OLED Hole Transport Amine Composition for Efficiency and Service Life

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing organic electroluminescence devices face challenges in achieving a long service life and high efficiency, necessitating the development of new materials that can stabilize these characteristics.

Innovation Solution

Incorporation of an amine compound represented by specific structural formulas in the hole transport region of the organic electroluminescence device, enhancing the device's efficiency and service life.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional materials are used in organic electroluminescence devices, then the device can operate, but the luminous efficiency is low and service life is short

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice lifeVSAvoidluminous efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the chemical structure of hole transport materials by changing molecular parameters - specifically introducing carbazole groups with different substitution patterns (Formula 1 with variables L1, L2, Ar1, Ar2, R1-R4) to optimize both service life and luminous efficiency simultaneously

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses composite organic compounds combining carbazole units with various aromatic groups (phenylene, naphthylene, biphenyl, etc.) to create hole transport materials that exhibit synergistic effects, achieving both high efficiency and long stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Power

If conventional hole transport materials are used, then the device structure is simple, but the driving voltage is high

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving voltageVSAvoidmaterial structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
PowerVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent systematically varies molecular parameters (substitution positions, aromatic group types, alkyl chain lengths) to optimize the HOMO/LUMO energy levels and charge transport properties, achieving lower driving voltage through precise molecular design

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If existing amine compounds are used, then the device can achieve basic functionality, but the luminous efficiency and service life cannot be simultaneously optimized

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminous efficiencyVSAvoidservice life
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The invention introduces local functional groups (carbazole units at specific positions in the molecule) that provide both high luminous efficiency through enhanced charge transport and long service life through improved molecular stability, with different substitution patterns creating localized functional variations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

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 amine compound improves the luminous efficiency and extends the service life of the organic electroluminescence device by optimizing the hole transport properties.

Implementation Method 1

the amine compound enhances the luminous efficiency and extends the service life of the organic electroluminescence device, particularly in the blue wavelength region, while maintaining low driving voltage

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCharge transport: Conduction (electrical)

Implementation Method 2

an organic electroluminescence display is a so-called self-luminescent display device, in which holes and electrons injected from a first electrode and a second electrode recombine in an emission layer, and a luminescent material including an organic compound in the emission layer emits light

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS12635332B2Compound for organic electroluminescence device
Publication Date: 2026.05.19 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

An organic electroluminescence device (OLED) of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a hole transport region on the first electrode, an emission layer on the hole transport region, and an electron transport region on the emission layer. The hole transport region may include an amine compound represented by Formula 1, and the OLED may thereby exhibit high luminous efficiency: