the like.
When the electron injection layer further includes an organic material, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, an alkali metal-containing compound, an alkaline earth metal-containing compound, a rare earth metal-containing compound, an alkali metal complex, an alkaline earth-metal complex, a rare earth metal complex, or any combination thereof may be uniformly or non-uniformly dispersed in a matrix including the organic material.
A thickness of the electron injection layer may be in a range of about 1 Å to about 100 Å, and, for example, about 3 Å to about 90 Å. When the thickness of the electron injection layer is within the ranges described above, suitable or satisfactory electron injection characteristics may be obtained without a substantial increase in driving voltage.
The second electrode 150 is on the interlayer 130 having a structure as described above. The second electrode 150 may be a cathode, which is an electron injection electrode, and as the material for the second electrode 150, a metal, an alloy, an electrically conductive compound, or any combination thereof, each having a low-work function, may be used.
The second electrode 150 may include lithium (Li), silver (Ag), magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), aluminum-lithium (Al—Li), calcium (Ca), magnesium-indium (Mg—In), magnesium-silver (Mg—Ag), ytterbium (Yb), silver-ytterbium (Ag—Yb), ITO, IZO, or any combination thereof. The second electrode 150 may be a transmissive electrode, a semi-transmissive electrode, or a reflective electrode.
The second electrode 150 may have a single-layer structure or a multi-layer structure including multiple layers.
The first capping layer may be outside the first electrode 110, and/or the second capping layer may be outside the second electrode 150. In particular, the organic light-emitting device 10 may have a structure in which the first capping layer, the first electrode 110, the interlayer 130, and the second electrode 150 are sequentially stacked in the stated order, a structure in which the first electrode 110, the interlayer 130, the second electrode 150, and the second capping layer are sequentially stacked in the stated order, or a structure in which the first capping layer, the first electrode 110, the interlayer 130, the second electrode 150, and the second capping layer are sequentially stacked in the stated order.
Light generated in the emission layer of the interlayer 130 of the organic light-emitting device 10 may be extracted toward the outside through the first electrode 110 which is a semi-transmissive electrode or a transmissive electrode, and the first capping layer. Light generated in the emission layer of the interlayer 130 of the organic light-emitting device 10 may be extracted toward the outside through the second electrode 150 which is a semi-transmissive electrode or a transmissive electrode, and the second capping layer.
The first capping layer and the second capping layer may increase external emission efficiency according to the principle of constructive interference. Accordingly, the light extraction efficiency of the organic light-emitting device 10 is increased, so that the luminescence efficiency of the organic light-emitting device 10 may be improved.
Each of the first capping layer and the second capping layer may include a material having a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.6 (at a wavelength of 589 nm).
The first capping layer and the second capping layer may each independently be an organic capping layer including an organic material, an inorganic capping layer including an inorganic material, or an organic-inorganic composite capping layer including an organic material and an inorganic material.
At least one selected from the first capping layer and the second capping layer may each independently include a carbocyclic compound, a heterocyclic compound, an amine group-containing compound, a porphine derivative, a phthalocyanine derivative, a naphthalocyanine derivative, an alkali metal complex, an alkaline earth metal complex, or any combination thereof. The carbocyclic compound, the heterocyclic compound, and the amine group-containing compound may optionally be substituted with a substituent including O, N, S, Se, Si, F, Cl, Br, I, or any combination thereof. In an embodiment, at least one selected from the first capping layer and the second capping layer may each independently include an amine group-containing compound.
For example, at least one selected from the first capping layer and the second capping layer may each independently include a compound represented by Formula 201, a compound represented by Formula 202, or any combination thereof.
In one or more embodiments, at least one selected from the first capping layer and the second capping layer may each independently include one selected from Compounds HT28 to HT33, one selected from Compounds CP1 to CP6, p-NPB, or any combination thereof:
The organometallic compound represented by Formula 1 and/or the heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 2 may be included in various suitable films. Accordingly, another aspect of embodiments provides a film including the organometallic compound represented by Formula 1 and/or the heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 2. The film may be, for example, an optical member (or a light control means) (for example, a color filter, a color conversion member, a capping layer, a light extraction efficiency enhancement layer, a selective light absorbing layer, a polarizing layer, a quantum dot-containing layer, and/or the like), a light-blocking member (for example, a light reflective layer, a light absorbing layer, and/or the like), a protective member (for example, an insulating layer, a dielectric layer, and/or the like).
The organic light-emitting device may be included in various suitable electronic apparatuses. In an embodiment, the electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device may be a light-emitting apparatus, an authentication apparatus, and/or the like.
