386 results about "Molecular orbital" patented technology

Electrochromic compounds capable of reversibly attenuating the transmittance of the near infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum are provided. These compounds exhibit an energy difference between the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) energy and the highest doubly occupied molecular orbital (HDOMO) energy (ESOMO-EHDOMO) of less than about 3.6 eV. In addition, these compounds have a transition moment of the configuration made up of the HDOMO and SOMO that is "long axis polarized".

The present invention relates to use of an organic matrix material for producing an organic semiconductor material, characterized in that the organic matrix material is comprised at least partly of a spirobifluorene compound, and the glass transition temperature of the organic matrix material is at least 120° C. and the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the matrix material is at a maximum energy level of 5.4 eV; and also to an organic semiconductor material and electronic component.

In an organic electroluminescent device constructed by providing at least an emitting layer using an organic material between a hole injection electrode and an electron injection electrode, in forming an emitting layer having a dopant doped into a host material, a dopant having a condensed ring obtained by condensing three or more rings is used, and the difference between the highest occupied molecular orbital in the host material and the highest occupied molecular orbital in the dopant is in a range from -0.3 eV to +0.3 eV.

In a light-emitting element including an EL layer between a pair of electrodes, a structure is formed in which the EL layer includes at least a first layer having a hole-injecting property (a hole-injecting layer) and a second layer having a hole-transporting property (a hole-transporting layer) between the electrode functioning as an anode and a third layer having a light-emitting property (a light-emitting layer), and the absolute value of the highest occupied molecular orbital level (HOMO level) of the second layer is larger than that of the first layer, so that the injection amount of holes from the electrode side which functions as an anode is suppressed, and thus luminous efficiency of the light-emitting element is increased.

In a rechargeable non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing positive electrodes, negative electrodes and a non-aqueous solvent, an organic compound having a HOMO energy of −8.5 eV to −11.0 eV and a LUMO energy of −0.135 eV to 3.5 eV which are calculated using PM3 method for Hamiltonian in semiempirical molecular orbital calculation method is added to the non-aqueous solvent. According to the present invention, batteries excellent in safety and long-term reliability and portable information devices are provided.

The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a support and provided thereon a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains a high-molecular weight charge-transporting material having a specific repeating structural unit. The high-molecular weight charge-transporting material has a weight-average molecular weight Mw of 1,500 or more and an energy level of highest occupied molecular orbital, E_HOMO, of from −8.3 eV or more to −8.0 eV or less as found by semiempirical molecular-orbital calculation. The present invention also relates to a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have such an electrophotographic photosensitive member.

In an organic electroluminescent element provided with a blue light-emitting layer and an orange light-emitting layer as a light-emitting layer between a hole injection electrode and an electron injection electrode, the blue light-emitting layer contains a host material, a light-emitting dopant and an assist dopant supplementing the carrier transfer of the host material. When the host material is an electron transfer material, an assist dopant has a smaller absolute value of highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level than that of the host material and has a higher hole mobility than that of the host material.

In a light-emitting element including an EL layer between a pair of electrodes, between an electrode functioning as an anode and a fourth layer having a light-emitting property (light-emitting layer), the EL layer includes at least a first layer having a hole-injecting property (hole-injecting layer), a second layer having a hole-transporting property (first hole-transporting layer), and a third layer having a hole-transporting property (second hole-transporting layer). The absolute value of the highest occupied molecular orbital level (HOMO level) of the second layer is larger than the absolute value of the highest occupied molecular orbital level (HOMO level) of each of the first layer and the third layer. With such a structure, the rate of transport of holes injected from the electrode functioning as an anode is reduced and emission efficiency of the light-emitting element is improved.

To provide an organic electroluminescent device having excellent durability and having high luminous efficiency and luminance, the organic electroluminescent device includes an organic compound layer containing at least one light emitting layer, wherein the light emitting layer contains a light emitting material and an electrically inactive organic compound capable of being subjected to dry film formation and having an energy difference Eg between highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of 4.0 eV or more.

A method, an electrode, a measuring cell, and a measuring device are disclosed which can detect and quantitatively determine an analyte having specific bonding properties, in a highly sensitive, simple and accurate manner using photocurrent. This method comprises contacting a working electrode and a counter electrode with an electrolyte medium, wherein the working electrode has an analyte immobilized thereon through a probe substance and wherein the analyte is bonded to a sensitizing dye; irradiating the working electrode with light to photoexcite the sensitizing dye; and detecting photocurrent flowing between the working electrode and the counter electrode, wherein the photocurrent is generated by transfer of electrons from the photoexcited sensitizing dye to the working electrode. The working electrode comprises an electron accepting layer comprising an electron accepting substance capable of accepting electrons released from the sensitizing dye in response to photoexcitation, wherein the probe substance is supported on a surface of the electron accepting layer. The electron accepting substance is an oxide semiconductor having an energy level lower than that of a lowest unoccupied molecular orbit (LUMO) of the sensitizing dye. The electrolyte medium comprises an electrolyte and at least one solvent selected from an aprotic solvent and a protic solvent, wherein the electrolyte comprises a salt capable of providing an oxidized sensitizing dye with electrons.

