# US 11,910,630 B2 · White light organic light-emitting diode (WOLED) devices and preparation methods thereof, WOLED display apparatuses

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- Number: US 11,910,630 B2
- Document ID: US11910630B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/359,603
- Filed: 2021-06-27
- Published: 2022-01-20
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-16
- Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Qingyu Huang; Fudong Chen; Huajie Yan; Wenqi Liu; Zhiqiang Jiao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910630B2

## CPC

- H10K 50/13: comprising stacked EL layers within one EL unit
- H10K 50/125: specially adapted for multicolour light emission, e.g. for emitting white light
- H10K 50/131: {with spacer layers between the electroluminescent layers}
- H10K 50/15: Hole transporting layers
- H10K 50/16: Electron transporting layers
- H10K 2101/20: Delayed fluorescence emission
- H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES

## Abstract

The present application provides a WOLED device and a preparation method thereof, a WOLED display panel. The WOLED device includes: an anode; a cathode, disposed opposite to the anode; a red-fluorescence emitting layer, disposed on a side of the anode close to the cathode; a green-fluorescence emitting layer, disposed on a side of the red-fluorescence emitting layer close to the cathode; an interlayer, disposed on a side of the green-fluorescence emitting layer; and a blue-fluorescence emitting layer, disposed on a side of the interlayer close to the cathode.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A white light organic light-emitting diode (WOLED) device, comprising:
an anode;
a cathode, disposed opposite to the anode;
a red-fluorescence emitting layer, disposed on a side of the anode close to the cathode;
a green-fluorescence emitting layer, disposed on a side of the red-fluorescence emitting layer close to the cathode;
an interlayer, disposed on a side of the green-fluorescence emitting layer close to the cathode, wherein the interlayer comprises a first Host material and a first thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) material; and
a blue-fluorescence emitting layer, disposed on a side of the interlayer close to the cathode; wherein
emission spectra of the WOLED device comprise a first peak which is a main peak, wherein a peak wavelength of the first peak is not greater than 485 nm;
the emission spectra of the WOLED device comprise a second peak in green-band, wherein a peak wavelength of the second peak is in a range of 510 nm˜525 nm;
the emission spectra of the WOLED device comprise a third peak and a fourth peak in red-band, wherein a peak wavelength of the third peak is in a range of 610 nm˜625 nm, and a peak wavelength of the fourth peak is in a range of 656 nm˜670 nm; and
magnitudes of the first peak, the second peak, the third peak and the fourth peak are descending.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The WOLED device of claim 1, wherein in the emission spectra of the WOLED device, a width at 10%-15% of the first peak is greater than 230 nm.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The WOLED device of claim 1, wherein the first Host material comprises at least one of CBP or mCBP, and the first TADF material comprises at least one of 2CzPN, 4CzIPN or 4CzTPN.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The WOLED device of claim 1, wherein in the interlayer, a mass ratio of the first Host material and the first TADF material is in a range of 1:9˜9:1.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The WOLED device of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the interlayer is in a range of 0.5 nm˜20 nm.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The WOLED device of claim 1, wherein the blue-fluorescence emitting layer, the green-fluorescence emitting layer and the red-fluorescence emitting layer respectively have a thickness of 0.5 nm˜20 nm.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The WOLED device of claim 1, wherein the blue-fluorescence emitting layer has one of the following configurations:
the blue-fluorescence emitting layer comprises a second Host material and a second TADF material;
the blue-fluorescence emitting layer comprises a third Host material, a third TADF material and a first blue dopant (BD) material; or
the blue-fluorescence emitting layer comprises a blue host (BH) material and a second BD material.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The WOLED device of claim 7, wherein based on a total mass of the blue-fluorescence emitting layer, in terms of mass percent, the blue-fluorescence emitting layer has one of the following configurations:
the blue-fluorescence emitting layer comprises 1%˜50% of the second Host material and the second TADF material accounting for a remaining amount;
the blue-fluorescence emitting layer comprises 3%˜7% of the first BD material, 1%˜50% of the third Host material, and the third TADF material accounting for a remaining amount; or
the blue-fluorescence emitting layer comprises 5%˜10% of the second BD material, and the BH material accounting for a remaining amount.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The WOLED device of claim 7, wherein when the blue-fluorescence emitting layer comprises the second Host material and the second TADF material, the blue-fluorescence emitting layer and the interlayer form an integral structure, or a two-layer structure.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The WOLED device of claim 1, wherein the green-fluorescence emitting layer comprises a fourth TADF material and a green dopant (GD) material, and the red-fluorescence emitting layer comprises a fifth TADF material and a red dopant (RD) material.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The WOLED device of claim 1, further comprising:
a hole injection layer, disposed between the anode and the red-fluorescence emitting layer;
a hole transport layer, disposed on a side of the hole injection layer close to the cathode; and
an electron transport layer, disposed on a side of the blue-fluorescence emitting layer close to the cathode,
wherein an electron mobility of the electron transport layer is in a range of 1×10−5˜1×10−4 cm2/V·s, and a hole mobility of the hole transport layer is in a range of 1×10−5˜1×10−4 cm2/V a.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The WOLED device of claim 1, wherein chromatic coordinates of the emission spectra of the WOLED device are (a, b), a is in a range of 0.2˜0.4, and b is in a range of 0.2˜0.4.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

