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• Organic material for an electronic optoelectronic device and electronic device comprising the organic material
• the present invention relates to an organic material and to an electronic device comprising the organic material, particularly to an electroluminescent device, particularly to an organic light emitting diode (OLED); the invention pertains also to a device comprising the electric device and/or the electroluminescent device, particularly to a display device, particularly to a display device comprising the OLED.
• OLED organic light emitting diode
• OLEDs Organic light-emitting diodes
• a typical OLED includes an anode, a hole transport layer HTL, an emission layer EML, an electron transport layer ETL, and a cathode, which are sequentially stacked on a substrate.
• the HTL, the EML, and the ETL are thin films formed from organic compounds.
• aspects of the present invention provide an organic material for an electronic device, particularly for a light-emitting or electroluminescent device comprising an emission layer and at least two electrodes, for increasing the efficiency, such as the external quantum efficiency EQE, and for achieving low operating voltage and long lifetime, particularly in top and/or bottom emission organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).
• OLEDs organic light-emitting diodes
• an organic material for an electroluminescent device having the Formula (I):
• Het is an aryl or heteroaryl substituted or unsubstituted C 2 to C 30 heteroaryl group, whereby Het is not carbazoyl nor triazolyl,
• Ar 1 is a C 6 to C 30 aryl group or C 2 to C 30 heteroaryl group, whereby Ar 1 is not triazine,
• L is a C 6 to C 30 substituted or unsubstituted aryl group
• Ar 2 is a substituted, aryl or heteroaryl or R 1 substituted or unsubstituted C 6 to
• C 42 aryl group or C 2 to C 42 heteroaryl group is a polar uncharged organic moiety
• R 2 is selected from the group comprising aryl or heteroaryl- substituted vinyl
• m to p are independently an integer of 0 to 5 q is 1, 2 or 3, whereby when q > 1 then any moieties L can be different from each other and two suitable moieties L may form a macrocyclus with Ar 1 and R 2 ; whereby when Het is triphenylsubstituted imidazole and L is anthracenyl or when Het is benzimidazole then Ar 1 is not carbazolyl
• substituted refers to one substituted with a deuterium, Ci to C12 alkyl and Ci to C12 alkoxy.
• aryl or heteroaryl substituted refers to a substitution with one or more aryl and/or heteroaryl and/or R 1 groups, which themselves may be substituted with one or more aryl and/or heteroaryl and/or R 1 groups.
• an "alkyl group” refers to a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbyl group.
• the alkyl group may be a Ci to C12 alkyl group. More specifically, the alkyl group may be a Ci to C10 alkyl group or a Ci to C 6 alkyl group.
• a Ci to C 4 alkyl group includes 1 to 4 carbons in alkyl chain, and may be selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl, sec-butyl, and t-butyl.
• alkyl group may be a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an isopropyl group, a butyl group, an isobutyl group, a t-butyl group, a pentyl group, a hexyl group.
• cycloalkyl refers to saturated hydrocarbyl groups derived from a cycloalkane by formal abstraction of one hydrogen atom from a ring atom comprised in the corresponding cycloalkane.
• the cycloalkyl group may be a cyclopropyl group, a cyclobutyl group, a cyclopentyl group, a cyclohexyl group, a methylcyclohexyl group, an adamantly group and the like.
• hetero is understood the way that at least one carbon atom, in a structure which may be formed by covalently bound carbon atoms, is replaced by another polyvalent atom.
• the heteroatoms are selected from B, Si, N, P, O, S; more preferably from N, P, O, S.
• aryl group refers to a hydrocarbyl group which can be created by formal abstraction of one hydrogen atom from an aromatic ring in the corresponding aromatic hydrocarbon.
• Aromatic hydrocarbon refers to a hydrocarbon which contains at least one aromatic ring or aromatic ring system.
• Aromatic ring or aromatic ring system refers to a planar ring or ring system of covalently bound carbon atoms, wherein the planar ring or ring system comprises a conjugated system of delocalized electrons fulfilling Hiickel’s rule.
• aryl groups include monocyclic groups like phenyl or tolyl, polycyclic groups which comprise more aromatic rings linked by single bonds, like biphenylyl, and polycyclic groups comprising fused rings, like naphtyl or fluoren-2-yl.
• heteroaryl it is especially where suitable understood a group derived by formal abstraction of one ring hydrogen from a heterocyclic aromatic ring in a compound comprising at least one such ring.
• heterocycloalkyl it is especially where suitable understood a group derived by formal abstraction of one ring hydrogen from a saturated cycloalkyl ring in a compound comprising at least one such ring.
• fused aryl rings is understood the way that two aryl rings are considered fused when they share at least two common sp 2 -hybridized carbon atoms
• the single bond refers to a direct bond.
• contacting sandwiched refers to an arrangement of three layers whereby the layer in the middle is in direct contact with the two adjacent layers.
• hole characteristics refer to an ability to donate an electron to form a hole when an electric field is applied and that a hole formed in the anode may be easily injected into the emission layer and transported in the emission layer due to conductive characteristics according to a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level.
• electron characteristics refer to an ability to accept an electron when an electric field is applied and that electron formed in the cathode may be easily injected into the emission layer and transported in the emission layer due to conductive characteristics according to a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level.
