Compounds exhibiting high hole mobility and / or high
glass transition temperatures are provided which are of the formula [Ar1]m[Ar2]n wherein:m is an integer from 1-3 and n is an integer and may be 1 or 2;Ar1 represents a
thianthrene residue having a linkage to Ar2 at one or two positions selected from ring positions 1-4 and 5-8 and optionally mono-, bi- or poly-substituted with C1-C4-
alkyl-, C1-C4-alkoxy-, fluoro, phenyl or
biphenyl which in the case of phenyl or
biphenyl may be further substituted with C1-C4-
alkyl-, C1-C4-alkoxy- or fluoro;Ar2 represents a residue derived from an arylamine in which the
aryl rings are phenyl, naphthyl or anthracenyl optionally substituted with C1-C4-
alkyl-, C1-C4-alkoxy- or fluoro, a polycyclic fused or chain aromatic ring
system optionally containing
nitrogen or sulphur and in a chain aromatic ring
system optionally containing one or more chain
oxygen or sulphur atoms, a triarylphosphine
oxide or an arylsilane the rings of any of which are optionally substituted with C1-C4-alkyl-, C1-C4-alkoxy- or fluoro.Certain of the compounds may be used in
electron transport
layers and may be doped with p-type dopants. They may be incorporated into OLEDs, organic photovoltaic devices, imaging members and thin film transistors.In further embodiments there are provided OLEDs or other devices e.g. electrostatic
latent image forming members in which improved efficiency is obtained by using as
electron transport
layers,
electron injectors, hosts and emitters (dopants) ambipolar or electron-transmitting compounds in which
thianthrene is bonded to
aryl e.g. 1-anthracenyl-9-yl-
thianthrene, 1-
biphenyl-4-yl-thianthrene and 9,10-Bis(1-thianthrenyl)
anthracene.