JP5740231B2 - Organic light emitting layer forming material, organic light emitting element using organic light emitting layer forming material, and light source device using organic light emitting element - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an organic light emitting layer forming material, an organic light emitting element using the organic light emitting layer forming material, and a light source device using the organic light emitting element.

  As a conventional example, Patent Document 1 discloses the following technique. The purpose of this technology is to provide a novel polymer compound useful for the production of an organic thin film element such as an organic electroluminescent element excellent in luminous efficiency, luminous luminance and stability, and an organic thin film element using the same. To do.

  An organic EL device in which a single-layer light emitting layer made of a composition containing at least a polymer and a luminescent center forming compound is inserted between electrodes, wherein the composition has an electron transporting property and a hole transporting property. Are contained in a well-balanced manner, and the polymer itself has a blue emission color or emits light having a shorter wavelength than that, and two or more of the emission center-forming compounds are contained in the polymer. It exists in a molecularly dispersed state, and each luminescent center forming compound emits light alone, and a combination of two or more of the luminescent center forming compounds is used so that the colored light of the entire organic EL device looks white light. A single-layer white light-emitting organic EL element, characterized in that

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  Conventionally, two or more types of luminescent center forming compounds are combined so that each luminescent center forming compound emits light alone by doping two or more types of luminescent center forming compounds into the host material, and the overall emission color is white light. However, in this method, in each luminescent center forming compound, energy transfer occurs from the higher excitation energy to the lower excitation energy.

  An object of the present invention is to bring the value of HOMO (Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital) of a specific light-emitting dopant closer to the value of HOMO of another light-emitting dopant. As a result, the entire light emitting layer emits light, and white light emission is easily obtained.

The features of the present invention for solving the above-described problems are as follows.
(1) An organic light emitting device having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light emitting layer is a host material, Including a first emitter and a second emitter, wherein the emission peak wavelength of the first emitter is greater than the emission peak wavelength of the second emitter, and the aromatic heterocyclic ligand or auxiliary ligand of the first emitter An organic light emitting device containing an electron withdrawing group.
(2) In the above, the organic light emitting device in which the auxiliary ligand of the first emitter is a picolinic acid derivative or a triazole derivative.
(3) In the above, the electron withdrawing group is an organic light emitting device selected from one or more of a trifluoromethyl group, a chloro group, a bromo group, an iodo group, an astato group, a phenyl group, a nitro group, and a cyano group.
(4) In the above, a lower layer is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the lower layer is a hole transport layer or a hole injection layer, and the light emitting layer is manufactured on the lower layer. An organic light emitting device in which any one or more of the following embodiments are present as a substituent of the first emitter and a material of the material forming the lower layer.
(A) The substituent of the first emitter and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer are alkyl groups having 4 or more carbon atoms.
(B) The substituent of the first emitter and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer form a hydrogen bond.
(C) The substituent of the first emitter is a perfluorophenyl group, and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer is a phenyl group.
(5) In the above, the second emitter is any one of a fluoroalkyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms, a perfluoroalkyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms, a perfluoropolyether group, an alkyl group having 10 or more carbon atoms, or a siloxy group. An organic light emitting device including one or more.
(6) An organic light emitting device as described above, wherein the light emitting layer includes a blue emitter, the first emitter is a red emitter, and the second emitter is a green emitter.
(7) An organic light emitting device having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light emitting layer is a host material, The first emitter has an emission peak wavelength longer than the emission peak wavelength of the second emitter, and the first emitter has a HOMO level and a second emitter has a HOMO level. An organic light emitting device characterized in that a difference in position is within 0.3 eV.
(8) The organic light emitting element in which white light is emitted from the light emitting layer in the above.
(9) An organic light emitting layer forming material used in the above organic light emitting element, wherein the light emitting layer forming material includes a host material, a first emitter, and a second emitter.
(10) A light source device comprising the above organic light emitting element.

  The present invention can provide an organic light emitting device in which the HOMO value of a specific light emitting dopant is close to the HOMO value of another light emitting dopant. Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of embodiments.