• the organic material according to the invention solves the problem underlying the present invention by enabling devices in various aspects superior over the organic electroluminescent devices known in the art, in particular with respect to voltage and/or efficiency. These parameters are important for high efficiency and thereby increased battery life of a mobile device, for example a mobile display device.
• Ar 1 is selected from phenyl, pyridyl, carbazolyl and fluorenyl. Especially it is preferred if Ar 1 is selected from the moieties Gl to G5:
• L is connected to Ar 1 at the positions marked with“ ” via single bonds;
• the two Het 1 are connected to Ar 1 at the positions marked with“ *” via single bonds.
• L is selected from phenyl, naphtanyl, anthracenyl and fluorenyl.
• Het is a substituted or unsubstituted bicyclic aryl moiety comprising a heteroaryl-containing five-membered ring.
• Het is an unsubstituted or phenyl substituted six-membered heteroaryl.
• Het is an unsubstituted or monophenyl substituted six-membered heteroaryl. According to a further embodiment of the invention, Het is selected from:
• X N or S and R” is hydrogen, phenyl, naphthyl.
• the moiety Het-Rg-Het has a C 2 v - symmetry, whereby
• Rg Ar 1 when Ar 1 is monocyclic or the two moieties Het are bound to two different rings; or
• Rg the aromatic ring within Ar 1 to which both Het are bound
• the two Het are connected to one ring within Ar 1 and in meta-position to each other.
• m+n+p >0.
• R 1 is selected from substituted or unsubstituted C 2 to C30 heteroaryl group, CN and phosphine oxide.
• phosphine oxide especially means and/or includes the group -P(O) R1R2, wherein Ri and R 2 are independently selected from: hydrogen; Ci-C 6 -alkyl; phenyl; and Ci-C 6 - alkyl-GrJ Is; and amine (to give phosphonamidate) selected from the group: -NR' 2 , wherein each R' is independently selected from: hydrogen; Ci-C 6 -alkyl; Ci-C Valkyl-Ci l k; and phenyl, wherein when both R' are Ci-C 6 -alkyl both R' together may form an -NC3 to an -NC5 heterocyclic ring with any remaining alkyl chain forming an alkyl substituent to the heterocyclic ring.
• R 1 is a moiety which is chosen so that the dipole moment of the compound R 1 -phenyl is > 0.6 Debye, preferably > 0.7 Debye
• R 1 is selected from
• R being alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl; and R and R being independently from each other alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl.
• R 1 is linked to L at any of the positions indicated with an open bond crossed by a dashed line.
• the organic material has a dipole moment of > 0.5
• the inventors have surprisingly found that particularly good performance can be achieved when using the organic material according to the invention in an electron transport layer in an optoelectronic device.
• the inventors have surprisingly found that particularly good performance can be achieved when using the organic material according to the invention in or as a hole blocking layer in an optoelectronic device.
• the present invention furthermore relates to a electronic device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and arranged between the first and second electrode, a layer comprising the organic material according to the invention.
• the electronic device comprises a hole blocking layer comprising a compound according to the invention.
• the electronic device comprises an electron transport layer comprising a compound according to the invention.
• the electronic device is an electroluminescent device, preferably an organic light emitting diode.
• the present invention furthermore relates to a display device comprising an electronic device according to the present invention, preferably, the display device comprises an organic light emitting diode according to the present invention.
• organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and/or long life-span may be realized.
• the organic material may not emit light under the operation condition of an electroluminescent device, for example an OLED.
• n-dopant Under electrical n-dopant, it is understood a compound which, if embedded into an electron transport matrix, improves, in comparison with the neat matrix under the same physical condictions, the electron properties of the formed organic material, particularly in terms of electron injection and/or electron conductivity.
• embedded into an electron transport matrix means homogenously mixed with the electron transport matrix.
• the electrical n-dopant may be selected from elemental metals, metal salts, metal complexes and organic radicals.
• the electrical n-dopant is selected from alkali metal salts and alkali metal complexes; preferably from lithium salts and lithium organic complexes; more preferably from lithium halides and lithium organic chelates; even more preferably from lithium fluoride, a lithium quinolinolate, lithium borate, lithium phenolate, lithium pyridinolate or from a lithium complex with a Schiff base ligand; most preferably,
• the lithium quinolinolate complex has the formula II, III or IV :
• Al to A6 are same or independently selected from CH, CR, N, O;
• R is same or independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or aryl or heteroaryl with 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and more preferred Al to A6 are CH,
• the borate based organic ligand is a tetra(lH-pyrazol-l-yl)borate
• the phenolate is a 2-(pyridin-2-yl)phenolate, a 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)phenolate, an imidazol phenolate, 2-(pyridin-2-yl)phenolate or 2-(l-phenyl-lH-benzo[d]imidazol-2- yl)phenolate,
• the pyridinolate is a 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)pyridin-3-olate
• the lithium Schiff base has the structure 100, 101, 102 or 103:
• the electrical n-dopant is a redox n-dopant.
• the redox n-dopant may not emit light under the operation condition of an
• the redox n-dopant is selected from an elemental metal, an electrically neutral metal complex and/or an electrically neutral organic radical.
• the most practical benchmark for the strength of an n-dopant is the value of its redox potential. There is no particular limitation in terms how negative the value of the redox potential can be.
