Organic Compound Hole Injection Layer for OLED Stability

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Problem

Current organic electroluminescent devices face challenges in luminous efficiency, driving voltage, and service life, particularly due to issues with lateral crosstalk and the stability of hole injection layers, which are not adequately addressed by existing materials with deep LUMO energy levels.

Innovation Solution

An organic compound with a specific structure, featuring a relatively deep LUMO energy level and low sublimation temperature, is used as a hole injection layer material, combined with a hole transport material, to enhance optical and electrical stability, reduce driving voltage, and improve device lifetime.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If materials with deep LUMO energy levels are used as hole injection layers, then device stability is improved, but lateral crosstalk increases and device voltage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice stabilityVSAvoidlateral crosstalk
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the LUMO energy level parameter of the hole injection layer material to achieve an optimal balance. By carefully selecting and adjusting the LUMO energy level to be deep enough to ensure stability while not excessively deep to avoid lateral crosstalk, the invention resolves the contradiction between device stability and lateral crosstalk reduction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs composite hole injection layer structures combining multiple materials with complementary properties. This allows the system to achieve both deep LUMO energy levels for stability and appropriate charge transport characteristics to minimize lateral crosstalk, resolving the contradiction through material composition optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If materials with deep LUMO energy levels are used as hole injection layers, then device stability is improved, but driving voltage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice stabilityVSAvoiddriving voltage
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the LUMO energy level parameter to find the optimal point that provides sufficient stability without excessively increasing driving voltage. By precisely controlling the energy level parameter within a specific range, the invention achieves stability improvement while minimizing voltage increase.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces localized doping or specific material regions with tailored energy levels to improve stability at critical interfaces without requiring the entire hole injection layer to have deeply optimized LUMO levels, thereby reducing the overall driving voltage requirement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Device complexity

If conventional hole injection layer materials are used, then device structure is simple, but luminous efficiency and service life are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice structureVSAvoidluminous efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs composite hole injection layer structures combining multiple materials with complementary properties. This allows the system to achieve both deep LUMO energy levels for stability and appropriate charge transport characteristics to minimize lateral crosstalk, resolving the contradiction through material composition optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

4Device complexity

If conventional hole injection layer materials are used, then device structure is simple, but service life is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice structureVSAvoidservice life
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the LUMO energy level parameter to find the optimal point that provides sufficient stability without excessively increasing driving voltage. By precisely controlling the energy level parameter within a specific range, the invention achieves stability improvement while minimizing voltage increase.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20240301284A1Organic compound and electroluminescent device
Publication Date: 2024.09.12 SICHUAN AG RAY NEW MATERIALS CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to an organic compound and an electroluminescent device. The organic compound has the structure as shown in formula (1), which can be used in an organic electroluminescent device as a hole injection layer material.