Organic Light Emitting Compound for Driving Voltage Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a continuous need for new materials in organic light emitting devices to enhance efficiency, reduce driving voltage, and improve lifetime characteristics.

Innovation Solution

A novel compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is introduced, which can be used as a material in the organic material layer of the device, serving as a hole injection, hole transport, light emitting, electron transport, or electron injection material, improving the device's efficiency and lifetime.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional organic materials are used in the organic material layer, then the device structure is simple, but the efficiency is low and lifetime characteristics are poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice efficiencyVSAvoidlifetime characteristics
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs composite organic materials comprising multiple functional components (host material, guest material, and auxiliary materials) to achieve both high efficiency and long lifetime. The composite structure allows synergistic effects where the host material provides structural framework, the guest material enhances emission efficiency, and auxiliary materials improve stability, thereby resolving the contradiction between productivity and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent optimizes key parameters including the molecular weight, glass transition temperature, and energy levels of the organic materials. By carefully selecting materials with specific parameter ranges (e.g., host material with triplet energy level higher than the phosphorescent dopant), the device achieves improved efficiency and lifetime simultaneously, resolving the technical contradiction through parameter optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Power

If conventional organic materials are used in the organic material layer, then material selection is straightforward, but driving voltage remains high

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving voltageVSAvoidmaterial selection complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
PowerVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different functional characteristics to different layers of the organic material layer. The hole transport region uses materials optimized for hole mobility, the emission region uses materials with specific energy levels for efficient luminescence, and the electron transport region uses materials with electron mobility optimization. This localized optimization reduces driving voltage while maintaining manageable material selection through clear functional分区.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces intermediary materials such as hole blocking layers and electron blocking layers that mediate between the electrodes and the active emission region. These intermediary layers facilitate balanced charge injection and transport, reducing the overall driving voltage required while providing clear guidelines for material selection based on their specific blocking functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If the organic material layer uses multiple functional materials, then efficiency and lifetime are improved, but the device structure becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelifetime characteristicsVSAvoidorganic material layer structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple functional materials into an integrated organic material layer structure where host materials, guest materials, and auxiliary materials work together in a unified system. The merging is achieved through co-deposition or sequential deposition forming a unified emission layer, reducing structural complexity compared to completely separate layers while maintaining the benefits of multiple functional components for improved lifetime and efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

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 compound enhances the efficiency of organic light emitting devices by reducing driving voltage and improving lifetime characteristics, making it suitable for various layers within the device.

Implementation Method 1

The organic light emitting phenomenon refers to a phenomenon where electric energy is converted into light energy by using an organic material... when the injected holes and electrons meet each other, an exciton is formed, and light is emitted when the exciton falls to a ground state again

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS20240287087A1Compound and organic light emitting device comprising the same
Publication Date: 2024.08.29 LG CHEM LTD
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AI summary

A compound represented by Chemical Formula I and an organic light emitting device including the same are provided.