• semiconductors are, if measured by cyclic voltammetry against ferrocene/ferrocenium reference redox couple, roughly in the range from about - 0.8 V to about - 3. IV; the practically applicable range of redox potentials for n-dopants which can effectively n-dope such matrices is in a slightly broader range, from about - 0.5 to about - 3.3 V.
• the redox n-dopant is an electrically neutral metal complex and/or an electrically neutral organic radical
• the measurement of its redox potential is actually performed for the redox couple formed by
• the redox potential of the electrically neutral metal complex and/or of the electrically neutral organic radical may have a value which is more negative than - 0.5 V, preferably more negative than - 1.2 V, more preferably more negative than - 1.7 V, even more preferably more negative than - 2.1 V, most preferably more negative than - 2.5 V, if measured by cyclic voltammetry against ferrocene/ferrocenium reference redox couple for a corresponding redox couple consisting of
• the redox potential of the n-dopant is between the value which is about 0.5 V more positive and the value which is about 0.5 V more negative than the value of the reduction potential of the chosen electron transport matrix.
• Electrically neutral metal complexes suitable as redox n-dopants may be e.g. strongly reductive compelxes of some transition metals in low oxidation state.
• Particularly strong redox n-dopants may be selected for example from Cr(II), Mo(II) and/or W(II) guanidinate complexes such as W 2 (hpp) 4 , as described in more detail in W02005/086251.
• Electrically neutral organic radicals suitable as redox n-dopants may be e.g. organic radicals created by supply of additional energy from their stable dimers, oligomers or polymers, as described in more detail in EP 1 837 926 Bl, W02007/107306, or W02007/l07356.
• an elemental metal it is understood a metal in a state of a neat metal, of a metal alloy, or in a state of free atoms or metal clusters. It is understood that metals deposited by vacuum thermal evaporation from a metallic phase, e.g. from a neat bulk metal, vaporize in their elemental form.
• any metal doped covalent material prepared by vacuum thermal evaporation contains the metal at least partially in its elemental form.
• nuclear stability For the use in consumer electronics, only metals containing stable nuclides or nuclides having very long halftime of radioactive decay might be applicable. As an acceptable level of nuclear stability, the nuclear stability of natural potassium can be taken.
• the n-dopant may be selected from electropositive metals selected from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, rare earth metals and metals of the first transition period Ti, V, Cr and Mn.
• the n-dopant may be selected from_Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sm, Eu, Tm, Yb; more preferably from Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg and Yb, even more preferably from Li, Na, Cs and Yb, most preferably from Li, Na and Yb.
• the redox dopant may be essentially non-emissive.
• an electronic device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and arranged between the first and second electrode, a layer comprising the organic material according to invention.
• the layer of the organic material according to invention may serve as a electron transport layer and/or a hole bocking layer.
• the electronic device is an electroluminescent device.
• the electroluminescent device is an organic light emitting diode.
• an electronic device comprising at least one electroluminescent device according to any embodiment described throughout this application, preferably, the electronic device comprises the organic light emitting diode in one of embodiments described throughout this application. More preferably, the electronic device is a display device.
• FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an organic light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the invention.
• FIGS. 2 and 3 are cross-sectional views specifically showing a part of an organic layer of an organic light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the invention.
• FIGS. 1 to 3 are schematic cross-sectional views of organic light emitting diodes 100, 300, and 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• the organic light emitting diode 100 has a structure where an anode 110, a stack of organic layers 105 including an optional hole transport region; an emission layer 130; and a cathode 150 that are sequentially stacked.
• a substrate may be disposed on the anode 110 or under the cathode 150.
• the substrate may be selected from usual substrate used in a general organic light emitting diode and may be a glass substrate or a transparent plastic substrate.
• the anode 110 may be formed by depositing or sputtering an anode material on a substrate.
• the anode material may be selected from materials having a high work function that makes hole injection easy.
• the anode 110 may be a reflective electrode, a transflective electrode, or a transmissive electrode.
• the anode material may use indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), tin oxide (Sn0 2 ), zinc oxide (ZnO), and the like. Or, it may be a metal such as silver (Ag), or gold (Au), or an alloy thereof.
• the anode 110 may have a monolayer or a multi-layer structure of two or more layers.
• the organic light emitting diodes 100, 300, and 400 may include a hole transport region; an emission layer 130; and a first electron transport layer 31 comprising a compound according to formula I.
• the hole transport region of the stack of organic layers 105 may include at least two layered hole transport layers, and in this case, the hole transport layer contacting the emission layer (130) is defined as a second hole transport layer 135 and a the hole transport layer contacting the anode (110) is defined as a first hole transport layer 34.
• the stack of organic layers 105 further includes two further layers, namely a hole blocking layer 33 and a electron transport layer 31.
• the hole transport region of the stack 105 may further include at least one of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an electron blocking layer, and a buffer layer.
• the hole transport region of the stack 105 may include only hole injection layer or only hole transport layer. Or, the hole transport region may have a structure where a hole injection layer 36/hole transport layer 34 or hole injection layer 36/hole transport layer 34/electron blocking layer (135) is sequentially stacked from the anode 110.