It is sectional drawing in one Embodiment of the light source device of this invention. It is sectional drawing in one Embodiment of the organic light emitting element of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The following description shows specific examples of the contents of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these descriptions. Various modifications by those skilled in the art are within the scope of the technical idea disclosed in this specification. Changes and modifications are possible. In all the drawings for explaining the embodiments, the same reference numerals are given to those having the same function, and the repeated explanation thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a light source device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the organic light emitting device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the light emitting portion is composed of a substrate 101, a lower electrode 102, an upper electrode 108, an organic layer 109, a bank 14, a reverse taper bank 15, a resin layer 16, a sealing substrate 17 and a light extraction layer 18. The light extraction layer 18 may not be provided as the light emitting portion.

  The substrate 101 is a glass substrate. In addition to the glass substrate, a plastic substrate or a metal substrate provided with an appropriate water permeability lowering protective film can also be used.

  A lower electrode 102 is formed on the substrate 101. The lower electrode 102 is an anode. A laminate of a transparent electrode such as ITO or IZO and a reflective electrode such as Ag is used. In addition to the laminate, Mo, Cr, a combination of a transparent electrode and a light diffusion layer, or the like can also be used. The lower electrode 102 is not limited to the anode, and a cathode can also be used. In that case, a laminate of Al, Mo, Al and Li, an alloy such as AlNi, or the like is used. The lower electrode 102 is used by patterning on the substrate 101 by photolithography.

  An upper electrode 108 is formed on the organic layer 109. The upper electrode 108 is a cathode. A laminate of a transparent electrode such as ITO and IZO and an electron injecting electrode such as MgAg and Li is used. In addition to the laminate, MgAg or an Ag thin film can be used alone. Further, when ITO or IZO is formed by sputtering, a buffer layer may be provided between the upper electrode 108 and the organic layer 109 in order to reduce damage caused by sputtering. A metal oxide such as molybdenum oxide or vanadium oxide is used for the buffer layer. When the lower electrode 102 becomes a cathode as described above, the upper electrode 108 becomes an anode. In that case, a transparent electrode such as ITO or IZO is used. The upper electrode 108 existing in the specific light emitting unit is connected to the lower electrode 102 of the light emitting unit adjacent to the specific light emitting unit. Thereby, a some light emission part can be connected in series. A light source device is formed by connecting a driving device to a plurality of light emitting units connected in series.

  An organic layer 109 is formed on the lower electrode 102. The organic layer 109 may have a multilayer structure including a light emitting layer and a lower layer, or a multilayer structure including one or more of an electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a hole transport layer, and a hole injection layer.

  The bank 14 covers the end of the lower electrode 102 and is formed to prevent a partial short-circuit failure of the light emitting unit. Photosensitive polyimide is preferable as the material of the bank 14. However, it is not limited to photosensitive polyimide, and an acrylic resin or the like can also be used. Non-photosensitive materials can also be used.

  The reverse taper bank 15 is used for preventing the upper electrode 108 of the adjacent light emitting part from conducting due to the reverse taper shape. It is preferable to use a negative photoresist as the reverse taper bank 15. In addition to the negative photoresist, various polymers and various polymers can be laminated.

  A resin layer 16 is formed on the upper electrode 108. The resin layer 16 is used for sealing the light emitting part. Various polymers such as an epoxy resin can be used. In order to improve the sealing performance, an inorganic passivation film may be used between the upper electrode 108 and the resin layer 16.

  A sealing substrate 17 is formed on the resin layer 16. The sealing substrate 17 is a glass substrate. As the sealing substrate 17, other than a glass substrate, a plastic substrate having an appropriate gas barrier film can also be used.

  A light extraction layer 18 is formed on the sealing substrate 17. The light extraction layer 18 is used to efficiently extract the light emitted from the light emitting layer in the organic layer 13. As the light extraction layer 18, a film having scattering properties and diffuse reflection properties is used.

  Conventional methods have problems such as difficulty in controlling the amount of emitter to be doped, inability to obtain desired chromaticity, and low luminous efficiency. The cause is energy transfer between the emitters. The excitation energy of the emitter decreases in the order of blue emitter, green emitter, and red emitter. Accordingly, energy transfer is likely to occur from the green emitter having a smaller emission peak wavelength than the green emitter and the red emitter to the green emitter and the red emitter having a smaller emission peak wavelength than the red emitter.

