Triazine-Based OLED Host Materials for Charge Transport

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for novel triazine-containing compounds that can be used as hosts or electron transporting materials in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) to enhance their performance and stability.

Innovation Solution

The development of compounds with specific structures, including biphenyl, naphthalene, and triphenylene groups, which are used as hosts or electron transporting materials in OLEDs, improving charge transport properties and stability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional host materials or electron transporting materials are used in OLEDs, then the device structure is simple and manufacturing is easier, but the charge transport properties and device stability are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice stabilityVSAvoidcompound structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies composite materials by combining triazine core structures with various aromatic substituents (biphenyl, naphthalene, triphenylene groups) to create hybrid organic compounds that exhibit both improved charge transport properties and enhanced device stability. These composite molecular structures integrate the electron-deficient triazine core with electron-rich aromatic groups, achieving synergistic effects that resolve the contradiction between reliability improvement and structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs parameter changes by systematically varying the substituents attached to the triazine core (different aromatic groups, positional isomers, substitution patterns) to optimize the balance between charge transport efficiency and device stability. By changing molecular parameters such as substituent type, position, and configuration, the invention achieves improved reliability while managing structural complexity through controlled molecular design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If novel triazine-containing compounds with specific structures are developed to improve charge transport properties, then external quantum efficiency and device lifetime are enhanced, but the synthesis complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveexternal quantum efficiencyVSAvoidsynthesis difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the molecular design into modular components: a triazine core and separate aromatic substituent units (biphenyl, naphthalene, triphenylene). This modular approach allows independent optimization of each segment's properties and facilitates systematic synthesis through standardized coupling reactions, thereby improving external quantum efficiency while managing manufacturing complexity through modular assembly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses parameter changes by systematically varying substituent types, positions, and configurations on the triazine core to optimize charge transport and发光 properties. This structured parameter variation enables methodical improvement of external quantum efficiency while maintaining manageable synthesis routes through controlled molecular modifications rather than completely novel synthetic pathways.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Use of energy by moving object

If compounds with enhanced electron transport capability are used, then device efficiency improves, but exciton quenching may increase reducing overall performance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecharge transport efficiencyVSAvoidexciton quenching
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by creating compounds with spatially differentiated electron density distribution through strategic placement of electron-deficient triazine cores and electron-rich aromatic substituents at specific positions. This local differentiation of electronic properties enables regions of high electron transport capability while maintaining other regions favorable for exciton management, thus improving charge transport efficiency without excessive exciton quenching.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses composite materials by combining triazine cores with aromatic substituents in specific configurations to create molecules with balanced electronic properties. The composite structure integrates electron-transporting triazine units with exciton-friendly aromatic groups, achieving a compromise that simultaneously improves charge transport efficiency and reduces exciton quenching losses through synergistic molecular design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

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 enhance the efficiency and longevity of OLEDs by improving charge transport and reducing exciton quenching, leading to higher external quantum efficiency and longer device lifetime.

Implementation Method 1

improving charge transport properties and stability

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCharge transport: Conduction (electrical)

Implementation Method 2

reducing exciton quenching, leading to higher external quantum efficiency

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectExciton quenching reduction:

Data Source

PatentUS10418562B2Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Publication Date: 2019.09.17 UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORP
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AI summary

This invention discloses novel compounds containing a bitriazine building block. These compounds can be used as host materials or electron transporting materials for organic light-emitting devices.