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Organic electroluminescent device
Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1992-04-17
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Granted: 1993-09-21
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Expires: 2012-04-17
Abstract
Abstract An organic electroluminescent device having an anode, an organic hole injection transport layer, an organic luminescent layer and a cathode formed sequentially in this order, wherein the organic hole injection transport layer contains a metal complex and/or a metal salt of an aromatic carboxylic acid.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiharu Sato
- 👤 Shigenori Otsuka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 04:37
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B33/00; H05B33/12; H05B33/26; C; C09; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/06; H05B33/14; H10; H10K; H10K50/00; H10K50/10; H10K50/11; H10K50/14; H10K50/15; H10K50/155; H10K50/17; H10K50/171; H10K85/00; H10K85/30; H10K85/321; H10K85/324; H10K85/60; H10K85/611; H10K85/615; H10K85/621; H10K85/631; H10K85/649; H10K85/656; H10K85/6565
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
51 words
In an organic electroluminescent device having an anode, an organic hole injection transport layer as host material, an organic luminescent layer and a cathode formed sequentially in this order, the improvement wherein the organic hole injection transport layer contains a metal complex and/or a metal salt of an aromatic carboxylic acid.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
51 words
In an organic electroluminescent device having an anode, an organic hole injection transport layer as host material, an organic luminescent layer and a cathode formed sequentially in this order, the improvement wherein the organic hole injection transport layer contains a metal complex and/or a metal salt of an aromatic carboxylic acid.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the organic hole injection transport layer comprises an aromatic amine compound or a hydrazone compound as host material and from 10 -3 to 10 mol %, based on the host material, of the metal complex and/or the metal salt of an aromatic carboxylic acid doped in the host material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the aromatic carboxylic acid is a compound of the formula (I): ArCOOH (I) wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring residue.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 3, wherein Ar in the formula (I) is a benzene, naphthalene, anthracene or carbazole ring residue which may be substituted by an alkyl group, an aryl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylcarbonyl group, an arylcarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a carboxyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group or a halogen atom.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the metal for the metal complex and/or the metal salt of an aromatic carboxylic acid is Al, Zn, Cr, Co, Ni or Fe.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
66 words
The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the anode is made of a metal such as an aluminum, gold, silver, nickel, palladium or tellurium, a metal oxide such as indium and/or tin oxide, copper iodide, carbon black, or a conductive resin such as poly(3-methylthiophene), and the cathode is made of a metal such as tin, magnesium, indium, aluminum or silver, or an alloy thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 2, wherein the aromatic amine compound is N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-(3-methylphenyl)-1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine, 1,1'-bis(4-di-p-tolylaminophenyl)cyclohexane, or 4,4'-bis(diphenylamino)quadrophenyl.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the organic luminescent layer contains tetraphenylbutadiene, an aluminum complex of 8-hydroxyquinoline, a cyclopentadiene derivative, a perinone derivative, an oxadiazole derivative, a bisstyrylbenzene derivative, a perylene derivative, a coumarin compound, a rare earth complex, or a distyrylpyrazine derivative.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
60 words
The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the anode has a thickness of from 50 to 1,000 Å, the cathode has a thickness of from 50 to 10,000 Å, the organic hole injection transport layer has a thickness of from 100 to 3,000 Å, and the organic luminescent layer has a thickness of from 30 to 2,000 Å.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the anode and the cathode has a thickness of from 100 to 5,000 Å.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein an organic electron injection transport layer having a thickness of from 100 to 2,000 Å is interposed between the organic luminescent layer and the cathode.
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