  When a structure having three color emitters in one light emitting layer 105, the three color emitters are close to each other. Therefore, energy transfer is likely to occur. In a state where energy transfer occurs, it is easy to move to the red emitter having the lowest excitation energy, so that blue light emission becomes small and desired chromaticity cannot be obtained. In addition, since the light emission of the green emitter having high light emission efficiency is reduced, high efficiency white light emission cannot be obtained. Therefore, in order to sufficiently emit blue light, it is necessary to significantly reduce the amount of green emitter and the amount of red emitter. This makes it difficult to control the amount of emitter to be doped. When the emitters doped in the light emitting layer 105 are blue emitters and green emitters, the same problem occurs in the case of blue emitters and red emitters, and in the case of red emitters and green emitters.

<Light emitting layer>
The light-emitting layer 105 is formed by a wet method or the like, and includes a host material and an emitter having a substituent for localizing when the light-emitting layer 105 is formed. The light emitting layer 105 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a host material and two or more types of emitters, and the emission peak wavelength of the first emitter is larger than the emission peak wavelength of the second emitter.

  The emitter is localized near the surface of the light emitting layer 105 or the interface with the lower layer when the light emitting layer 105 is formed. The lower layer is a layer that becomes a base of the light emitting layer 105 when the light emitting layer 105 is formed. An emitter having a substituent for localizing at the interface between the light emitting layer 105 and the lower layer when forming the light emitting layer 105 is used as the first emitter, and for localizing on the surface of the light emitting layer 105 when forming the light emitting layer 105. The emitter having a substituent is a second emitter. In the first emitter, the substituent for localizing in the lower layer when the light emitting layer 105 is formed is not necessarily essential. In the second emitter, a substituent for localizing on the surface of the light emitting layer 105 at the time of forming the light emitting layer 105 is not necessarily essential. Localizing in the vicinity of the surface of the light emitting layer 105 when the light emitting layer 105 is formed means that the concentration in the layer is high in the vicinity of the surface of the determined light emitting layer 105.

  When the light emitting layer 105 includes, for example, three types of emitters of red, blue, and green, and the first emitter and the second emitter include the above substituent, the light emitting layer 105 formed by a wet method is substantially In particular, it has the same function as the light emitting layer 105 in which three layers are stacked. By adopting such a structure, the distance between the emitters of different emission colors becomes long except near the interface. That is, energy transfer between the emitters hardly occurs. Therefore, it becomes easy to control the amount of emitter to be doped. Therefore, when white light is emitted from the light emitting layer 105, a white organic light emitting element can be easily formed.

  As a coating method for forming the light emitting layer 105, a spin coating method, a casting method, a dip coating method, a spray coating method, a screen printing method, an ink jet printing method, or the like can be used.

<First emitter>
Examples of the first emitter used in one embodiment of the present invention include compounds represented by the following general formula (Formula 1).

In the general formula (Formula 1), Ar 1 and Ar 2 represent an aromatic hydrocarbon or an aromatic heterocyclic ring. Ar3 represents a derivative of picolinic acid, an acetylacetonate or a triazole derivative. M represents an element of Group 8, 9, or 10 in the periodic table. R ₁ represents one or more of a trifluoromethyl group, a chloro group, a bromo group, an iodo group, an astero group, a phenyl group, a nitro group, and a cyano group, and each substituent may be bonded to another substituent. good.

  The auxiliary ligand of the first emitter contains an electron withdrawing group. The auxiliary ligand is a ligand that does not mainly contribute to light emission. The auxiliary ligand of the first emitter is Ar3 described above.

  Aromatic heterocycles include quinoline ring, isoquinoline ring, pyridine ring, quinoxaline ring, thiazole ring, pyrimidine ring, benzothiazole ring, oxazole ring, benzoxazole ring, indole ring, isoindole ring, thiophene ring, benzothiophene ring, etc. Can be given.