The electronic apparatus (for example, a light-emitting apparatus) may further include, in addition to the organic light-emitting device, i) a color filter, ii) a color conversion layer, or iii) a color filter and a color conversion layer. The color filter and/or the color conversion layer may be in at least one direction in which light emitted from the light-emitting device travels. For example, the light emitted from the light-emitting device may be blue light or white light. Additional details of the light-emitting device may be referred to the descriptions provided herein. In an embodiment, the color conversion layer may include a quantum dot. The quantum dot may be, for example, the quantum dot as described herein.
The electronic apparatus may include a first substrate. The first substrate may include a plurality of subpixel areas, the color filter may include a plurality of color filter areas respectively corresponding to the subpixel areas, and the color conversion layer may include a plurality of color conversion areas respectively corresponding to the subpixel areas.
A pixel-defining film may be located among the subpixel areas to define each of the subpixel areas.
The color filter may further include a plurality of color filter areas and light-shielding patterns located among the color filter areas, and the color conversion layer may further include a plurality of color conversion areas and light-shielding patterns located among the color conversion areas.
The plurality of color filter areas (or the plurality of color conversion areas) may include a first area that emits a first color light, a second area that emits a second color light, and/or a third area that emits a third color light, wherein the first color light, the second color light, and/or the third color light may have different maximum emission wavelengths from one another. For example, the first color light may be red light, the second color light may be green light, and the third color light may be blue light. For example, the plurality of color filter areas (or the plurality of color conversion areas) may include quantum dots. In some embodiments, the first area may include a red quantum dot, the second area may include a green quantum dot, and the third area may not include a quantum dot. Additional details on the quantum dot may be referred to the descriptions provided herein. The first area, the second area, and/or the third area may each include a scatterer (e.g., a light scatterer).
For example, the organic light-emitting device 10 may emit a first light, the first area may absorb the first light to emit a first-first color light, the second area may absorb the first light to emit a second-first color light, and the third area may absorb the first light to emit a third-first color light. In this regard, the first-first color light, the second-first color light, and the third-first color light may have different maximum emission wavelengths. In some embodiments, the first light may be blue light, the first-first color light may be red light, the second-first color light may be green light, and the third-first color light may be blue light.
The electronic apparatus may further include a thin-film transistor in addition to the organic light-emitting device as described above. The thin-film transistor may include a source electrode, a drain electrode, and an activation layer, wherein any one selected from the source electrode and the drain electrode may be electrically connected to any one selected from the first electrode and the second electrode of the light-emitting device.
The thin-film transistor may further include a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, and/or the like.
The activation layer may include crystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, an organic semiconductor, an oxide semiconductor, or the like.
The electronic apparatus may further include a sealing portion for sealing the organic light-emitting device. The sealing portion may be between the color filter and/or the color conversion layer and the light-emitting device. The sealing portion allows light from the organic light-emitting device to be extracted to the outside, and concurrently (e.g., simultaneously) prevents or reduces penetration of ambient air and/or moisture into the organic light-emitting device. The sealing portion may be a sealing substrate including a transparent glass substrate and/or a plastic substrate. The sealing portion may be a thin-film encapsulation layer including at least one layer of an organic layer and/or an inorganic layer. When the sealing portion is a thin film encapsulation layer, the electronic apparatus may be flexible.
Various suitable functional layers may be additionally on the sealing portion, in addition to the color filter and/or the color conversion layer, according to the use of the electronic apparatus. The functional layers may include a touch screen layer, a polarizing layer, and/or the like. The touch screen layer may be a pressure-sensitive touch screen layer, a capacitive touch screen layer, and/or an infrared touch screen layer.
The authentication apparatus may further include, in addition to the organic light-emitting device, a biometric information collector. The authentication apparatus may be, for example, a biometric authentication apparatus that authenticates an individual by using biometric information of a living body (for example, fingertips, pupils, etc.).
The electronic apparatus may be applied to various suitable displays, light sources, lighting, personal computers (for example, a mobile personal computer), mobile phones, digital cameras, electronic organizers, electronic dictionaries, electronic game machines, medical instruments (for example, electronic thermometers, sphygmomanometers, blood glucose meters, pulse measurement devices, pulse wave measurement devices, electrocardiogram displays, ultrasonic diagnostic devices, and/or endoscope displays), fish finders, various suitable measuring instruments, meters (for example, meters for a vehicle, an aircraft, and/or a vessel), projectors, and/or the like.
