Divalent Metal Borate Semiconducting Material for OLED Voltage Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing organic electronic devices, such as OLEDs, face challenges in achieving improved operational voltage stability at elevated temperatures, particularly in their semiconducting layers.

Innovation Solution

A semiconducting material comprising a metal complex or metal salt with a divalent metal and a dialkylphosphine oxide group matrix compound is developed, which includes borate complexes or salts, fine-tuning the electronic structure for enhanced performance in electron transport layers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional organic semiconducting materials are used in OLEDs, then the device can operate with basic electron transport function, but the operational voltage stability deteriorates at elevated temperatures

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational voltage stabilityVSAvoidstability at elevated temperatures
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the chemical parameters of the semiconducting material by introducing specific metal complexes (divalent metals like Ca, Sr, Ba) combined with dialkylphosphine oxide matrix compounds. This parameter change in material composition directly improves operational voltage stability at elevated temperatures while maintaining electron transport functionality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses composite materials formed by combining metal complexes with dialkylphosphine oxide matrix compounds in specific ratios (1:4 to 4:1). This composite approach creates a new semiconducting material system that exhibits superior thermal stability and voltage characteristics compared to conventional organic semiconductors

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Adaptability or versatility

If the electronic structure is fine-tuned using borate complexes, then the usability in semiconducting layers is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveusability in semiconducting layersVSAvoidmaterial structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by specifically targeting the electron transport layer with borate complexes of divalent metals. Rather than changing the entire device structure, the complexity is localized to this specific layer where it provides maximum benefit for electron injection and transport, leaving other layers relatively simple

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP3503242B1Semiconducting material, a method for preparing the same and electronic device
Publication Date: 2021.08.25 NOVALED GMBH
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a semiconducting material comprising: (i) at last one metal complex or metal salt comprising a divalent metal; and (ii) at least one matrix compound comprising a dialkylphosphine oxide group, an electronic device comprising the same and a method for preparing the same.