  Examples of the aromatic hydrocarbon include a benzene ring, naphthalene ring, anthracene ring, furan ring, benzofuran ring, and fluorene ring.

  Examples of the electron withdrawing group include one or more of a trifluoromethyl group, a chloro group, a bromo group, an iodo group, an astero group, a phenyl group, a nitro group, and a cyano group. Each electron withdrawing group may be bonded to another electron withdrawing group.

  When the emission peak wavelength of the first emitter is longer than the emission peak wavelength of the second emitter, the HOMO level of the first emitter is generally shallower than the HOMO level of the second emitter. Since the auxiliary ligand of the first emitter includes an electron withdrawing group, the HOMO level of the first emitter is higher than that in the case where the auxiliary ligand does not include the electron withdrawing group. Approaches the HOMO level. This increases the mobility of holes propagating through the light emitting layer region including the first emitter.

  In addition, holes efficiently propagate from the light emitting layer region including the first emitter to the light emitting layer region including the second emitter, and the entire light emitting layer 105 emits light, so that chromaticity is improved and efficiency is improved. The difference between the HOMO level of the first emitter and the HOMO level of the second emitter is preferably within 0.3 eV, particularly within 0.2 eV, and more preferably within 0.1 eV. When the first emitter includes a cyano group or a nitro group, the HOMO level of the first emitter approaches the HOMO level of the second emitter such as a blue emitter as compared with other substituents. It is hard to become a trap.

  Even when the auxiliary ligand of the first emitter contains an electron withdrawing group, the difference between the HOMO level of the first emitter and the HOMO level of the second emitter should be within 0.3 eV. For example, the mobility of holes propagating through the light emitting layer region including the first emitter is increased, the chromaticity is improved, and the light emission efficiency is improved. As a method other than the case where the auxiliary ligand of the first emitter contains an electron-withdrawing group, when the heterocyclic ligand that contributes to light emission is contained in the first emitter, the heterocyclic ligand And a method of introducing an electron withdrawing group into

  By using the interaction between the first emitter and the material forming the lower layer, the first emitter may be localized on the surface of the light emitting layer 105 on the side where the lower layer exists. Substituents given to the first emitter, functional groups given to the material forming the lower layer, for example, by providing an alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms in all, by interaction between alkyl chains The first emitter is localized in the vicinity of the lower layer. In this case, the first emitter in the light emitting layer 105 is attracted to the surface of the light emitting layer 105 on the side where the lower layer exists, by the substituent of the first emitter and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer. Therefore, a pseudo laminate can be formed by a single application.

  At this time, the first emitter forms a concentration distribution in the light emitting layer 105, and the position where the concentration of the first emitter peaks in the film thickness direction of the light emitting layer 105 is closer to the lower layer than the center of the light emitting layer 105. Will exist. Further, in the thickness direction of the light emitting layer 105, the concentration of the first emitter monotonously decreases from the position where the concentration of the first emitter reaches a peak toward the surface of the light emitting layer 105 where the lower layer does not exist. When the interaction between the material forming the first emitter and the lower layer is used, a hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group may be used as a functional group of the material forming the substituent of the first emitter and the lower layer.

Further, by providing a substituent capable of forming a hydrogen bond in the substituent of the first emitter and the material of the material forming the lower layer, the interaction between the first emitter and the material forming the lower layer is strengthened, The first emitter is localized in the vicinity of the lower layer. Although the following aspects can be considered as a substituent which can form a hydrogen bond, it is not this limitation. As a substituent capable of forming a hydrogen bond, at least one kind of the following embodiments may be present, and two or more kinds may be present. It is desirable to select only one of the following embodiments as a substituent capable of forming a hydrogen bond. Thereby, the hydrogen bond between the first dopants can be suppressed.
(1) The substituent of the first emitter is a hydroxy group, the substituent of the material forming the lower layer is a carboxyl group (2) The substituent of the first emitter is a carboxyl group, and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer is Hydroxyl group (3) Substituent of the first emitter is an amide group, Substituent of the material forming the lower layer is an acyl group (4) Substituent of the first emitter is an acyl group, Substitution of the material forming the lower layer The group is an amide group (5) The substituent of the first emitter is an amino group, the substituent of the material forming the lower layer is a hydroxy group, an acyl group, an alkanoyl group such as a carboxyl group, an acetyl group, a benzoyl group, a sulfonyl group, A phosphonoyl group etc. are mentioned. The functional group described above may be directly imparted to the main skeleton of the material forming the dopant or the lower layer, but may be imparted via an amide bond or an ester bond.

