Organic light-emitting diode with terbium complex

US6350534B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• U.S. Philips Corporation · US

Inventors

• Herbert Friedrich Boerner · Aachen, DE
• Wolfgang Busselt · Roetgen, DE
• Thomas Justel · Witten, DE
• Hans Nikol · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 1998
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S428/917
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An organic light-emitting diode comprising a laminated structure including, in succession, a substrate layer, a first electrode layer, a layer including a p-conductive material, a layer including a complex compound of terbium with organic ligands, a layer including an n-conductive material and a second electrode, the complex compound of terbium with organic ligands having the following composition: TbL(C2H5OH)2, wherein L=N,N′,N″-Tris-(3-R1—,5-R2-2-X-benzyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane, wherein X=—O—, —COO—, R1=CH3, C2H5, C3H7, i-C3H7, t-C4H9, OCH3, OC2H5, OC3H7, OtC4H9, F, Cl, Br, NO2 and R2=CH3, C2H5, C3H7, i-C3H7, t-C4H9, OCH3, OC2H5, OC3H7, OtC4H9, F, Cl, Br, NO2.