The light-emitting apparatus of
The substrate 100 may be a flexible substrate, a glass substrate, and/or a metal substrate. A buffer layer 210 may be on the substrate 100. The buffer layer 210 may prevent or reduce penetration of impurities through the substrate 100 and may provide a flat surface on the substrate 100.
A TFT may be on the buffer layer 210. The TFT may include an activation layer 220, a gate electrode 240, a source electrode 260, and a drain electrode 270.
The activation layer 220 may include an inorganic semiconductor such as silicon or polysilicon, an organic semiconductor, or an oxide semiconductor, and may include a source region, a drain region, and a channel region.
A gate insulating film 230 for insulating the activation layer 220 from the gate electrode 240 may be on the activation layer 220, and the gate electrode 240 may be on the gate insulating film 230.
An interlayer insulating film 250 may be on the gate electrode 240. The interlayer insulating film 250 may be between the gate electrode 240 and the source electrode 260 and between the gate electrode 240 and the drain electrode 270, to insulate from one another.
The source electrode 260 and the drain electrode 270 may be on the interlayer insulating film 250. The interlayer insulating film 250 and the gate insulating film 230 may expose the source region and the drain region of the activation layer 220, and the source electrode 260 and the drain electrode 270 may be in contact (e.g., physical contact) with the exposed portions of the source region and the drain region of the activation layer 220.
The TFT may be electrically connected to a light-emitting device to drive the light-emitting device, and may be covered and protected by a passivation layer 280. The passivation layer 280 may include an inorganic insulating film, an organic insulating film, or any combination thereof. The light-emitting device is provided on the passivation layer 280. The light-emitting device may include the first electrode 110, the interlayer 130, and the second electrode 150.
The first electrode 110 may be on the passivation layer 280. The passivation layer 280 may expose a portion of the drain electrode 270, not fully covering the drain electrode 270, and the first electrode 110 may be connected to the exposed portion of the drain electrode 270.
A pixel defining layer 290 including an insulating material may be on the first electrode 110. The pixel defining layer 290 may expose a certain region of the first electrode 110, and an interlayer 130 may be formed in the exposed region of the first electrode 110. The pixel defining layer 290 may be a polyimide and/or polyacrylic organic film. In some embodiments, at least some layers of the interlayer 130 may extend beyond the upper portion of the pixel defining layer 290 to be in the form of a common layer.
The second electrode 150 may be on the interlayer 130, and a capping layer 170 may be additionally formed on the second electrode 150. The capping layer 170 may cover the second electrode 150.
The encapsulation portion 300 may be on the capping layer 170. The encapsulation portion 300 may be on a light-emitting device to protect the light-emitting device from moisture and/or oxygen. The encapsulation portion 300 may include: an inorganic film including silicon nitride (SiNx), silicon oxide (SiOx), indium tin oxide, indium zinc oxide, or any combination thereof; an organic film including polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polycarbonate, polyimide, polyethylene sulfonate, polyoxymethylene, polyarylate, hexamethyldisiloxane, an acrylic resin (for example, polymethyl methacrylate, polyacrylic acid, and/or the like), an epoxy-based resin (for example, aliphatic glycidyl ether (AGE), and/or the like), or any combination thereof; or any combination of the inorganic films and the organic films.
The light-emitting apparatus of
The electronic equipment 1 may include a display area DA and a non-display area NDA outside the display area DA. A display device may implement an image through an array of a plurality of pixels that are two-dimensionally arranged in the display area DA.
The non-display area NDA is an area that does not display an image, and may entirely surround the display area DA. On the non-display area NDA, a driver for providing electrical signals or power to display devices on the display area DA may be arranged. On the non-display area NDA, a pad, which is an area to which an electronic element or a printing circuit board may be electrically connected, may be arranged.
In the electronic equipment 1, a length in the x-axis direction and a length in the y-axis direction may be different from each other. For example, as shown in
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The vehicle 1000 may travel on a road and/or a track. The vehicle 1000 may move in a set or predetermined direction according to the rotation of at least one wheel. For example, the vehicle 1000 may include a three-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle, a construction machine, a two-wheeled vehicle, a prime mover device, a bicycle, and a train running on a track.
The vehicle 1000 may include a body having an interior and an exterior, and a chassis in which mechanical apparatuses necessary or useful for driving are installed as other parts except for the body. The exterior of the vehicle body may include a front panel, a bonnet, a roof panel, a rear panel, a trunk, a filler provided at a boundary between doors, and/or the like. The chassis of the vehicle 1000 may include a power generating device, a power transmitting device, a driving device, a steering device, a braking device, a suspension device, a transmission device, a fuel device, front and rear wheels, left and right wheels, and/or the like.
