Fused Polycyclic Boron-Nitrogen Compound for OLED Efficiency and Lifetime

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current organic electroluminescence display devices face challenges in achieving stable emission efficiency and lifetime for light emitting elements, necessitating the development of advanced materials that can enhance these characteristics.

Innovation Solution

A light emitting element incorporating a fused polycyclic compound, specifically a compound with a pentacyclic fused ring core including boron and nitrogen atoms, and an anthracenyl group, which improves the stability and efficiency of the light emitting material by minimizing intermolecular energy transfer and extending the lifetime.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional organic electroluminescence materials are used, then the device can achieve basic light emission, but the emission efficiency and lifetime are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovelifetimeVSAvoidemission efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the molecular structure parameters of the organic compound by introducing a specific pentacyclic fused ring core with boron and nitrogen atoms, along with an anthracenyl group. This structural parameter change optimizes the HOMO-LUMO energy gap and improves charge transport properties, thereby simultaneously enhancing both emission efficiency and lifetime of the light emitting element

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs a composite molecular structure combining multiple functional moieties: a pentacyclic fused ring core containing boron and nitrogen atoms, an anthracenyl group, and various substituents. This composite structure integrates multiple functions including charge injection, charge transport, and light emission, resolving the contradiction between efficiency and lifetime by synergistic interaction of different structural components

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Stability of the object's composition

If conventional materials are used, then the device structure can be kept simple, but the material stability and color purity are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematerial stabilityVSAvoidcompound structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the organic compound into distinct functional modules: a pentacyclic fused ring core providing structural stability, boron and nitrogen atoms for charge transport, an anthracenyl group for light emission, and substituents for property tuning. This segmentation allows each module to contribute specifically to material stability while maintaining a systematic and manageable molecular architecture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of manufacture

If standard organic compounds are used, then the manufacturing process can be kept simple, but the efficiency roll-off at high luminance cannot be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoidefficiency stability at high luminance
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes key parameters of the organic compound including the HOMO-LUMO energy gap through the pentacyclic fused ring core structure, charge carrier mobility through boron and nitrogen atom incorporation, and molecular packing through the anthracenyl group. These parameter changes ensure stable efficiency at high luminance while maintaining compatibility with conventional vacuum deposition and solution processing manufacturing methods

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

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 use of the fused polycyclic compound in the light emitting element leads to improved emission efficiency, extended lifetime, and reduced efficiency roll-off at high luminance, contributing to better material stability and color purity.

Implementation Method 1

An organic electroluminescence display device is a so-called self-luminescent display device that includes a light emitting element in which holes and electrons respectively injected from a first electrode and a second electrode recombine in an emission layer, so that a light emitting material in the emission layer emits light

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS20240292751A1Light emitting element and fused polycyclic compound for the same
Publication Date: 2024.08.29 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments provide a light emitting element that includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The emission layer includes a first compound represented by Formula 1, which is explained in the specification.