Provided is an organic light emitting diode which can easily control color coordinates and improve a device's life span characteristic by using an auxiliary dopant having a higher band gap energy than that of a host, and preferably, having an absolute value of the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level equal to or higher than that of the host, or an absolute value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level equal to or lower than that of the host.

The organic light emitting diode includes a first electrode, an emission layer disposed on the first electrode and including a host, an emitting dopant and an auxiliary dopant, and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer. Here, the auxiliary dopant has a higher band gap energy than the host. A method of fabricating the organic light emitting diode is provided.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic electroluminescent element having a longer lifetime. In order to accomplish the object, an organic electroluminescent element adapted to comprise a light emitting layer including an organic material between an anode and a cathode is provided with a hole transport layer for transporting holes injected from the anode toward the light emitting layer. Along with the hole transport layer, an intermediate layer having an energy level of a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital lower than those of the hole transport layer and the light emitting layer is provided therebetween.

An object of the present invention is to provide an organic blue-light-emitting device having high emission efficiency and a long continuous driving lifetime. The organic light-emitting device include a layer containing a first compound having a fluoranthene skeleton and a second compound having a pyrene skeleton, the second compound having an energy gap larger than that of the first compound, wherein EL1 representing the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbit (LUMO) of the first compound and EL2 representing the energy of the LUMO of the second compound satisfy a relationship of EL2−EL1≧0.15 eV.

An Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) and a method of manufacturing the OLED includes: a first electrode arranged on a substrate; a Hole Transporting Layer (HTL) arranged on the first electrode; a light Emitting Layer (EL) arranged on the HTL; an Electron Transporting Layer (ETL) arranged on the light EL; and a second electrode arranged on the ETL; the light EL includes a soluble hole transporting host, a soluble electron transporting host, and a soluble light emitting dopant; a difference of a Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) level between the HTL and the hole transporting host respectively and the light emitting dopant is 1 eV or less; a difference of a HOMO level between the HTL and the hole transporting host respectively and the electron transporting host is 0.5eV or more; a difference of a Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) level between the ETL and the electron transporting host respectively and the light emitting dopant is 1 eV or less; and a difference of a LUMO level between the ETL and the electron transporting host respectively and the hole transporting host is 0.5 eV or more.

A calculation method for finding the hole mobility or the electron mobility of an organic film. The method includes the steps of: calculating the electron density of a film using semi-empirical quantum molecular dynamics calculations; using the fact that holes and electrons move easily through regions of high electron density to calculate the probability that a hole or an electron will move in an excited state in which an electron is excited from the HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) to the LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) using a Monte Carlo method; and, using the probability as a performance index, calculating the hole mobility from the number of carriers which exist in the HOMO and the orbitals below the HOMO, or calculating the electron mobility from the number of carriers which exist in the LUMO and the orbitals above the LUMO.

The present invention provides a stacked organic light emitting diode that comprises a first electrode; a second electrode; and at least two light emitting units that are located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light emitting unit satisfies the following energy relation equation, and includes an n-type organic layer and a p-type organic layer that form NP conjunction, and also includes an n-type doped organic layer that is located between the light emitting units:

E_pH−E_nL≦1 eV

• • wherein E_nL is a LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) energy level of the n-type organic layer and E_pH is a HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) energy level of the p-type organic layer.

The invention relates to an organic compound based on triazine and benzimidazole and application thereof to an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device. The compound disclosed by the invention has a high vitrification temperature and high molecular thermal stability; the compound has a low absorption rate and a high refraction rate in the field of visible light, and can be applied to a CPL (Circular-Polarizing Filter) layer of the OLED device to effectively increase the light output efficiency of the OLED device; the compound also has a deep HOMO (Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital) energy level and a high electron mobility, can be taken as a hole-blocking/electron transport layer material of the OLED device, and can effectively block holes or prevent energy from being transported from a light-emitting layer to one side of an electron layer, so that the compound efficiency of the holes and electrons on the light-emitting layer is increased, and the light-emitting efficiency and the service life of the OLED device are increased and prolonged.

Generally, the devices provided herein comprise at least a hole-transport layer, two light-emitting layers, and an electron-transport layer, each having a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level, wherein at least one of the HOMO energy levels and/or the LUMO energy levels of at least one of the light-emitting layers does not decrease in a stepwise fashion.