Further, by using a perfluorophenyl group as a substituent of the first emitter and a phenyl group as a substituent of the material forming the lower layer, a strong intermolecular attractive force similar to a hydrogen bond is formed. In summary, the following modes can be considered as the substituent of the first emitter and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer. At this time, it is sufficient that at least one kind of the lower aspect is present, and two or more kinds may be present.
(1) The substituent of the first emitter and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer are alkyl groups having 4 or more carbon atoms.
(2) The substituent of the first emitter and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer form a hydrogen bond.
(3) The substituent of the first emitter is a perfluorophenyl group, and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer is a phenyl group.

All the first emitters included in the light emitting layer 105 may be given the above-mentioned substituent, or some of the first emitters may be given a substituent. Moreover, the substituent may be provided to all the materials which form a lower layer, and the substituent may be provided to some materials.
<Second emitter>
By giving a specific substituent to the second emitter, the position where the concentration of the second emitter reaches a peak in the film thickness direction of the light emitting layer 105 is closer to the surface side of the light emitting layer 105 than the center. Will exist. Further, in the thickness direction of the light emitting layer 105, the concentration of the second emitter monotonously decreases from the position where the concentration of the second emitter reaches its peak toward the lower layer side.

  Examples of the second emitter used in one embodiment of the present invention include compounds represented by the following general formula (Formula 2).

In the general formula (Formula 2), Ar4 and Ar5 represent the above aromatic hydrocarbon or the above aromatic heterocyclic ring. M represents an element of Group 8, 9, or 10 in the periodic table. Ar6 represents a derivative of picolinic acid, an acetylacetonate or a triazole derivative. R ₂ represents any of a fluoroalkyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms, a perfluoroalkyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms, a perfluoropolyether group, an alkyl group having 10 or more carbon atoms, or a siloxy group, and each substituent is You may couple | bond with another substituent.

  Examples of the substituent for moving to the surface of the light emitting layer 105 during the formation of the light emitting layer 105 include a fluoroalkyl group, a perfluoroalkyl group, an alkyl group (provided that the number of C is 10 or more), and perfluoro. Examples thereof include a polyether group and a siloxy group (—Si—O—Si—). Considering the surface energy, fluoroalkyl groups and perfluoropolyether groups are desirable, and perfluoroalkyl groups are more desirable. The second emitter may have at least one of these substituents, but may have a plurality of types.

  In the substituent having fluorine, the larger the number of fluorine, the more unevenly distributed on the surface side of the light emitting layer 105 at the time of film formation. Specifically, the number of fluorines present in the substituent is desirably 7 or more. These groups may be directly introduced into the main skeleton, but may be introduced via an amide bond or an ester bond.

  When the emitters doped in the light emitting layer 105 are a red emitter, a blue emitter, and a green emitter, it is desirable that the red emitter be the first emitter and the green emitter be the second emitter in consideration of the energy transfer of the emitter.

<Host material>
For example, mCP (1,3-bis (carbazol-9-yl) benzene can be used as the host material of the light-emitting layer 105. Other carbazole derivatives, fluorene derivatives, arylsilane derivatives, and the like are also used as the host material. In order to obtain efficient light emission, it is preferable that the excitation energy of the host material is sufficiently larger than the excitation energy of the blue emitter, which is measured using the emission spectrum.

