Polycyclic OLED Compounds for Color Purity and Low Driving Voltage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current organic electronic elements face challenges in achieving high luminous efficiency, long life, and low driving voltage due to limitations in the development of stable and efficient organic material layers, particularly for OLEDs, where the optimal combination of energy levels and material properties is crucial.

Innovation Solution

The development of specific polycyclic compounds represented by Formulas (1) and (18) for use in organic electronic elements, which improve luminous efficiency, driving voltage, and heat resistance, and are incorporated into various layers such as emitting, hole transport, and electron transport layers to enhance the performance of OLEDs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a light emitting material is used in an organic electric element, then luminous efficiency can be improved, but the maximum light emission wavelength shifts to long wavelength due to intermolecular interaction, causing color purity to drop

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminous efficiencyVSAvoidcolor purity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The light emitting material is divided into a host material and a dopant material. The host material provides the structural framework while the dopant material (present in small amounts) is responsible for light emission. This segmentation prevents intermolecular interaction between light emitting molecules, maintaining color purity while achieving high luminous efficiency through energy transfer from host to dopant.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The host material acts as an intermediary between the electric field and the dopant material. Excitons are generated in the host material and then transferred to the dopant molecules, which emit light. This intermediary mechanism allows efficient energy transfer while preventing direct interaction between dopant molecules, thus maintaining color purity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If the efficiency is increased, then the driving voltage is relatively decreased, but the crystallization of the organic material due to joule heating generated during driving increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminous efficiencyVSAvoidthermal stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies molecular parameters of the host and dopant materials to optimize the energy transfer efficiency and reduce non-radiative decay. By changing parameters such as molecular structure, energy levels, and T1 values, the materials achieve better charge balance and reduced heat generation, thereby improving thermal stability while maintaining high luminous efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If a multi-layered structure is used to improve efficiency and stability, then the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice stabilityVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent develops host and dopant materials that can be universally applied across different device configurations and color requirements. The modular material design allows the same host-dopant system to be used in various layers (emitting layer, electron transport layer, hole transport layer) with appropriate modifications, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining high reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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

These compounds significantly improve the color purity and lifetime of organic electronic elements while maintaining or reducing driving voltage, achieving high luminous efficiency and heat resistance, thereby addressing the limitations of existing materials.

Implementation Method 1

organic light emitting phenomenon refers to a phenomenon that converts electric energy into light energy by using an organic material

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Implementation Method 2

the excitons generated in the emitting layer are transported to the dopant to emit light with high efficiency

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectEnergy transfer:

Data Source

PatentUS11910705B2Compound for organic electric element, organic electric element using the same, and electronic device thereof
Publication Date: 2024.02.20 DUK SAN NEOLUX
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AI summary

Provided are a compound capable of improving luminous efficiency, stability and lifetime of an organic electronic device, an organic electric element using the same, and an electronic device comprising the element.