• the hole injection layer 36 and the electron injection layer 37 can be additionally included, so that an OLED may comprise an anode l lO/hole injection layer 36/first hole transport layer 34/electron blocking layer 135/emission layer 130/hole blocking layer 33/ electron transport layer 31 /electron injection layer 37/cathode 150, which are sequentially stacked.
• the organic electroluminescent device (400) comprises an anode (110), a hole injection layer (36), a first hole transport layer (34), optional an electron blocking layer (135), an emission layer (130), hole blocking layer (33), electron transport layer (31), an optional electron injection layer (37), a cathode (150) wherein the layers are arranged in that order.
• the hole injection layer 36 may improve interface properties between ITO as an anode and an organic material used for the hole transport layer 34, and is applied on a non-planarized ITO and thus planarizes the surface of the ITO.
• the hole injection layer 36 may include a material having a median value of the energy level of its highest occupied molecular orbital (FlOMO) between the work function of ITO and the energy level of the FlOMO of the hole transport layer 34, in order to adjust a difference between the work function of ITO as an anode and the energy level of the FlOMO of the first hole transport layer 34.
• FlOMO highest occupied molecular orbital
• the hole injection layer may be formed on the anode 110 by any of a variety of methods, for example, vacuum
• vacuum deposition conditions may vary depending on the material that is used to form the hole injection layer, and the desired structure and thermal properties of the hole injection layer to be formed and for example, vacuum deposition may be performed at a temperature of about 100 °C to about 500 °C, a pressure of about 10 6 Pa to about 10 1 Pa, and a deposition rate of about 0.1 to about 10 nm/sec, but the deposition conditions are not limited thereto.
• the coating conditions may vary depending on the material that is used to form the hole injection layer, and the desired structure and thermal properties of the hole injection layer to be formed.
• the coating rate may be in the range of about 2000 rpm to about 5000 rpm
• a temperature at which heat treatment is performed to remove a solvent after coating may be in a range of about 80 °C to about 200 °C, but the coating conditions are not limited thereto.
• Conditions for forming the hole transport layer and the electron blocking layer may be defined based on the above-described formation conditions for the hole injection layer.
• a thickness of the hole transport part of the charge transport region may be from about 10 nm to about 1000 nm, for example, about 10 nm to about 100 nm.
• a thickness of the hole injection layer may be from about 10 nm to about 1000 nm, for example about 10 nm to about 100 nm and a thickness of the hole transport layer may be from about 5 nm to about 200 nm, for example about 10 nm to about 150 nm.
• Hole transport matrix materials used in the hole transport region are not particularly limited. Preferred are covalent compounds comprising a conjugated system of at least 6 delocalized electrons.
• the term“covalent compound” is in more detail explained below, in the paragraph regarding the second electron transport matrix.
• Typical examples of hole transport matrix materials which are widely used in hole transport layers are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, triaryl amine compounds and heterocyclic aromatic compounds. Suitable ranges of frontier orbital energy levels of hole transport matrices useful in various layer of the hole transport region are well-known.
• the preferred values may be in the range 0.0 - 1.0 V, more preferably in the range 0.2 - 0.7 V, even more preferably in the range 0.3 - 0.5 V.
• the hole transport region of the stack of organic layers may further include a charge generating material to improve conductivity, in addition to the materials as described above.
• the charge- generating material may be homogeneously or non-homogeneously dispersed in the hole transport region.
• the charge-generating material may be, for example, a p-dopant.
• the p-dopant may be one of a quinone derivative, a metal oxide, and a cyano group-containing compound, but is not limited thereto.
• Non-limiting examples of the p-dopant are quinone derivatives such as tetracyanoquinonedimethane (TCNQ), 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-tetracyano-l ,4-benzoquinonedimethane (F4-TCNQ), and the like; metal oxides such as tungsten oxide, molybdenum oxide, and the like; and cyano-containing compounds such as compound HT-D1 below.
• the hole transport part of the charge transport region may further include a buffer layer.
• the buffer layer may compensate for an optical resonance distance of light according to a wavelength of the light emitted from the EML, and thus may increase efficiency.
• the emission layer may be formed on the hole transport region by using vacuum deposition, spin coating, casting, LB method, or the like.
• the conditions for deposition and coating may be similar to those for the formation of the hole injection layer, though the conditions for the deposition and coating may vary depending on the material that is used to form the emission layer.
• the emission layer may include an emitter host (EML host) and an emitter dopant (further only emitter).
• the emitter may be a red, green, or blue emitter.
• the emitter host is an anthracene matrix compound represented by formula 400 below:
• Arm and An 12 may be each independently a substituted or unsubstituted ( V(’- 60 arylene group; Arm to Ann may be each independently a substituted or unsubstituted Ci- C 10 alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 6 o aryl group; and g, h, i, and j may be each independently an integer from 0 to 4.
• Arm and An 12 in formula 400 may be each independently one of a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, a phenanthrenylene group, or a pyrenylene group; or a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, a phenanthrenylene group, a fluorenyl group, or a pyrenylene group, each substituted with at least one of a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, or an anthryl group.
• g, h, i, and j may be each independently an integer of 0, 1 , or 2.