The vehicle 1000 may include a side window glass 1100, a front window glass 1200, a side mirror 1300, a cluster 1400, a center fascia 1500, a passenger seat dashboard 1600, and a display device 2.
The side window glass 1100 and the front window glass 1200 may be partitioned by a filler between the side window glass 1100 and the front window glass 1200.
The side window glass 1100 may be installed on the side of the vehicle 1000. In an embodiment, the side window glass 1100 may be installed on a door of the vehicle 1000. A plurality of side window glasses 1100 may be provided and may face each other. In an embodiment, the side window glass 1100 may include a first side window glass 1110 and a second side window glass 1120. In an embodiment, the first side window glass 1110 may be adjacent to the cluster 1400. The second side window glass 1120 may be adjacent to the passenger seat dashboard 1600.
In an embodiment, the side window glasses 1100 may be spaced apart from each other in the x-direction or the −x-direction. For example, the first side window glass 1110 and the second side window glass 1120 may be spaced apart from each other in the x direction or the −x direction. In other words, an imaginary straight line L connecting the side window glasses 1100 may extend in the x-direction or the −x-direction. For example, an imaginary straight line L connecting the first side window glass 1110 and the second side window glass 1120 to each other may extend in the x direction or the −x direction.
The front window glass 1200 may be installed in the front of the vehicle 1000. The front window glass 1200 may be between the side window glasses 1100 facing each other.
The side mirror 1300 may provide a rear view of the vehicle 1000. The side mirror 1300 may be installed on the exterior of the vehicle body. In one embodiment, a plurality of side mirrors 1300 may be provided. Any one of the plurality of side mirrors 1300 may be outside the first side window glass 1110. The other one of the plurality of side mirrors 1300 may be outside the second side window glass 1120.
The cluster 1400 may be in front of the steering wheel. The cluster 1400 may include a tachometer, a speedometer, a coolant thermometer, a fuel gauge turn indicator, a high beam indicator, a warning lamp, a seat belt warning lamp, an odometer, an hodometer, an automatic shift selector indicator lamp, a door open warning lamp, an engine oil warning lamp, and/or a low fuel warning light.
The center fascia 1500 may include a control panel on which a plurality of buttons for adjusting an audio device, an air conditioning device, and a heater of a seat are located. The center fascia 1500 may be on one side of the cluster 1400.
A passenger seat dashboard 1600 may be spaced apart from the cluster 1400 with the center fascia 1500 therebetween. In an embodiment, the cluster 1400 may correspond to a driver seat, and the passenger seat dashboard 1600 may correspond to a passenger seat. In an embodiment, the cluster 1400 may be adjacent to the first side window glass 1110, and the passenger seat dashboard 1600 may be adjacent to the second side window glass 1120.
In an embodiment, the display device 2 may include a display panel 3, and the display panel 3 may display an image. The display device 2 may be inside the vehicle 1000. In an embodiment, the display device 2 may be between the side window glasses 1100 facing each other. The display device 2 may be on at least one selected from the cluster 1400, the center fascia 1500, and the passenger seat dashboard 1600.
The display device 2 may include an organic light-emitting display device, an inorganic electroluminescent (EL) display device, a quantum dot display device, and/or the like. Hereinafter, as the display device 2 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an organic light-emitting display device display including the light-emitting device according to the present disclosure will be described as an example, but various suitable types (or kinds) of display devices as described above may be used in embodiments of the present disclosure.
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Respective layers included in the hole transport region, the emission layer, and respective layers included in the electron transport region may be formed in a certain region by using one or more suitable methods selected from vacuum deposition, spin coating, casting, Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) deposition, ink-jet printing, laser-printing, and laser-induced thermal imaging.
When layers constituting the hole transport region, an emission layer, and layers constituting the electron transport region are formed by vacuum deposition, the deposition may be performed at a deposition temperature of about 100° C. to about 500° C., a vacuum degree of about 10−8 torr to about 10−3 torr, and a deposition speed of about 0.01 Å/sec to about 100 Å/sec, depending on a material to be included in a layer to be formed and the structure of a layer to be formed.
The term “C3-C60 carbocyclic group” as used herein refers to a cyclic group consisting of carbon only as a ring-forming atom and having three to sixty carbon atoms, and the term “C1-C60 heterocyclic group” as used herein refers to a cyclic group that has one to sixty carbon atoms and further has, in addition to carbon, a heteroatom as a ring-forming atom. The C3-C60 carbocyclic group and the C1-C60 heterocyclic group may each be a monocyclic group consisting of one ring or a polycyclic group in which two or more rings are condensed together with each other. For example, the C1-C60 heterocyclic group has 3 to 61 ring-forming atoms.
