Organic Compound for OLED Emission Layer Efficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices face limitations in response speed and viewing angle due to the need for a separate backlight in liquid crystal displays, and the characteristics of the organic layer materials significantly impact the electrical characteristics of OLEDs.

Innovation Solution

An organic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is used in the OLED device, which can function as an emission material, hole transfer material, or electron transfer material, enhancing electrical characteristics and emission capacity, and is applied in the emission layer as a host or dopant to improve efficiency and reduce voltage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional organic layer materials are used in OLED devices, then the device structure is simpler, but the electrical characteristics and emission capacity are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical characteristicsVSAvoidorganic layer material complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs composite organic layer materials comprising multiple functional components including hole transport materials, electron transport materials, and emission materials with specific molecular structures. These composite materials integrate multiple functions (charge transport, exciton management, light emission) into a single organic layer system, thereby improving electrical characteristics and emission capacity without requiring additional device layers

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent systematically varies molecular parameters of organic compounds including substituent groups (R1-R6), core structures (X), and conjugation lengths (a, b, y) to optimize HOMO/LUMO energy levels, charge mobility, and emission wavelengths. By adjusting these chemical parameters, the organic layer achieves enhanced electrical performance and emission capacity while maintaining material processability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Use of energy by moving object

If high efficiency emission materials are used, then blue quantum efficiency improves, but color reproducibility may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveblue quantum efficiencyVSAvoidcolor reproducibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces localized substituent groups (R1-R6) at specific positions on the molecular core (X) to fine-tune emission characteristics. Different substituents at different positions independently affect HOMO/LUMO levels, charge mobility, and emission color, allowing simultaneous optimization of quantum efficiency and color coordinates through localized molecular modification rather than global structural changes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses composite organic emission materials that combine different functional moieties (electron-donating groups, electron-withdrawing groups, conjugated cores) to achieve both high blue quantum efficiency and precise color control. The synergistic interaction between different molecular components enables independent optimization of emission intensity and wavelength, resolving the trade-off between efficiency and color reproducibility

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Stability of the object's composition

If the organic layer material lacks stability, then the manufacturing process is simpler, but crystallization occurs and thin films are destabilized

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethin film stabilityVSAvoidmanufacturing process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and eliminates crystallization-prone structural features from the organic molecules by introducing bulky substituent groups (R1-R6) and disrupting molecular symmetry. These modifications prevent close molecular packing and crystal lattice formation, thereby suppressing crystallization in the thin film state while maintaining solution processability and depositability through standard OLED manufacturing techniques

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

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 organic compound improves the blue quantum efficiency and color reproducibility of OLEDs, stabilizes thin films by preventing crystallization, and enables the production of OLEDs with high efficiency and low voltage.

Implementation Method 1

electrons injected from one electrode and holes injected from another electrode are combined with each other in an emission layer, thereby generating excitons, and energy is outputted from the excitons to thereby emit light

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS10050217B2Organic compound and organic light emitting diode device including the same
Publication Date: 2018.08.14 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

An organic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is disclosed. Also a light emitting diode including the organic compound is described.