• An 13 to Arn 6 may be each independently one of
• a C1-C10 alkyl group substituted with at least one of a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, or an anthryl group; a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, an anthryl group, a pyrenyl group, a phenanthrenyl group, or a fluorenyl group;
• a phenyl group a naphthyl group, an anthryl group, a pyrenyl group, a phenanthrenyl group, or
• a fluorenyl group each substituted with at least one of a deuterium atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, an amidino group, a hydrazine group, a hydrazone group, a carboxyl group or a salt thereof,
• X is selected form an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom, but embodiments of the invention are not limited thereto.
• any one of R 11 to R M is used for bonding to Arm.
• R 11 to R M that are not used for bonding to Arm and R 15 to R 20 are the same as Ri to R 8 .
• any one of R21 to R24 is used for bonding to Arm.
• R21 to R24 that are not used for bonding to Arm and R25 to R30 are the same as Ri to R 8 .
• the EML host comprises between one and three heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O or S. More preferred the EML host comprises one heteroatom selected from S or O.
• the emitter host respectively has a reduction potential which, if measured under the same conditions by cyclic voltammetry against Fc/Fc + in tetrahydrofuran, has a value more negative than the respective value obtained for 7- ([l,l’-biphenyl]-4-yl)dibenzo[c,h]acridine, preferably more negative than the respective value for 9,9',l0,l0'-tetraphenyl-2,2'-bianthracene, more preferably more negative than the respective value for 2,9-di([l,T-biphenyl]-4-yl)-4,7-diphenyl-l,lO-phenanthroline, even more preferably more negative than the respective value for 2,4,7,9-tetrapheny
• the emitter is mixed in a small amount to cause light emission, and may be generally a material such as a metal complex that emits light by multiple excitation into a triplet or more.
• the emitter may be, for example an inorganic, organic, or organometallic compound, and one or more kinds thereof may be used.
• the emitter may be a fluorescent emitter, for example ter-fluorene, the structures are shown below.
• 4.4'-bis(4-diphenyl amiostyryl)biphenyl (DPAVBi), 2,5,8, 11 -tetra-tert-butyl perylene (TBPe), and Compound 4 below are examples of fluorescent blue emitters.
• the organic semiconductor layer comprising a compound of formula I is arranged between a fluorescent blue emission layer and the cathode electrode.
• the emitter may be a phosphorescent emitter, and examples of the phosphorescent emitters may be organometallic compounds including Ir, Pt, Os, Ti, Zr, Hf, Eu, Tb, Tm, Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, or a combination thereof.
• the phosphorescent emitter may be, for example a compound represented by formula Z, but is not limited thereto:
• M is a metal
• L and X are the same or different, and are a ligand to form a complex compound with M.
• the M may be, for example Ir, Pt, Os, Ti, Zr, Hf, Eu, Tb, Tm, Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd or, in a polynuclear complex, a combination thereof, and the L and X may be, for example, a bidendate ligand.
• a thickness of the emission layer may be about 10 nm to about 100 nm, for example about 20 nm to about 60 nm. When the thickness of the emission layer is within these ranges, the emission layer may have improved emission characteristics without a substantial increase in a driving voltage.
• the electron transport region of the stack of organic layers 105 is disposed on the emission layer.
• the electron transport region of the stack of organic layers includes at least an electron transport layer.
• the electron transport region of the stack of organic layers may further include an electron injection layer and/or a hole blocking layer.
• At least an electron transport layer comprises the n-doped organic material according to one of its various embodiments.
• the electron transport region of the stack of organic layers may have a structure of an electron transport layer/hole blocking layer/electron injection layer but is not limited thereto.
• an organic light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least two electron transport layers in the electron transport region of the stack of organic layers 105, and in this case, the layer contacting the emission layer is a hole blocking layer 33.
• the electron transport layer may include two or more different electron transport matrix compounds.
• Various embodiments of the electron transport region in the device according to invention may comprise a second electron transport matrix compound.
• Second electron transport matrix is not particularly limited. Similarly as other materials which are in the inventive device comprised outside the emitting layer, the second electron transport matrix may not emit light. According to one embodiment, the second electron transport matrix can be an organic compound, an organometallic compound, or a metal complex.
• the second electron transport matrix may be a covalent compound comprising a conjugated system of at least 6 delocalized electrons.
• a covalent material in a broadest possible sense, it might be understood a material, wherein at least 50 % of all chemical bonds are covalent bonds, wherein coordination bonds are also considered as covalent bonds.
• the term encompasses in the broadest sense all usual electron transport matrices which are predominantly selected from organic compounds but also e.g. from compounds comprising structural moieties which do not comprise carbon, for example substituted 2, 4, 6-tribora- 1,3, 5 triazines, or from metal complexes, for example aluminium tris(8- hydroxyquinolinolate).
• the molecular covalent materials can comprise low molecular weight compounds which may be, preferably, stable enough to be processable by vacuum thermal evaporation (VTE).
• covalent materials can comprise polymeric covalent compounds, preferably, compounds soluble in a solvent and thus processable in form of a solution.
• a polymeric substantially covalent material may be crosslinked to form an infinite irregular network, however, it is supposed that such crosslinked polymeric substantially covalent matrix compound still comprises both skeletal as well as peripheral atoms. Skeletal atoms of the covalent compound are covalently bound to at least two neighbour atoms. Other atoms of the covalent compound are peripheral atoms which are covalently bound with a single neighbour atom.