The “cyclic group” as used herein may include the C3-C60 carbocyclic group and the C1-C60 heterocyclic group.
The term “π electron-rich C3-C60 cyclic group” as used herein refers to a cyclic group that has three to sixty carbon atoms and does not include *—N═*′ as a ring-forming moiety, and the term “π electron-deficient nitrogen-containing C1-C60 cyclic group” as used herein refers to a heterocyclic group that has one to sixty carbon atoms and includes *—N═*′ as a ring-forming moiety.
For example, the C3-C60 carbocyclic group may be i) a T1 group or ii) a condensed cyclic group in which two or more T1 groups are condensed together with each other (for example, a cyclopentadiene group, an adamantane group, a norbornane group, a benzene group, a pentalene group, a naphthalene group, an azulene group, an indacene group, an acenaphthylene group, a phenalene group, a phenanthrene group, an anthracene group, a fluoranthene group, a triphenylene group, a pyrene group, a chrysene group, a perylene group, a pentaphene group, a heptalene group, a naphthacene group, a picene group, a hexacene group, a pentacene group, a rubicene group, a coronene group, an ovalene group, an indene group, a fluorene group, a spiro-bifluorene group, a benzofluorene group, an indenophenanthrene group, or an indenoanthracene group),
The terms “the cyclic group, the C3-C60 carbocyclic group, the C1-C60 heterocyclic group, the π electron-rich C3-C60 cyclic group, or the π electron-deficient nitrogen-containing C1-C60 cyclic group” as used herein refer to a group condensed to any cyclic group, a monovalent group, or a polyvalent group (for example, a divalent group, a trivalent group, a tetravalent group, etc.) according to the structure of a formula for which the corresponding term is used. For example, the “benzene group” may be a benzo group, a phenyl group, a phenylene group, or the like, which may be easily understood by one of ordinary skill in the art according to the structure of a formula including the “benzene group.”
Examples of the monovalent C3-C60 carbocyclic group and monovalent C1-C60 heterocyclic group include a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C1-C10 heterocycloalkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkenyl group, a C1-C10 heterocycloalkenyl group, a C6-C60 aryl group, a C1-C60 heteroaryl group, a monovalent non-aromatic condensed polycyclic group, and a monovalent non-aromatic condensed heteropolycyclic group, and examples of the monovalent C3-C60 carbocyclic group and the monovalent C1-C60 heterocyclic group may include a C3-C1 cycloalkylene group, a C1-C10 heterocycloalkylene group, a C3-C1 cycloalkenylene group, a C1-C10 heterocycloalkenylene group, a C6-C60 arylene group, a C1-C60 heteroarylene group, a divalent non-aromatic condensed polycyclic group, and a divalent non-aromatic condensed heteropolycyclic group.
The term “C1-C60 alkyl group” as used herein refers to a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon monovalent group that has one to sixty carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an isopropyl group, an n-butyl group, a sec-butyl group, an isobutyl group, a tert-butyl group, an n-pentyl group, a tert-pentyl group, a neopentyl group, an isopentyl group, a sec-pentyl group, a 3-pentyl group, a sec-isopentyl group, an n-hexyl group, an isohexyl group, a sec-hexyl group, a tert-hexyl group, an n-heptyl group, an isoheptyl group, a sec-heptyl group, a tert-heptyl group, an n-octyl group, an isooctyl group, a sec-octyl group, a tert-octyl group, an n-nonyl group, an isononyl group, a sec-nonyl group, a tert-nonyl group, an n-decyl group, an isodecyl group, a sec-decyl group, and a tert-decyl group. The term “C1-C60 alkylene group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having substantially the same structure as the C1-C60 alkyl group.
The term “C2-C60 alkenyl group” as used herein refers to a monovalent hydrocarbon group having at least one carbon-carbon double bond at a main chain (e.g., in the middle) or at a terminal end (e.g., the terminus) of the C2-C60 alkyl group, and examples thereof include an ethenyl group, a propenyl group, and a butenyl group. The term “C2-C60 alkenylene group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having substantially the same structure as the C2-C60 alkenyl group.
The term “C2-C60 alkynyl group” as used herein refers to a monovalent hydrocarbon group having at least one carbon-carbon triple bond at a main chain (e.g., in the middle) or at a terminal end (e.g., the terminus) of the C2-C60 alkyl group, and examples thereof include an ethynyl group and a propynyl group. The term “C2-C60 alkynylene group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having substantially the same structure as the C2-C60 alkynyl group.
