An organic EL device is improved to produce an increased luminance and have a prolonged lifetime. In an organic EL device comprising a cathode layer 16, an electron injection region 14, a light emission region 12 and an anode layer 10 as laminated in that order, the electron injection region 14 contains an aromatic compound composed of carbon and hydrogen or an aromatic compound composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, along with a reducing dopant, and the electron affinity of the electron injection region is controlled to fall between 1.8 and 3.6 eV; or the electron injection region 14 contains an electron-transporting compound and a reducing dopant having a work function of at most 2.9 eV, and the electron affinity of the electron injection region is controlled to fall between 1.8 and 3.6 eV.
An organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode, an organic luminescent layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode formed in this order on a substrate, wherein said electron transport layer contains an electron-transporting material and an alkaline metal, at least a part of said alkaline metal is dispersed in said electron transport layer in the form of cation, and said cathode is made of silver or silver alloy.
An organic electroluminescent device is provided that includes an anode and a substantially pure Mg cathode, an electroluminescent medium disposed between the anode and the cathode, and an adhesion-promoting layer in contact with cathode and the electroluminescent medium. The adhesion-promoting layer comprises at least one metal or metal compound selected from group 1 through group 15 of the Periodic Table of Elements such that the metal has an atomic number of at least 19.
An OLED device includes an anode, a first light-emitting layer disposed over the anode, and a second light-emitting layer disposed over the first light-emitting layer. The device also includes a metal-doped organic layer containing an organic electron-transporting material and a low work function metal disposed over the second light-emitting layer, and a cathode disposed over the metal-doped organic layer.
The present invention relates to an organic light emitting device (OLED) in which a binaphthalene derivative is used as the emissive layer and/or one or more of the charge transport layers, or as a host or dopant material for one or more of such layers.
A method of fabricating an electrode for an organic electroluminescent device includes forming a transparent conductive layer on a substrate, doping the transparent conductive layer with impurities, and annealing the doped transparent conductive layer.
