Nitrogen-Containing Compound for OLED Hole Transport

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current organic electroluminescent materials, particularly green and blue light materials, have performance issues that do not meet commercialization requirements, with short service life and inadequate luminous efficiency, necessitating the development of new materials to improve the performance of electronic elements.

Innovation Solution

A nitrogen-containing compound with a specific chemical structure is introduced, featuring an arylamine group integrated into an adamantane spiro-bonded fluorene group, enhancing steric hindrance, electron tolerance, and film-forming properties, which is applied as a hole transport layer in organic electroluminescent devices and photoelectric conversion devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If current organic electroluminescent materials (green and blue light materials) are used, then the device can be manufactured with existing technology, but the service life is only dozens of hours and performance does not meet commercialization requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice lifeVSAvoidmanufacturability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the molecular structure of organic electroluminescent materials by introducing specific chemical groups (carbazole, triphenylamine, adamantane spiro-bonded fluorene) and adjusting molecular weight and glass transition temperature parameters. These parameter changes result in materials with service life exceeding 10,000 hours while maintaining compatibility with existing manufacturing processes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent develops composite organic electroluminescent materials by combining multiple functional groups and molecular structures (e.g., carbazole groups with triphenylamine groups, or adamantane spiro-bonded fluorene with aromatic hydrocarbon groups). These composite structures achieve both extended service life and good manufacturability by balancing molecular weight, glass transition temperature, and hole transport capability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If new organic electroluminescent materials are developed to improve performance, then service life and luminous efficiency are improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice lifeVSAvoidmaterial structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes molecular parameters within specific ranges (molecular weight 200-1000 Da, glass transition temperature 50-200°C) to achieve the desired balance between service life and structural simplicity. By controlling these parameters, the patent creates materials with service life >10,000 hours that maintain relatively simple molecular structures suitable for practical application

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Illumination intensity

If green and blue light materials are used, then the color performance can be achieved, but the luminous efficiency and service life do not meet commercialization requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminous efficiencyVSAvoidservice life
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies molecular parameters including introducing rigid structures (adamantane spiro-bonded fluorene) to increase glass transition temperature and molecular weight to optimize hole transport. These changes simultaneously improve both luminous efficiency and service life, achieving service life >10,000 hours with commercializable performance levels

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates composite structures combining electron-donating groups (carbazole, triphenylamine) with electron-accepting groups or rigid cores. This composite approach enhances both luminous efficiency through improved charge transport and service life through increased molecular stability and glass transition temperature

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentUS11655206B2Nitrogen-containing compound, electronic element, and electronic device
Publication Date: 2023.05.23 SHAANXI LIGHTE OPTOELECTRONICS MATERIAL CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided are a nitrogen-containing compound, an electronic element, and an electronic device, and the present disclosure belongs to the technical field of organic materials. The structure of the nitrogen-containing compound is as shown in chemical formula (1); and the nitrogen-containing compound can improve the properties of an electronic element.