Asymmetric Pyrimidine Material for Organic Photoelectric Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current organic photoelectric devices face challenges in achieving improved lifespan, efficiency, driving voltage, electrochemical stability, and thermal stability due to limitations in materials used for hole injection, transport, and light emission.

Innovation Solution

A novel asymmetric compound with a pyrimidine core is developed, which acts as a hole injection, transport, and light emitting material, enhancing amorphous characteristics and suppressing crystallization, thereby improving the performance of organic photoelectric devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional organic photoelectric materials are used, then device structure is simple, but photoelectric conversion efficiency is low and operational stability is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational stabilityVSAvoiddevice structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs composite materials by combining a donor polymer (PBD-TT) with a fullerene derivative (PC71BM) to create an organic photoelectric material with enhanced photoelectric conversion efficiency and operational stability. The composite structure allows synergistic interaction between donor and acceptor components, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent optimizes the molecular structure parameters of the donor polymer by introducing specific substituents (trifluoromethyl groups, thienophenothiazine units) to adjust HOMO/LUMO energy levels and improve charge transport properties. This parameter optimization enhances operational stability without significantly complicating the overall device structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If conventional organic photoelectric materials are used, then manufacturing process is simple, but photoelectric conversion efficiency is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvephotoelectric conversion efficiencyVSAvoidmanufacturing process
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the chemical structure parameters of the organic photoelectric material by incorporating electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups to optimize energy levels and improve photoelectric conversion efficiency. The manufacturing process remains relatively simple, requiring only standard solution processing techniques.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces localized functional groups (trifluoromethyl substituents, thienophenothiazine units) at specific positions in the polymer chain to enhance charge separation and transport properties. This localized modification improves photoelectric conversion efficiency without requiring complex manufacturing processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Object-affected harmful factors

If conventional organic photoelectric materials are used, then device structure is simple, but resistance to environmental factors is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresistance to moisture and oxygenVSAvoiddevice structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates an inherently more stable organic photoelectric material with improved resistance to moisture and oxygen through molecular design. The optimized HOMO/LUMO energy levels and enhanced crystalline structure provide inherent protection against environmental degradation, reducing the need for complex encapsulation structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #39Inert atmosphere (Inert environment)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent develops a composite organic photoelectric material where the synergistic interaction between donor and acceptor components creates a more stable structure that is inherently more resistant to environmental factors. This composite approach improves durability without significantly increasing device structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The novel material provides organic photoelectric devices with enhanced lifespan, efficiency, and thermal stability, while reducing driving voltage, and allows for a more stable and efficient operation by preventing crystallization and optimizing energy band gaps.

Implementation Method 1

when the material is irradiated with light, excitons are generated in the material, and the excitons are separated into electrons and holes

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight absorption: Absorption (EM radiation)

Implementation Method 2

the excitons are separated into electrons and holes, thereby generating a photocurrent

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPhotoelectric conversion: Photovoltaic Effect

Data Source

PatentEP2315753B1Material for organic photoelectric device and organic photoelectric device including the same
Publication Date: 2015.10.07 CHEIL INDUSTRIES INC
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AI summary

Disclosed are a material for an organic photoelectric device including an asymmetric compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device including the same. The material for an organic photoelectric device can act as a hole injection, hole transport, light emitting, or electron injection and/or transport material, and also as a light emitting host along with an appropriate dopant in an organic photoelectric device such as an organic light emitting diode. When the material is applied to an organic photoelectric device such as an organic light emitting diode, an organic photoelectric device having excellent life-span, efficiency, driving voltage, electrochemical stability, and thermal stability can be obtained.