The host material may be a mixture of several types of host materials. Part of the host material may be substituted with a fluoroalkyl group, a perfluoroalkyl group, an alkyl group (the number of C is 10 or more), a perfluoropolyether group, or a siloxy group (—Si—O—Si—). . By mixing such a host material, a part of the host material is likely to be localized on the surface of the light emitting layer 105 during film formation, and coexists on the second emitter and the light emitting surface. Thereby, aggregation of the second emitter on the surface is less likely to occur, and more efficient light emission is possible. Considering the surface energy, fluoroalkyl groups and perfluoropolyether groups are desirable, and perfluoroalkyl groups are more desirable. The host material may have at least one of these substituents, but may have a plurality of types. In the substituent having fluorine, the larger the number of fluorine, the more unevenly distributed on the surface side of the light emitting layer 105 during film formation. Specifically, the number of fluorines present in the substituent is desirably 7 or more. These groups may be directly introduced into the main skeleton, but may be introduced via an amide bond or an ester bond.
<Hole injection layer>
Examples of the hole injection layer 103 include PEDOT (poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)): PSS (polystyrene sulfonate), polyaniline-based, polypyrrole-based and triphenylamine-based polymer materials, and materials containing fine metal particles. It is done. Further, phthalocyanine compounds that are often used in combination with low molecular weight materials can also be applied.

<Hole transport layer>
As the hole transport layer 104, various polymers such as a polyfluorene polymer, an arylamine system, a polyparaphenylene system, a polyarylene system, and a polycarbazole system can be used. Further, starburst amine compounds, stilbene derivatives, hydrazone derivatives, thiophene derivatives, and the like can be used. Alternatively, a polymer containing the above material may be used.
Further, the present invention is not limited to these materials, and two or more of these materials may be used in combination.

<Electron transport layer>
The electron transport layer 106 is a layer that supplies electrons to the light emitting layer 105. As the electron transport layer 106, a laminated structure of bis (2-methyl-8-quinolinolato) -4- (phenylphenolato) aluminum (hereinafter referred to as BAlq) and tris (8-quinolinolato) aluminum (hereinafter referred to as Alq3), BAlq, A single film of Alq3, oxadiazole derivative, triazole derivative, fullerene derivative, phenanthroline derivative, quinoline derivative, triarylborane derivative, or the like can be used.

  Further, the electron transport layer 106 may have a stacked structure of a blocking material having a blocking function of holes and an excited state and an electron transport material. As a blocking material, BAlq, a phenanthroline derivative, a triazole derivative, a triarylborane derivative, or the like can be used. As the electron transport material, Alq3, oxadiazole derivatives, fullerene derivatives, quinoline derivatives, silole derivatives, and the like can be used.

<Electron injection layer>
The electron injection layer 107 is used for improving the electron injection efficiency from the cathode to the electron transport layer 106. Examples of the electron injection layer 107 include lithium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, calcium fluoride, strontium fluoride, barium fluoride, magnesium oxide, and calcium oxide. Further, a mixture of an electron transport material and an alkali metal or an alkali metal oxide may be used. Alternatively, a mixture of an electron transport material and an electron donating material may be used. Of course, it is not limited to these materials, and two or more of these materials may be used in combination.

<Light emitting layer coating liquid>
The light emitting layer coating solution is obtained by dissolving the host material, the first emitter and the second emitter having different emission colors in an appropriate solvent. Any solvent can be used as long as it dissolves each material, such as an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent such as tetrahydrofuran (THF) and toluene, an ether solvent such as tetrahydrofuran, an alcohol, and a fluorine solvent. Further, a mixed solvent in which a plurality of the above-mentioned solvents are mixed for adjusting the solubility of each material and the drying speed may be used. The solubility of the solvent is measured by a liquid chromatogram method.

  In this example, the organic light emitting device of FIG. 2 was produced. In FIG. 2, the OLED 110 includes a lower electrode 102 as a first electrode, an upper electrode 108 as a second electrode, and an organic layer 109. The OLED 110 in FIG. 2 has a structure in which a lower electrode 102, an organic layer 109, and an upper electrode 108 are arranged in this order, and is a bottom emission type in which light emission of the light emitting layer 105 is extracted from the lower electrode 102 side. Here, the lower electrode 102 is a transparent electrode serving as an anode, and the upper electrode 108 is a reflecting electrode serving as a cathode. The organic light emitting device is not limited to the bottom emission type device structure, and may be a top emission type device structure in which the upper electrode is a transparent electrode as long as the upper electrode is a cathode and the lower electrode is an anode.