• Inorganic infinite crystals or fully crosslinked networks having partly covalent bonding but substantially lacking peripheral atoms, like silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, indium phosphide, zinc sulfide, silicate glass etc. are not considered as covalent matrices in the sense of present application, because such fully crosslinked covalent materials comprise peripheral atoms only on the surface of the phase formed by such material.
• a compound comprising cations and anions is still considered as covalent, if at least the cation or at least the anion comprises at least ten covalently bound atoms.
• covalent second electron transport matrix compounds are organic compounds, consisting predominantly from covalently bound C, H, O, N, S, which may optionally comprise also covalently bound B, P, As, Se.
• the second electron transport matrix compound lacks metal atoms and majority of its skeletal atoms is selected from C, O, S, N.
• the second electron transport matrix compound comprises a conjugated system of at least six, more preferably at least ten, even more preferably at least fourteen delocalized electrons.
• conjugated systems of delocalized electrons are systems of alternating pi- and sigma bonds.
• one or more two-atom structural units having the pi-bond between its atoms can be replaced by an atom bearing at least one lone electron pair, typically by a divalent atom selected from O, S, Se, Te or by a trivalent atom selected from N, P, As, Sb, Bi.
• the conjugated system of delocalized electrons comprises at least one aromatic or heteroaromatic ring adhering to the Hiickel rule.
• the second electron transport matrix compound may comprise at least two aromatic or heteroaromatic rings which are either linked by a covalent bond or condensed.
• the second electron transport matrix compound comprises a ring consisting of covalently bound atoms and at least one atom in the ring is phosphorus.
• the phosphorus-containing ring consisting of covalently bound atoms is a phosphepine ring.
• the covalent matrix compound comprises a phosphine oxide group.
• the substantially covalent matrix compound comprises a heterocyclic ring comprising at least one nitrogen atom.
• nitrogen containing heterocyclic compounds which are particularly advantageous as second electron transport matrix compound for the inventive device are matrices comprising, alone or in combination, pyridine structural moieties, diazine structural moieties, triazine structural moieties, quinoline structural moieties, benzoquinoline structural moieties, quinazoline structural moieties, acridine structural moieties, benzacridine structural moieties, dibenzacridine structural moieties, diazole structural moieties and benzodiazole structural moieties.
• the second matrix compound may have a molecular weight (Mw) of > 400 to ⁇ 850 g / mol, preferably > 450 to ⁇ 830 g / mol. If the molecular weight is selected in this range, particularly reproducible evaporation and deposition can be achieved in vacuum at temperatures where good long-term stability is observed.
• Mw molecular weight
• the second matrix compound may be essentially non-emissive.
• the reduction potential of the second electron transport compound may be selected more negative than -2.2 V and less negative than -2.35 V against Fc/Fc + in tetrahydrofuran, preferably more negative than -2.25 V and less negative than -2.3 V.
• the first and the second matrix compound may be selected different, and
• the second electron transport layer consist of a second matrix compound
• the first electron transport layer consist of the organic material of formula (I), and an electrical n-dopant, preferably an alkali metal salt or an alkali metal organic complex.
• the first and second electron transport layer may be essentially non-emissive.
• the hole blocking layer may comprise the organic material.
• the second electron transport layer can be in direct contact with the emission layer.
• the electron transport layer can be in direct contact with a hole blocking layer.
• the second electron transport layer can be contacting sandwiched between the emission layer and the first electron transport layer.
• the first electron transport layer can be in direct contact with the electron injection layer.
• the first electron transport layer can be contacting sandwiched between the second electron transport layer and the electron injection layer.
• the first electron transport layer can be in direct contact with the cathode electrode.
• the first electron transport layer can be contacting sandwiched between the second electron transport layer and the cathode layer.
• the second electron transport layer can be contacting sandwiched between the emission layer and the first electron transport layer, and the first electron transport layer can be contacting sandwiched between the second electron transport layer and the electron injection layer or sandwiched between the second electron transport layer and the hole blocking layer
• the formation conditions of the first electron transport layer 31, hole blocking layer 33, and electron injection layer 37 of the electron transport region of the stack of organic layers refer to the formation conditions of the hole injection layer.
• the thickness of the first electron transport layer may be from about 2 nm to about 100 nm, for example about 3 nm to about 30 nm. When the thickness of the first electron transport layer is within these ranges, the first electron transport layer may have improved electron transport auxiliary ability without a substantial increase in driving voltage.
• a thickness of the second electron transport layer may be about 10 nm to about 100 nm, for example about 15 nm to about 50 nm. When the thickness of the electron transport layer is within these ranges, the electron transport layer may have satisfactory electron transporting ability without a substantial increase in driving voltage.
• the organic electroluminescent device further comprises an electron injection layer between the second electron transport layer and the cathode.
• the electron injection layer (EIL) 37 may facilitate injection of electrons from the cathode 150.
• the electron injection layer 37 comprises:
• an electropositive metal selected from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and rare earth metals in substantially elemental form, preferably selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu and Yb, more preferably from Li, Na, Mg, Ca, Sr and Yb, even more preferably from Li and Yb, most preferably Yb; and/or
• an alkali metal complex and/or alkali metal salt preferably the Li complex and/or salt, more preferably a Li quinolinolate, even more preferably a lithium 8-hydroxyquinolinolate, most preferably the alkali metal salt and/or complex of the second electron transport layer is identicial with the alkali metal salt and/or complex of the injection layer.
