Organic Compound for OLED Efficiency and Lifetime

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Solution Overview

Problem

Organic electroluminescent devices face issues with reduced luminous efficiency, shortened service life, and performance decline due to limitations in energy transfer and carrier mobility in existing materials.

Innovation Solution

An organic compound with a structure combining an electron-deficient aza-aryl group, an electron-rich indolocarbazole group, and dibenzofuran is used, enhancing energy transfer efficiency and maintaining high triplet state energy levels, which improves luminescence efficiency and stability, reducing driving voltage and increasing device lifetime.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If existing organic materials are used in electroluminescent devices, then the devices can operate, but the luminous efficiency is reduced and service life is shortened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminous efficiencyVSAvoidservice life
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs composite organic materials comprising specific host materials (compounds of formulas 1-10) combined with guest materials (iridium complexes, phosphorescent dyes, or TADF compounds). This composite approach enables simultaneous achievement of high luminous efficiency through effective energy transfer and extended service life through stable material composition and controlled triplet state energy levels.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Use of energy by moving object

If existing materials with lower triplet state energy levels are used, then manufacturing is easier, but energy transfer efficiency is reduced and driving voltage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy transfer efficiencyVSAvoiddriving voltage
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The patent systematically varies key parameters of the host materials including triplet state energy levels (maintained above 2.5 eV), HOMO levels (adjusted for optimal charge injection), and molecular structures (formulas 1-10 with different substituents). These parameter optimizations enable high energy transfer efficiency to phosphorescent or TADF emitters while reducing driving voltage through improved charge transport properties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If materials with lower carrier mobility are used, then the device structure can be simpler, but luminous efficiency and performance stability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminous efficiencyVSAvoidperformance stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces materials with spatially differentiated properties: host materials with high carrier mobility in charge transport regions, and host materials with high triplet state energy levels in luminescence regions. This local optimization enables high luminous efficiency through effective charge injection and transport while maintaining performance stability through region-specific material characteristics.

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 compound effectively enhances the luminous efficiency, extends the service life, and reduces the driving voltage of organic electroluminescent devices by improving carrier mobility and energy transfer efficiency, leading to improved performance and stability.

Implementation Method 1

enhancing energy transfer efficiency and maintaining high triplet state energy levels

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectEnergy transfer:

Implementation Method 2

the excitons are in an excited state and release energy outwards, which in turn makes the electroluminescent layer emit light outward

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS11723271B2Organic compound, and electronic component and electronic device therefor
Publication Date: 2023.08.08 SHAANXI LIGHTE OPTOELECTRONICS MATERIAL CO LTD
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AI summary

An organic compound, and an electronic component and an electronic device using same, and the organic compound has a structure as shown in a formula A, a formula B, a formula D or a formula F. Ar is selected from substituted or unsubstituted aryl with 6 to 30 carbon atoms and substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl with 3 to 30 carbon atoms, and Het is selected from substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing heteroaryl with 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and the nitrogen-containing heteroaryl at least contains two N atoms. The organic compound of the present disclosure can significantly reduce a driving voltage of a device and increase a service life of the device; and in addition, the organic compound of the present disclosure can further improve an efficiency of the device.