The term “C1-C60 alkoxy group” as used herein refers to a monovalent group represented by —OA101 (wherein A101 is the C1-C60 alkyl group), and examples thereof include a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, and an isopropyloxy group.
The term “C3-C10 cycloalkyl group” as used herein refers to a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon cyclic group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a cyclopropyl group, a cyclobutyl group, a cyclopentyl group, a cyclohexyl group, a cycloheptyl group, a cyclooctyl group, an adamantanyl group, a norbornanyl group (or bicyclo[2.2.1]heptyl group), a bicyclo[1.1.1]pentyl group, a bicyclo[2.1.1]hexyl group, and a bicyclo[2.2.2]octyl group. The term “C3-C10 cycloalkylene group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having substantially the same structure as the C3-C1 cycloalkyl group.
The term “C1-C1 heterocycloalkyl group” as used herein refers to a monovalent cyclic group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, further including, in addition to carbon atoms, at least one heteroatom, as ring-forming atoms, and examples thereof include a 1,2,3,4-oxatriazolidinyl group, a tetrahydrofuranyl group, and a tetrahydrothiophenyl group. The term “C1-C1 heterocycloalkylene group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having substantially the same structure as the C1-C1 heterocycloalkyl group.
The term “C3-C10 cycloalkenyl group” as used herein refers to a monovalent cyclic group that has three to ten carbon atoms and at least one carbon-carbon double bond in the ring thereof and no aromaticity (e.g., is not aromatic), and examples thereof include a cyclopentenyl group, a cyclohexenyl group, and a cycloheptenyl group. The term “C3-C10 cycloalkenylene group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having substantially the same structure as the C3-C10 cycloalkenyl group.
The term “C1-C1a heterocycloalkenyl group” as used herein refers to a monovalent cyclic group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, further including, in addition to carbon atoms, at least one heteroatom, as ring-forming atoms, and having at least one carbon-carbon double bond in the cyclic structure thereof. Examples of the C1-C1 heterocycloalkenyl group include a 4,5-dihydro-1,2,3,4-oxatriazolyl group, a 2,3-dihydrofuranyl group, and a 2,3-dihydrothiophenyl group. The term “C1-C1a heterocycloalkenylene group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having substantially the same structure as the C1-C1a heterocycloalkenyl group.
The term “C6-C60 aryl group” as used herein refers to a monovalent group having a carbocyclic aromatic system of 6 to 60 carbon atoms, and the term “C6-C6a arylene group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having a carbocyclic aromatic system of 6 to 60 carbon atoms. Examples of the C6-C60 aryl group include a phenyl group, a pentalenyl group, a naphthyl group, an azulenyl group, an indacenyl group, an acenaphthyl group, a phenalenyl group, a phenanthrenyl group, an anthracenyl group, a fluoranthenyl group, a triphenylenyl group, a pyrenyl group, a chrysenyl group, a perylenyl group, a pentaphenyl group, a heptalenyl group, a naphthacenyl group, a picenyl group, a hexacenyl group, a pentacenyl group, a rubicenyl group, a coronenyl group, and an ovalenyl group. When the C6-C60 aryl group and the C6-C60 arylene group each include two or more rings, the rings may be condensed together with each other.
The term “C1-C60 heteroaryl group” as used herein refers to a monovalent group having a heterocyclic aromatic system of 1 to 60 carbon atoms, further including, in addition to carbon atoms, at least one heteroatom, as ring-forming atoms. The term “C1-C60 heteroarylene group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having a heterocyclic aromatic system of 1 to 60 carbon atoms, further including, in addition to carbon atoms, at least one heteroatom, as ring-forming atoms. Examples of the C1-C60 heteroaryl group include a pyridinyl group, a pyrimidinyl group, a pyrazinyl group, a pyridazinyl group, a triazinyl group, a quinolinyl group, a benzoquinolinyl group, an isoquinolinyl group, a benzoisoquinolinyl group, a quinoxalinyl group, a benzoquinoxalinyl group, a quinazolinyl group, a benzoquinazolinyl group, a cinnolinyl group, a phenanthrolinyl group, a phthalazinyl group, and a naphthyridinyl group. When the C1-C60 heteroaryl group and the C1-C60 heteroarylene group each include two or more rings, the rings may be condensed together with each other.