• the electron injection layer may include at least one selected from LiL, NaCl, CsL, Li 2 0, and BaO.
• a thickness of the EIL may be from about 0.1 nm to about 10 nm, or about 0.3 nm to about 9 nm. When the thickness of the electron injection layer is within these ranges, the electron injection layer may have satisfactory electron injection ability without a substantial increase in driving voltage.
• a material for the cathode 150 may be a metal, an alloy, or an electrically conductive compound that have a low work function, or a combination thereof.
• Specific examples of the material for the cathode 150 may be lithium (Li), magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), aluminum- lithium (Al-Li), calcium (Ca), magnesium-indium (Mg-In), magnesium-silver (Mg-Ag), etc.
• the cathode 150 may be formed as a transmissive electrode from, for example, indium tin oxide (ITO) or indium zinc oxide (IZO).
• the organic electronic device according to the invention comprising an organic semiconducting layer comprising a compound according to Formula (I) can further comprise a layer comprising a radialene compound and/or a quinodimethane compound.
• the radialene compound and/or the quinodimethane compound may be substituted with one or more halogen atoms and/or with one or more electron withdrawing groups.
• Electron withdrawing groups can be selected from nitrile groups, halogenated alkyl groups, alternatively from perhalogenated alkyl groups, alternatively from perfluorinated alkyl groups.
• Other examples of electron withdrawing groups may be acyl, sulfonyl groups or phosphoryl groups.
• acyl groups, sulfonyl groups and/or phosphoryl groups may comprise halogenated and/or perhalogenated hydrocarbyl.
• the perhalogenated hydrocarbyl may be a perfluorinated hydrocarbyl.
• Examples of a perfluorinated hydrocarbyl can be perfluormethyl, perfluorethyl, perfluorpropyl, perfluorisopropyl, perfluorobutyl,
• examples of sulfonyl groups comprising a halogenated hydrocarbyl may be trifluoromethylsulfonyl, pentafluoroethylsulfonyl,
• the radialene and/or the quinodimethane compound may be comprised in a hole injection layer, hole transporting and/or a hole generation layer the later one having the function of generating holes in a charge-generation layer or a p-n-junction.
• the radialene compound may have formula (XX) and/or the quinodimethane compound may have formula (XXIa) or (XXIb):
• R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 11 , R 12 , R 15 , R 16 , R 20 , R 21 are independently selected from above mentioned electron withdrawing groups and R 9 , R 10 , R 13 , R 14 , R 17 , R 18 , R 19 , R 22 , R 23 and R 24 are independently selected from H, halogen and above mentioned electron withdrawing groups.
• the invention is furthermore illustrated by the following examples which are illustrative only and non-binding.
• a glass substrate was cut to a size of 50 mm x 50 mm x 0.7 mm, ultrasonically cleaned with isopropyl alcohol for 5 minutes and then with pure water for 5 minutes, and cleaned again with UV ozone for 30 minutes, to prepare a first electrode.
• 100 nm Ag were deposited as anode at a pressure of 10 5 to 10 7 mbar to form the anode.
• Biphenyl-4-yl(9,9- diphenyl-9F[-fluoren-2-yl)-[4-(9-phenyl-9F[-carbazol-3-yl)phenyl]-amine was vacuum deposited on the F1IL, to form a F1TL having a thickness of 118 nm.
• N,N-bis(4-(dibenzo[b,d]furan-4-yl)phenyl)-[l,r:4',l"-terphenyl]-4-amine (CAS 1198399-61-9) was vacuum deposited on the F1TL, to form an electron blocking layer (EBL) having a thickness of 5 nm.
• EBL electron blocking layer
• comparative example-2 comparative example-3, example 3, example 5, example 6, example 7 and example 8 97 vol.-% F109 (Fluorescent- blue host material, Sun Fine Chemicals) as EML host and 3 vol.-% BD200 (Sun Fine Chemicals) as fluorescent blue dopant were deposited on the EBL, to form a blue-emitting EML with a thickness of 20 nm. Then, for top emission OLED devices of configuration A, the hole blocking layer was deposited on the emission layer with a thickness of 5 nm. For examples 1 to 5 compounds of formula 1 were deposited on the emission layer, according to table 6. For comparative examples- 1 and -2 the comparative compound- 1 was deposited on the emission layer as the hole blocking layer.
• F109 Fluorescent- blue host material, Sun Fine Chemicals
• BD200 Silicon Fine Chemicals
• the electron transporting layer is formed on the hole blocking layer with a thickness of 31 nm by co-deposition of 2-([l,l'-biphenyl]-4-yl)-4-(9,9- diphenyl-9H-fluoren-4-yl)-6-phenyl-l,3,5-triazine (CAS 1801992-44-8) and lithium quinolate (FiQ) in a wt% ratio of 1 : 1.
• the electron injection layer is formed on the electron transporting layer by deposing Yb with a thickness of 2 nm.
• Ag is evaporated at a rate of 0.01 to 1 A/s at 10 7 mbar to form a cathode with a thickness of 11 nm.