A white light organic light-emitting diode (WOLED) display apparatus, comprising the WOLED device of claim 1.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The WOLED device of claim 1, wherein a valley between the second peak and the third peak is close to 0 and substantially level with a valley between the third peak and the fourth peak.

### Claim 15

A preparation method of a white light organic light-emitting diode (WOLED) device, comprising:
forming a red-fluorescence emitting layer on a side of an anode by a first evaporation;
forming a green-fluorescence emitting layer on a side of the red-fluorescence emitting layer away from the anode by a second evaporation;
forming an interlayer on a side of the green-fluorescence emitting layer away from the anode by a third evaporation, wherein the interlayer comprises a first Host material and a first TADF material;
forming a blue-fluorescence emitting layer on a side of the interlayer away from the anode by a fourth evaporation; and
forming a cathode on a side of the blue-fluorescence emitting layer away from the anode by a fifth evaporation; wherein
emission spectra of the WOLED device comprise a first peak which is a main peak, wherein a peak wavelength of the first peak is not greater than 485 nm;
the emission spectra of the WOLED device comprise a second peak in green-band, wherein a peak wavelength of the second peak is in a range of 510 nm˜525 nm;
the emission spectra of the WOLED device comprise a third peak and a fourth peak in red-band, wherein a peak wavelength of the third peak is in a range of 610 nm˜625 nm, and a peak wavelength of the fourth peak is in a range of 656 nm˜670 nm; and
magnitudes of the first peak, the second peak, the third peak and the fourth peak are descending.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The preparation method of claim 15, further comprising:
forming a hole injection layer on a side of the anode close to the cathode by a sixth evaporation;
forming a hole transport layer on a side of the hole injection layer close to the cathode by a seventh evaporation; and
forming an electron transport layer on a side of the blue-fluorescence emitting layer close to the cathode by an eighth evaporation.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The preparation method of claim 16, wherein evaporation rates of the first evaporation, the second evaporation, the third evaporation, the fourth evaporation, the fifth evaporation, the sixth evaporation, the seventh evaporation and the eighth evaporation respectively are in a range of 0.8 Å/s˜3 Å/s.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The preparation method of claim 16, wherein during the first evaporation, the second evaporation, the third evaporation, the fourth evaporation, the fifth evaporation, the sixth evaporation, the seventh evaporation and the eighth evaporation, vacuums of chamber are respectively set at 3×10−6 Torr or less than 3×10−6 Torr.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The preparation method of claim 15, wherein a valley between the second peak and the third peak is close to 0 and substantially level with a valley between the third peak and the fourth peak.