Organic Light-Emitting Device Host-Dopant Material Design

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current organic light-emitting devices face limitations in achieving optimal performance due to the lack of effective materials that enhance luminance, driving voltage, and response speed, which are crucial for producing high-quality full-color images with wide viewing angles and high contrast ratios.

Innovation Solution

The development of an organic light-emitting device incorporating a specific organic layer comprising a first compound represented by Formula 1 and a second compound represented by Formula 2, which are carefully selected to optimize the recombination of holes and electrons, thereby improving exciton generation and light production.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If conventional organic light-emitting device materials are used, then device structure is simple, but luminance is insufficient and response speed is slow

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveluminanceVSAvoidresponse speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a composite organic layer comprising multiple compounds with specific molecular structures (Formula 1 and Formula 2). This composite material approach combines materials with complementary properties to simultaneously enhance luminance through improved exciton generation and accelerate response speed through optimized charge carrier recombination, resolving the contradiction between brightness and response performance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent optimizes specific molecular parameters of the organic compounds including substituent groups (R11-R20), heteroatom selections (X11, X12), and structural moieties (A11-A13, L101). By systematically varying these chemical parameters, the material achieves enhanced electron-hole recombination efficiency and exciton generation, thereby improving both luminance and response speed simultaneously

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Power

If conventional organic light-emitting device materials are used, then manufacturing is straightforward, but driving voltage is high

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies molecular parameters of the organic compounds to optimize charge transport properties. The specific structural configurations in Formula 1 and Formula 2, including substituent patterns and heteroatom placements, are designed to reduce energy barriers for charge injection and transport, thereby lowering driving voltage while maintaining manufacturability through established organic semiconductor synthesis routes

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

This configuration enhances the luminance, reduces driving voltage, and accelerates response speed, resulting in improved image quality with wider viewing angles and higher contrast ratios, addressing the existing limitations of organic light-emitting devices.

Implementation Method 1

Holes provided from the first electrode may move toward the emission layer through the hole transport region, and electrons provided from the second electrode may move toward the emission layer through the electron transport region. Carriers (such as holes and electrons) may recombine in the emission layer to produce excitons. These excitons may transition (e.g., radiatively decay) from an excited state to a ground state to thereby generate light.

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS10312449B2Organic light-emitting device
Publication Date: 2019.06.04 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

An organic light-emitting device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer; wherein the organic layer includes a host first compound represented by Formula 1 and a fluorescent dopant second compound represented by Formula 2:When the compound represented by Formula 1 includes a condensed cyclic substituent and the compound represented by Formula 2 includes a condensed cyclic core, the organic light-emitting device may have improved thermal stability, a lower driving voltage, and higher efficiency.