OLED Organic Layer Composition for Balanced Charge Transport

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Solution Overview

Problem

Organic optoelectronic devices, particularly OLEDs, face challenges in achieving balanced hole and electron transport, leading to limited lifespan and efficiency due to the performance of organic materials between electrodes.

Innovation Solution

A composition comprising a first compound with a fused dibenzofuran or dibenzothiophene structure and a second compound with an additional fused ring and amine group, enhancing electron mobility and thermal stability, is used in the organic layer to balance hole and electron transport, thereby improving device lifespan and efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional organic materials are used in OLEDs, then device structure is simple, but hole and electron transport is unbalanced leading to limited lifespan and efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice lifespanVSAvoidmaterial composition complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs composite organic materials comprising specific dibenzofuran/dibenzothiophene compounds combined with additional fused ring compounds containing amine groups. This composite approach balances hole and electron transport properties, directly improving device lifespan and efficiency while managing the complexity through systematic material design

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Productivity

If organic materials with high electron mobility are used, then device efficiency improves, but thermal stability becomes challenging

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice efficiencyVSAvoidthermal stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies molecular parameters by incorporating specific fused ring structures (dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene) combined with amine groups and additional fused rings. These parameter changes in molecular structure simultaneously enhance electron mobility for improved efficiency and provide inherent thermal stability through the rigid fused ring systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If high-performance organic materials are used, then device performance improves, but deposition temperature requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice performanceVSAvoiddeposition temperature
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The patent designs organic materials with specific molecular weight and structural parameters that enable low-temperature deposition. The combination of dibenzofuran/dibenzothiophene cores with amine groups and fused ring extensions creates materials with optimal volatility and film-forming properties, allowing high-performance device fabrication at reduced deposition temperatures

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12096688B2Composition for organic optoelectronic device, organic optoelectronic device and display device
Publication Date: 2024.09.17 SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD
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AI summary

A composition for an organic optoelectronic device, an organic optoelectronic device including the same, and a display device, the composition including a first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a second compound represented by a combination of Chemical Formula 2 and Chemical Formula 3: