Organic electroluminescent device based on pyrene derivatives

Abstract

A pyrene based compound and its use in an organic light emitting device (OLED) according to the following formula: In the above formula, Z1 represents a hydrogen atom, deuterium atom, oxygen atom, silicon atom, selenium atom, substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, substituted or unsubstituted aryl amine or a combination thereof, and Z2 represents a hydrogen or deuterium atom. One of Y1 and Y2 represents a hydrogen atom, deuterium atom, oxygen atom, silicon atom, selenium atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, substituted or unsubstituted aryl amine or a combination thereof, and the other of Y1 and Y2 represents a hydrogen or deuterium atom. X1 through X6 independently represent hydrogen atoms, deuterium atoms, alkyl groups or aryl groups, and at least one of X1 through X6 represents a bulky alkyl group or bulky aryl group. Also, at least one of X1 through X6, Y1, Y2, Z1, and Z2 represents a deuterium atom. The pyrene based compounds of this invention are useful in emissive layers, hole transport layers, or electron transport layers of an organic light emitting device (OLED). Within these layers, the pyrene based compound can serve directly to constitute the layers or as a host and / or dopant.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to pyrene based compounds and materials and their use in organic light emitting devices. These pyrene based compounds and materials can be used as the emissive layer, electron transport layer, hole transport layer or one or more of such layers, although their use as a blue emissive layer is preferred. These compounds can also be used as a host or dopant material for one or more of such layers. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) typically comprise a layer of emissive material between an anode and a cathode. When a bias is applied across the electrodes, positive charges (holes) and negative charges (electrons) are respectively injected from the anode and cathode into the emissive layer. The holes and the electrons form excitons in the emissive layer to emit light. [0005] Electrodes are chosen to facilitate charge injection. A transparent...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a pyrene based material for OLED application with reduced aggregation problems and improved blue emission purity. The pyrene based compound has a specific formula and can be used in various layers of an OLED, such as the hole transport layer, electron transport layer, or emissive layer. The compound has good color purity and can be used as a host material for an emissive dopant or a charge transport host material. The invention also provides an OLED containing the pyrene based compound.

Problems solved by technology

However, due to the tendency to aggregate, the blue emission of these materials is tainted by emissions of other wavelengths.

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