  The organic layer 109 includes a hole injection layer 103, a hole transport layer 104, a light emitting layer 105, an electron transport layer 106 and an electron injection layer 107. The stacked structure of the organic layer 109 is not necessarily as described above, and may be a single layer structure including only the light emitting layer 105. The organic layer 109 may have a stacked structure without the hole transport layer 104, or the electron transport layer 106 may have a stacked structure of an electron transport layer and a blocking layer.

  The light emitting layer 105 has a host molecule and an emitter. The emitter has a red emitter, a blue emitter and a green emitter. The material for forming the light emitting layer 105 includes host molecules, a red emitter, a blue emitter, and a green emitter. Further, the material for forming the light emitting layer 105 may include host molecules, a red emitter, and a blue emitter. In the light emitting layer 105, red emitters are unevenly distributed on the hole transport layer 104 side, and green emitters are unevenly distributed on the electron transport layer 106 side, forming a pseudo laminated structure. First, the structure of the light emitting layer 105 will be described.

  As a material for the red emitter, an iridium compound represented by the following formula was used.

  The auxiliary ligand of (Chemical Formula 3) contains picolinic acid and a trifluoromethyl group which is an electron withdrawing group, and the HOMO level of (Chemical Formula 3) is 4.9 eV. The value of the HOMO level was calculated using the density functional method. Since the red emitter 112 contains picolinic acid and an electron withdrawing group, the HOMO level is lowered. Therefore, by using this emitter, the mobility of holes in the light emitting layer region including the red emitter 112 is improved, and light emission occurs. The entire layer 105 emits light.

  On the other hand, FIrpic represented by the following formula was used as the blue emitter.

  The FIrpic HOMO level is 5.2 eV. It is not necessary to use a special functional group for the blue emitter 113, but it may have a substituent having a poor compatibility with the hole transport layer, the hole injection layer, or the lower electrode as the lower layer.

  As a green emitter material, an iridium complex represented by the following formula was used.

  As the hole injection layer 103, PEDOT (poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)): PSS (polystyrene sulfonate) was used. As the hole transport layer 104, a polyfluorene polymer was used. As the electron transport layer 106, a stacked structure of bis (2-methyl-8-quinolinolato) -4- (phenylphenolato) aluminum (hereinafter referred to as BAlq) and tris (8-quinolinolato) aluminum (hereinafter referred to as Alq3) was used. The electron injection layer 107 was made of lithium fluoride.

  As the lower electrode 102, ITO was used. As the upper electrode 108, Al was used.

  Regarding the light emitting layer coating liquid, in this example, the weight ratio of the host material, the red emitter, the blue emitter, and the green emitter was set to 100: 1: 5: 1, respectively. Tetrahydrofuran (THF) was used as the solvent.

  As a coating method for forming the light emitting layer 105, in this embodiment, an organic film is formed by a spin coating method.

  When a positive potential was applied to the lower electrode side of the light emitting element of this example and a negative potential was applied to the upper electrode, white light emission of three colors of red, blue and green was obtained.

[Comparative Example 1]
A light emitting device was manufactured in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the following (Chemical Formula 6) was used as a red emitter. As a result, blue and green light emission was weak, and only strong red light emission was obtained. This is because the HOMO level of the red emitter in (Chemical Formula 6) is 4.6 eV, and the red emitter functions as a strong trap for holes in the light emitting layer region including the red emitter, and the mobility becomes extremely low. This is considered to be because holes are difficult to propagate to the light emitting layer region including the blue emitter.

  A light emitting device was fabricated in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the material constituting the light emitting layer 105 used the following (Chemical Formula 7) as a red emitter.

  As a result of using the material shown in (Chemical Formula 7), white light emission composed of three colors of red, blue and green was obtained. The HOMO level of the compound of (Chemical Formula 7) is 4.9 eV, and the energy difference from the HOMO level of the blue dopant is as small as 0.3 eV.

