OLED Compound Formula 1 Enhancing Efficiency and Lifetime

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Problem

Conventional organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) using fluorescent or phosphorescent materials suffer from unsatisfactory efficiency, driving voltage, and lifetime issues due to limitations in light-emitting materials.

Innovation Solution

Development of novel compounds represented by Formula 1, which exhibit good electrical properties, charge transporting abilities, and high glass transition temperatures, suitable for use as electron transporting materials or light-emitting materials in OLEDs, enhancing luminous efficiency and extending lifetimes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If fluorescent or phosphorescent materials are used as light-emitting materials in OLEDs, then the device can emit light, but the efficiency, driving voltage, and lifetime are unsatisfactory

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveOLED lifetimeVSAvoidOLED efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the molecular structure of light-emitting materials by introducing specific chemical groups and substituents (R1-R6, Ar1-Ar6) to change the electronic and optical parameters of the material, thereby improving efficiency and lifetime simultaneously

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent develops composite organic compounds combining electron-transporting moieties with light-emitting moieties in a single molecular structure, creating materials that perform multiple functions (electron transport and light emission) with improved overall device performance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Productivity

If conventional light-emitting materials are used, then the device structure can be maintained, but the luminous efficiency and lifetime are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminous efficiencyVSAvoiddevice lifetime
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the HOMO-LUMO energy gap and electron affinity parameters of the light-emitting materials through molecular design, achieving higher luminous efficiency and extended device lifetime by controlling charge injection and recombination processes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Stability of the object's composition

If new compounds with high glass transition temperatures are used, then crystallization is prevented and device stability improves, but material synthesis complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice stabilityVSAvoidmaterial synthesis
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces bulky substituents and rigid aromatic groups (Ar1-Ar6) into the molecular structure to increase glass transition temperature and prevent crystallization, thereby improving device stability while maintaining reasonable synthetic pathways

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 compounds improve OLED efficiency, reduce driving voltage, increase brightness, and extend the lifetime of OLEDs, making them suitable for various color applications with improved power efficiency.

Implementation Method 1

the compounds... may be used as electron transporting materials suitable for use in fluorescent and phosphorescent devices

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectron transport: Conduction (electrical)

Implementation Method 2

The holes and electrons recombine in the EML to generate excitons. When the excitons drop from an excited state to a ground state, light is emitted

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS9567287B2Compound for organic light-emitting diode and organic light-emitting diode including the same
Publication Date: 2017.02.14 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A compound represented by Formula 1 below may be used in an organic light emitting diode. Additionally, in some embodiments, an organic light-emitting diode includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including the compound represented by Formula 1.