• a cap layer of Biphenyl-4-yl(9,9-diphenyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)-[4-(9-phenyl-9H-carbazol-3- yl)phenyl]-amine is formed on the cathode with a thickness of 75 nm.
• the OLED stack is protected from ambient conditions by encapsulation of the device with a glass slide. Thereby, a cavity is formed, which includes a getter material for further protection.
• the light output of the top emission OLEDs is measured under ambient conditions (20°C).
• Current voltage measurements are performed using a Keithley 2400 sourcemeter, and recorded in V at 10 mA/cm 2 for top emission devices, a spectrometer CAS 140 CT from Instrument Systems, which has been calibrated by Deutsche Ak relieving istsstelle (DAkkS), is used for measurement of CIE coordinates and brightness in Candela.
• the current efficiency Ceff is determined at 10 mA/cm2 in cd/A.
• the emission is forward-directed, non-Lambertian and also highly dependent on the micro-cavity. Therefore, the external quantum efficiency (EQE) and power efficiency in lm/W will be higher compared to bottom emission devices.
• EQE external quantum efficiency
• power efficiency in lm/W will be higher compared to bottom emission devices.
• the Tg of compounds of formula 1 (Table 4) are increased versus the comparative compound-l (Table 3).
• the values are in a range suitable for use in organic electronic devices. Higher Tg values of materials used in organic electronics are generally preferred for device durability and robustness.
• Table 5 shows that the LUMO energy levels and the dipole moments of compounds of formula 1 are in a range suitable for use as hole blocking materials or electron transporting materials in organic electronic devices.
• the operating voltage of top emission OLED devices is reduced when using compounds of formula 1 mixed with the additive LiQ as an electron transport layer. Also, the operating voltage of top emission OLED devices is reduced when using compounds of formula 1 as a hole blocking layer.
• Table 6 shows the operating voltage and cd/A efficiencies of top emission OLED devices comprising a hole blocking layer comprising a compound of formula 1.
• Table 7 shows the operating voltage of top emission OLED devices comprising an electron transport layer comprising a 1: 1 wt% mixture of a compound of formula 1 and LiQ.
• Table 4 Properties of compounds of formula 1
• Table 5 Energy levels and dipole moments of comparative compound and compounds of formula 1
• Table 6 Operating voltage of top emission organic electroluminescent devices comprising a compound of formula 1 in the hole blocking layer (configuration A).
• Comparative example 1, example 1, example 2 and example 4 were prepared using H-l as the emitter host compound.
• Table 7 Operating voltage of top emission organic electroluminescent devices comprising a 1:1 wt% mixture of compound of formula 1 with LiQ in the electron transport layer (configuration B).
• the dipole moment can be determined by a semi-empirical molecular orbital method.
• the dipole moment of a molecule especially means and /or includes that the dipole moment is calculated where geometries of the corresponding molecular structures are optimized using the hybrid functional B3LYP with the 6-31G* basis set as implemented in the program package TURBOMOLE V6.5. If more than one conformation is viable, the conformation with the lowest total energy is selected to determine the bond lengths of the molecules. The dipole moment then can be calculated with said B3LYP_Gaussian / 6-31G* program for the gas phase
• the melting point (mp) is determined as peak temperatures from the DSC curves of the above TGA-DSC measurement or from separate DSC measurements (Mettler Toledo DSC822e, heating of samples from room temperature to completeness of melting with heating rate 10 K/min under a stream of pure nitrogen. Sample amounts of 4 to 6 mg are placed in a 40 pL Mettler Toledo aluminum pan with lid, a ⁇ 1 mm hole is pierced into the lid). Glass transition temperature
• the glass transition temperature (Tg) is measured under nitrogen and using a heating rate of 10 K per min in a Mettler Toledo DSC 822e differential scanning calorimeter as described in DIN EN ISO 11357, published in March 2010.
• the reduction potential is determined by cyclic voltammetry with potenioststic device Metrohm PGSTAT30 and software Metrohm Autolab GPES at room temperature.
• the redox potentials given at particular compounds were measured in an argon de-aerated, dry 0.1M THF solution of the tested substance, under argon atmosphere, with 0.1M tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate supporting electrolyte, between platinum working electrodes and with an Ag/AgCl pseudo-standard electrode (Metrohm Silver rod electrode), consisting of a silver wire covered by silver chloride and immersed directly in the measured solution, with the scan rate 100 mV/s.
• the first run was done in the broadest range of the potential set on the working electrodes, and the range was then adjusted within subsequent runs appropriately.
• the final three runs were done with the addition of ferrocene (in 0.1M concentration) as the standard.
• the energies of the highest occupied molecular orbital, also named HOMO, and of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital, also named LUMO, are measured in electron volt (eV) indirectly by cyclic voltammetry vs ferrocene or can be calculated Such DFT calculations may be carried out using the program package TURBOMOLE V6.5 (Provider: TURBOMOLE GmbH, Litzenhardtstrasse 19, 76135 Düsseldorf, Germany).
• the optimized geometries and the HOMO/LUMO energy levels of the molecular structures are determined using the hybrid functional B3LYP with a 6-31G* basis set. If more than one conformation is viable, the conformation with the lowest total energy is selected.
• organic electroluminescent device may comprise both organic light emitting diodes as well as organic light emitting transistors (OLETs).

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