  A light emitting device was fabricated in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the material constituting the light emitting layer 105 used the following (Chemical Formula 8) as a red emitter.

  As a result of using the material shown in (Chemical Formula 8), white light emission composed of three colors of red, blue and green was obtained. The HOMO level of the compound of (Chemical Formula 8) is 5.1 eV, and the energy difference from the HOMO level of the blue dopant is as small as 0.1 eV.

  The hole transport layer 104 which is the lower layer of the light emitting layer 105 is a layer containing a hydroxy group, and a compound (Chemical Formula 9) substituted with an aldehyde group instead of the nitro group of (Chemical Formula 8) is used as a red emitter. Except for the above, a light emitting device was fabricated in the same manner as in Example 1. As a result, white light emission consisting of three colors of red, blue and green was obtained.

  The HOMO level of the compound of (Chemical Formula 9) is 5.0 eV, and the energy difference from the HOMO level of the blue dopant is as small as 0.2 eV.

  A light emitting device was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a compound substituted with a chloro group instead of the nitro group of (Chemical Formula 8) (Chemical Formula 10) was used as the red emitter of the light emitting layer 105. As a result, white light emission consisting of three colors of red, blue and green was obtained.

  The HOMO level of the compound of (Chemical Formula 10) is 4.9 eV, and the energy difference from the HOMO level of the blue dopant is as small as 0.3 eV.

  A light emitting device was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a compound (chemical formula 11) substituted with an iodo group instead of the nitro group of (chemical formula 8) was used as the red emitter of the light emitting layer 105. As a result, white light emission consisting of three colors of red, blue and green was obtained.

  The HOMO level of the compound of (Chemical Formula 11) is 4.9 eV, and the energy difference from the HOMO level of the blue dopant is as small as 0.3 eV.

14 Bank 15 Reverse taper bank 16 Resin layer 17 Sealing substrate 18 Light extraction layer 101 Substrate 102 Lower electrode 103 Hole injection layer 104 Hole transport layer 105 Light emitting layer 106 Electron transport layer 107 Electron injection layer 108 Upper electrode 109 Organic layer 110 OLED

Claims (7)

A first electrode;
A second electrode;
An organic light emitting device having a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,
The emissive layer includes a host material, a first emitter and a second emitter;
The emission peak wavelength of the first emitter is larger than the emission peak wavelength of the second emitter,
The aromatic heterocyclic ligand or auxiliary ligand of the first emitter includes an electron withdrawing group,
The organic light emitting device wherein the auxiliary ligand of the first emitter is a derivative of picolinic acid or a triazole derivative. A first electrode;
A second electrode;
An organic light emitting device having a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,
The emissive layer includes a host material, a first emitter and a second emitter;
The emission peak wavelength of the first emitter is larger than the emission peak wavelength of the second emitter,
The aromatic heterocyclic ligand or auxiliary ligand of the first emitter includes an electron withdrawing group,
A lower layer is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode;
The lower layer is a hole transport layer or a hole injection layer,
The light emitting layer is formed on the lower layer,
An organic light-emitting device in which at least one of the following embodiments is present as a substituent of the first emitter and a substituent of a material forming the lower layer.
(1) The substituent of the first emitter and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer are alkyl groups having 4 or more carbon atoms.
(2) The substituent of the first emitter and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer form a hydrogen bond.
(3) The substituent of the first emitter is a perfluorophenyl group, and the substituent of the material forming the lower layer is a phenyl group. In claim 1 or 2 ,
The electron withdrawing group is an organic light emitting device selected from one or more of a trifluoromethyl group, a chloro group, a bromo group, an iodo group, an astato group, a phenyl group, a nitro group, and a cyano group. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3 ,
An organic light emitting device, wherein a difference between a HOMO level of the first emitter and a HOMO level of the second emitter is within 0.3 eV. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4 ,
An organic light emitting device in which white light is emitted from the light emitting layer. An organic light-emitting layer forming material used in any of the organic light emitting device according to claim 1 to 5,
The light emitting layer forming material is a light emitting layer forming material including the host material, the first emitter, and the second emitter. Light source device comprising one of an organic light emitting device according to claim 1 to 5.