The term “monovalent non-aromatic condensed polycyclic group” as used herein refers to a monovalent group (for example, having 8 to 60 carbon atoms) having two or more rings condensed to each other, only carbon atoms as ring-forming atoms, and no aromaticity in its entire molecular structure (e.g., is not aromatic when considered as a whole). Examples of the monovalent non-aromatic condensed polycyclic group include an indenyl group, a fluorenyl group, a spiro-bifluorenyl group, a benzofluorenyl group, an indenophenanthrenyl group, and an indeno anthracenyl group. The term “divalent non-aromatic condensed polycyclic group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having substantially the same structure as the monovalent non-aromatic condensed polycyclic group described above.
The term “monovalent non-aromatic condensed heteropolycyclic group” as used herein refers to a monovalent group (for example, having 1 to 60 carbon atoms) having two or more rings condensed to each other, further including, in addition to carbon atoms, at least one heteroatom, as ring-forming atoms, and having non-aromaticity in its entire molecular structure (e.g., is not aromatic when considered as a whole). Examples of the monovalent non-aromatic condensed heteropolycyclic group include a pyrrolyl group, a thiophenyl group, a furanyl group, an indolyl group, a benzoindolyl group, a naphthoindolyl group, an isoindolyl group, a benzoisoindolyl group, a naphthoisoindolyl group, a benzosilolyl group, a benzothiophenyl group, a benzofuranyl group, a carbazolyl group, a dibenzosilolyl group, a dibenzothiophenyl group, a dibenzofuranyl group, an azacarbazolyl group, an azafluorenyl group, an azadibenzosilolyl group, an azadibenzothiophenyl group, an azadibenzofuranyl group, a pyrazolyl group, an imidazolyl group, a triazolyl group, a tetrazolyl group, an oxazolyl group, an isoxazolyl group, a thiazolyl group, an isothiazolyl group, an oxadiazolyl group, a thiadiazolyl group, a benzopyrazolyl group, a benzimidazolyl group, a benzoxazolyl group, a benzothiazolyl group, a benzoxadiazolyl group, a benzothiadiazolyl group, an imidazopyridinyl group, an imidazopyrimidinyl group, an imidazotriazinyl group, an imidazopyrazinyl group, an imidazopyridazinyl group, an indeno carbazolyl group, an indolocarbazolyl group, a benzofurocarbazolyl group, a benzothienocarbazolyl group, a benzosilolocarbazolyl group, a benzoindolocarbazolyl group, a benzocarbazolyl group, a benzonaphthofuranyl group, a benzonaphthothiophenyl group, a benzonaphthosilolyl group, a benzofurodibenzofuranyl group, a benzofurodibenzothiophenyl group, and a benzothienodibenzothiophenyl group. The term “divalent non-aromatic condensed heteropolycyclic group” as used herein refers to a divalent group having substantially the same structure as the monovalent non-aromatic condensed heteropolycyclic group described above.
The term “C6-C60 aryloxy group” as used herein indicates —OA102 (wherein A102 is a C6-C60 aryl group), and the term “C6-C60 arylthio group” as used herein indicates —SA103 (wherein A103 is a C6-C60 aryl group).
The term “C7-C60 arylalkyl group” as used herein refers to -A104A105 (where A104 may be a C1-C54 alkylene group, and A105 may be a C6-C59 aryl group), and the term C2-C60 heteroarylalkyl group” used herein refers to -A106A107 (where A106 may be a C1-C59 alkylene group, and A107 may be a C1-C59 heteroaryl group).
The term “R10a” as used herein may be:
In the present specification, Q1 to Q3, Q11 to Q13, Q21 to Q23 and Q31 to Q33 may each independently be: hydrogen; deuterium; —F; —Cl; —Br; —I; a hydroxyl group; a cyano group; a nitro group; a C1-C60 alkyl group, a C2-C60 alkenyl group, a C2-C60 alkynyl group, a C1-C60 alkoxy group, a C3-C60 carbocyclic group, a C1-C60 heterocyclic group, a C7-C60 arylalkyl group or C2-C60 heteroarylalkyl group, each unsubstituted or substituted with deuterium, —F, a cyano group, a C1-C60 alkyl group, a C1-C60 alkoxy group, a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, a pyridinyl group, a pyrimidinyl group, a pyridazinyl group, a pyrazinyl group, and a triazinyl group, or any combination thereof.
The term “heteroatom” as used herein refers to any atom other than a carbon atom. Examples of the heteroatom include O, S, N, P, Si, B, Ge, Se, and any combinations thereof.
“Ph” as used herein refers to a phenyl group, “Me” as used herein refers to a methyl group, “Et” as used herein refers to an ethyl group, “tert-Bu” or “But” as used herein refers to a tert-butyl group, and “OMe” as used herein refers to a methoxy group.
