Red OLED Emitting Layers Using Deuterated Spiro-Fluorene Hosts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing OLEDs face limitations in emitting efficiency and lifespan, despite advancements in materials research.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating a red emitting material layer and a hole transporting layer with specific compounds, such as those represented by Formula 1-1, which include a spiro-fluorene moiety partially or wholly deuterated, to enhance the performance of OLEDs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional organic emitting materials are used in OLEDs, then the device can operate at low voltage with good color sense, but the emitting efficiency and lifespan are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovelifespanVSAvoidemitting efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by introducing deuterium atoms into the spiro-fluorene core structure of the organic emitting materials. This isotopic substitution changes the physical and chemical parameters of the material, specifically reducing vibrational frequencies and enhancing structural stability. The deuterated spiro-fluorene core modifies the material's properties to simultaneously improve emitting efficiency and extend device lifespan, resolving the contradiction between these two performance parameters.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs composite materials by combining deuterated spiro-fluorene core compounds with specific substituents (aryl groups, heteroaryl groups, and their derivatives) to create novel organic emitting materials. This composite approach allows the material to inherit the stable spiro-fluorene backbone structure while incorporating functional groups that enhance emitting efficiency and improve device performance characteristics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If deuterated spiro-fluorene compounds are introduced to improve lifespan and emitting efficiency, then material complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovelifespanVSAvoidmaterial structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the organic emitting material into distinct functional components: a deuterated spiro-fluorene core structure that provides stability and lifespan improvement, and substitutable aryl/heteroaryl groups that contribute to emitting efficiency. This segmented molecular design allows each component to perform its specific function while maintaining overall material manageability and synthesis feasibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements local quality by concentrating the deuterium atoms specifically at the spiro-fluorene core positions where they provide maximum structural stability and vibrational reduction, while leaving the substituent groups (aryl, heteroaryl) unchanged. This localized isotopic enrichment achieves the desired performance improvement without unnecessarily complicating the entire molecular structure.

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

Improves the emitting efficiency and extends the lifespan of OLEDs by utilizing compounds with deuterated spiro-fluorene cores in the red emitting material and hole transporting layers.

Implementation Method 1

The OLED emits light by injecting electrons from a cathode as an electron injection electrode and holes from an anode as a hole injection electrode into an emitting material layer (EML), combining the electrons with the holes, generating an exciton, and transforming the exciton from an excited state to a ground state

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS12584065B2Organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting device including the same
Publication Date: 2026.03.24 LG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

An organic light emitting diode and an organic light emitting device including the same are described. The organic light emitting diode can include a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a first emitting part including a red emitting material layer and a first hole transporting layer and positioned between the first and second electrodes. The red emitting material layer can include a first red host and a red dopant, and the first hole transporting layer can include a hole transporting material and is positioned between the first electrode and the red emitting material layer. At least one of the first red host and the hole transporting material is a compound of the following Formula: