Polycyclic Compound for Deep Blue OLED Emission

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current organic electroluminescence devices face challenges in achieving high efficiency and deep blue light emission, particularly in the development of materials that can effectively utilize thermally activated delayed fluorescence for blue dopants with wavelengths less than 470 nm.

Innovation Solution

Incorporation of a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1, which serves as a dopant in the emission layer, facilitating thermally activated delayed fluorescence and enabling deep blue light emission with a wavelength of 470 nm or less, by optimizing the energy level difference between singlet and triplet states.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional materials are used for blue dopants, then device structure is simple, but external quantum efficiency is low and wavelength cannot achieve deep blue (less than 470 nm)

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveexternal quantum efficiencyVSAvoidmolecular structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the molecular structure parameters of the dopant by introducing a specific polycyclic framework with Formula 1, where X1 can be C, Si, or Ge, and Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group. This structural parameter change enables deep blue emission (wavelength < 470 nm) and high external quantum efficiency while maintaining reasonable device complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a composite dopant molecule combining a polycyclic core structure with specific aryl or heteroaryl substituents (Formula 1). This composite molecular design integrates multiple functional groups that work synergistically to achieve both deep blue emission and high efficiency, resolving the contradiction between performance and structural simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Use of energy by moving object

If conventional dopants are used, then material structure is simple, but thermally activated delayed fluorescence efficiency is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethermally activated delayed fluorescence efficiencyVSAvoidmolecular structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the energy level parameters of the dopant by carefully selecting the polycyclic core (Formula 1) with specific substituents. This parameter optimization enhances the thermally activated delayed fluorescence efficiency by improving the energy transfer between singlet and triplet states, while the molecular structure remains sufficiently simple for practical application

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Illumination intensity

If standard emission materials are used, then device configuration is conventional, but light emission wavelength cannot reach deep blue range (less than 470 nm)

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight emission wavelengthVSAvoidmolecular structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent achieves deep blue emission (wavelength < 470 nm) by changing the molecular parameters of the dopant to Formula 1, where the polycyclic core with specific aryl or heteroaryl groups (Ar) creates the necessary energy gap for deep blue photons. This parameter change in molecular structure directly controls the emission wavelength without requiring complex device configurations

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

The polycyclic compound enhances the efficiency of organic electroluminescence devices by achieving deep blue light emission with high external quantum efficiency, overcoming previous limitations in material performance for blue dopants.

Implementation Method 1

facilitating thermally activated delayed fluorescence and enabling deep blue light emission with a wavelength of 470 nm or less, by optimizing the energy level difference between singlet and triplet states

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermally activated delayed fluorescence: Fluorescence

Implementation Method 2

holes and electrons respectively injected from a first electrode and a second electrode recombine in an emission layer, and an organic light-emitting material included in the emission layer may emit light

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentEP3978495B1Organic electroluminescence device and polycyclic compound for organic electroluminescence device
Publication Date: 2023.05.10 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode, a hole transport region on the first electrode, an emission layer on the hole transport region, an electron transport region on the emission layer, and a second electrode on the electron transport region, wherein the emission layer includes a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1. In Formula 1, X1 is C, Si or Ge; and AC is an electron acceptor.