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Organic light-emitting devices with multiple hole injection layers containing fullerene

US7358538B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 2005
Grant dateApr 15, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 4, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10K85/633
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides layered hole injection structures including one or more layers of fullerenes for application in an organic electroluminescent device. The layered structures include a bi-layered structure including an electrically conductive layer serving as electrical contact to external circuit and a fullerene layer sandwiched between the conductive layer and a hole transport layer. The layered structure may also includes a tri-layered structure stacked sequentially including a first electrically conductive layer, a fullerene layer and a hole injection layer material selected from thermally stable molecules such as CuPc. The layered structure may also include a four-layered structure stacked sequentially including a first electrically conductive layer, a fullerene layer on the conductive layer, a noble metal layer on the fullerene layer and another fullerene layer on the noble metal layer.

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