The term “biphenyl group” as used herein refers to “a phenyl group substituted with a phenyl group.” In other words, the “biphenyl group” is a substituted phenyl group having a C6-C60 aryl group as a substituent.
The term “terphenyl group” as used herein refers to “a phenyl group substituted with a biphenyl group”. In other words, the “terphenyl group” is a substituted phenyl group having, as a substituent, a C6-C60 aryl group substituted with a C6-C60 aryl group.
In the present specification, the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis are not limited to three axes in an orthogonal coordinate system, and may be interpreted in a broad sense including these axes. For example, the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis may refer to those orthogonal to each other, or may refer to those in different directions that are not orthogonal to each other.
* and *′ as used herein, unless defined otherwise, each refer to a binding site to a neighboring atom in a corresponding formula or moiety.
Hereinafter, a compound and light-emitting device according to embodiments will be described in more detail with reference to Examples. Compounds according to one or more embodiments may be synthesized by using any suitable synthesis method generally available in the art.
By using methods described in Table 1, the physical properties of Compounds A1 to A10, CE-A1, and CE-A2 were evaluated, and the results are shown in Tables 2 and 3:
Compound B1 was deposited on a glass substrate to form Film B1 having a thickness of 60 nm. Subsequently, regarding Film B1, under conditions of a temperature of 25° C. and relative humidity of 50%, an Ellipsometer M-2000 (J. A. Woollam) was used and according to the Cauchy Film Model, refractive indices of Compound B1 for light having wavelength of 633 nm, 530 nm, and 450 nm, respectively, were evaluated. The results are summarized in Table 4. The same was repeated for each of Compounds B2 to B5, CE-B1, and CE-B2, and the results are summarized in Table 4.
As an anode, a 15 Ωcm2 (1,200 Å) ITO glass substrate available from Corning Inc. was cut to a size of 50 mm×50 mm×0.7 mm, sonicated using isopropyl alcohol and pure water for 5 minutes each, and then cleaned by irradiation of ultraviolet rays and exposure of ozone thereto for 30 minutes. Then, the resultant glass substrate was loaded onto a vacuum deposition apparatus.
HT3 was vacuum-deposited on the cathode to form a hole injection layer having a thickness of 600 Å, and HT40 was vacuum-deposited on the hole injection layer to form a hole transport layer having a thickness of 250 Å.
H125 and H126 as hosts and Compound A1 as a dopant were co-deposited (at a weight ratio of 45:45:10) on the hole transport layer to form an emission layer having a thickness of 300 Å.
ET37 was vacuum-deposited on the emission layer to form a buffer layer having a thickness of 50 Å. Subsequently, ET46 and LiQ were co-deposited at a weight ratio of 5:5 on the buffer layer to form an electron transport layer having a thickness of 310 Å, Ag/Mg was vacuum-deposited on the electron transport layer to form an electrode (cathode) having a thickness of 100 Å, and Compound B1 was deposited on the electrode to form a capping layer having a thickness of 700 Å, thereby completing the manufacture of an organic light-emitting device.
Organic light-emitting devices were manufactured in substantially the same manner as in Example 1, except that compounds shown in Table 1 were used to form the emission layer and the capping layer.
The color purity (CIEx and CIEy coordinates) at 400 cd/m2, top-emission efficiency (at 0°), and side-emission efficiency (at 45°) of the organic light-emitting devices of Examples 1 to 38 and Comparative Examples 1 to 20 and 22 to 28 were evaluated by using a luminance meter (Minolta Cs-1000A), and the results are shown in Table 5. In Table 5, the top-emission efficiency and side-emission efficiency are shown based on Comparative Example 1.
Referring to Table 5, it can be seen that the organic light-emitting devices of Examples 1 to 38 had the top-emission efficiency and efficiency characteristics equivalent to or superior to those of Comparative Examples 1 to 20 and 22 to 28.
According to the one or more embodiments, an organic light-emitting device may have excellent efficiency characteristics, and thus a high-quality electronic apparatus may be prepared by using the same.
It should be understood that embodiments described herein should be considered in a descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. Descriptions of features or aspects within each embodiment should typically be considered as available for other similar features or aspects in other embodiments. While one or more embodiments have been described with reference to the figures, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope as defined by the following claims, and equivalents thereof.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2022-0065597 | May 2022 | KR | national |
| 10-2022-0163449 | Nov 2022 | KR | national |
| 10-2023-0066476 | May 2023 | KR | national |
