Organic Molecules for OLED Deep Blue Emission

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) face challenges in achieving high quantum yield, long lifetime, and good color purity simultaneously, with existing emitter materials failing to combine these properties effectively.

Innovation Solution

Development of new organic molecules with emission maxima in the deep blue or sky blue spectral range, exhibiting narrow emission spectra and short excited state lifetimes, which are incorporated into OLEDs to enhance efficiency and color accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If existing emitter materials are used in OLEDs, then device structure and manufacturing process are simple, but the devices cannot achieve high quantum yield, long lifetime, and good color purity simultaneously

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice lifetimeVSAvoidemitter material structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs composite emitter materials comprising multiple components with specific molecular structures (formulas I and II) that work synergistically to achieve high quantum yield, long lifetime, and good color purity simultaneously, resolving the contradiction between device reliability and material complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent optimizes key parameters including emission wavelength (420-520 nm range), excited state lifetime (≤5 μs), and FWHM (≤0.15 eV) to achieve the desired performance balance, demonstrating how parameter optimization resolves the contradiction between multiple performance requirements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Manufacturing precision

If narrow emission spectrum is required for high efficiency in top emitting devices, then color purity improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor purityVSAvoidemission spectrum control
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent achieves narrow emission spectrum (FWHM ≤0.15 eV) through localized molecular structure design with specific chemical moieties (formulas I and II), allowing precise control over emission properties without requiring complex device structures

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces complex optical cavity systems with chemically-designed molecular structures that inherently provide narrow emission spectra, substituting chemical precision for optical mechanical complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

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 new organic molecules lead to OLEDs with improved stability, higher efficiency, and more accurate color reproduction, enabling better display resolution and longer device lifespan.

Implementation Method 1

light-emitting organic molecules and their use in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Implementation Method 2

The excited state lifetime of the organic molecules according to the invention are, in particular, 5 μs or less

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPhosphorescence: Phosphorescence

Data Source

PatentEP4240745B1Organic molecules for optoelectronic devices
Publication Date: 2024.08.28 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

The invention pertains to an organic molecule for use in optoelectronic devices. According to the invention, the organic molecule has: - a first chemical moiety with a structure of formula (I), - one or two second chemical moieties with a structure of formula (II) wherein RZ is at the binding site of a single bond linking the first chemical moiety to the second moiety; RY is at the binding site of a single bond linking the first chemical moiety to the second moiety or Ra; and the dashed lines (a) represent the binding sites of the first chemical moiety to the second chemical moiety.