Abstract: To provide an organic electroluminescence device that can suppress rise in the driving voltage at the time of constant-current energization and degradation in brightness at the time of energization, and thus excels in its driving lifetime, the organic electroluminescence device comprises: a substrate; an anode and a cathode overlying the substrate; and a plurality of organic layers disposed between the anode and the cathode, and the plurality of organic layers comprise at least: a first layer formed by means of polymerization of a polymerizable compound; and a second layer disposed adjacently to the first layer and containing a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A composition for use in an organic device, useful in producing an organic device, such as an organic electroluminescent element, having high operation stability, is a composition for use in an organic device that contains at least two cross-linking compounds, at least two of the cross-linking compounds having different numbers of cross-linking groups. A polymer film produced by forming a film of the composition for use in an organic device and then polymerizing the cross-linking compounds. An organic electroluminescent element that includes an anode and a cathode on a substrate and at least one organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the at least one organic layer is a layer that is produced by forming a film of the composition for use in an organic device and then polymerizing the cross-linking compounds.

Abstract: A film-forming composition that attains an improvement in the solubility of a hole-injecting/transporting material and/or an electron-accepting compound and has a drying rate appropriate for stable formation of a uniform coating film, being suitable for the formation of a hole-injecting/transporting layer. This composition comprises a hole-injecting/transporting material and/or an electron-accepting compound and a liquid in which the hole-injecting/transporting material and/or the electron-accepting compound are dissolved. This liquid mainly contains a solvent whose molecule has an aromatic ring and/or an aliphatic ring and an oxygen atom and which has either a boiling point of at least 200° C. or a vapor pressure of 1 torr or lower at 25° C.

Abstract: An organic compound having excellent heat resistance, an excellent amorphous nature, an excellent ability to transport charges, highly excited singlet and triplet states, and excellent solubility in an organic solvent is an organic compound represented by Formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or an optionally-substituted alkyl group; Ar2 represents an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and Q is represented by Formula (I-1) or (I-2): wherein Ar3 to Ar5 each represent an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and Ar3 and Ar4 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.

Abstract: A composition for an organic electroluminescent device is a composition for forming an organic light emitting layer of an organic electroluminescent device by wet coating process. The composition contains a phosphorescent material, a charge transport material, and a solvent, in which the phosphorescent material and the charge transport material are each an unpolymerized organic compound, and the first oxidation potential of the phosphorescent material ED+, the first reduction potential of the phosphorescent material ED?, the first oxidation potential of the charge transporting material ET+, and the first reduction potential of the charge transporting material ET? satisfy the following condition: ET?+0.1?ED?<ET+?ED+?0.1 or ED?+0.1?ET?<ED+?ET+?0.1.

Abstract: An excellent composition for a charge-transport film, which can be used to produce an organic electroluminescence device having excellent heat-resistant property, high hole injection/transport capacity and capable of functioning at a low voltage, is proposed.

Abstract: An excellent composition for a charge-transport film, which can be used to produce an organic electroluminescence device having excellent heat-resistant property, high hole injection/transport capacity and capable of functioning at a low voltage, is proposed. It comprises at least an ionic compound expressed by the following general formula (1) or the like and a charge-transporting compound, (R11-A1+-R12)n1Z1n1???(1) wherein in general formula (1): R11 represents an organic group bound to A1 via a carbon atom; R12 represents an arbitrary group; R11 and R12 may combine together to form a ring; A1 represents an element belonging to the third and subsequent periods and group 17 of the long form periodic table; Z1n1? represents a counter anion; and n1 represents an ionic valency of the counter anion.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved by the Invention] An organic electroluminescence device having a longer drive life is provided. [Means for Solving the Problem] An organic electroluminescence device comprises, between a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode, a light emitting layer, a hole transport layer provided on the anode side of the light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer provided on the cathode side of the light emitting layer. At least one layer among the layers constituting the electron transport layer includes an electron movement suppressing material which suppresses the movement of electrons.

Abstract: To provide an organic electroluminescence device that can suppress rise in the driving voltage at the time of constant-current energization and degradation in brightness at the time of energization, and thus excels in its driving lifetime, the organic electroluminescence device comprises: a substrate; an anode and a cathode overlying the substrate; and a plurality of organic layers disposed between the anode and the cathode, and the plurality of organic layers comprise at least: a first layer formed by means of polymerization of a polymerizable compound; and a second layer disposed adjacently to the first layer and containing a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A composition for use in an organic device, useful in producing an organic device, such as an organic electroluminescent element, having high operation stability, is a composition for use in an organic device that contains at least two cross-linking compounds, at least two of the cross-linking compounds having different numbers of cross-linking groups. A polymer film produced by forming a film of the composition for use in an organic device and then polymerizing the cross-linking compounds. An organic electroluminescent element that includes an anode and a cathode on a substrate and at least one organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the at least one organic layer is a layer that is produced by forming a film of the composition for use in an organic device and then polymerizing the cross-linking compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions for an organic electroluminescent device favorably used for forming a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer of the organic electroluminescent device by a wet film forming method. The compositions for the organic electroluminescent device, which are composite solutions prepared by dissolving hole transport materials such as aromatic diamine compounds and an electron acceptor such as tri(pentafluorophenyl)boron in a solvent that contains an ether solvent and/or an ester solvent whose water solubility at 25° C. is 1 weight % or less in the solvent, with a concentration of 10 weight % or higher in the compositions.

Abstract: An organic compound having excellent heat resistance, an excellent amorphous nature, an excellent ability to transport charges, highly excited singlet and triplet states, and excellent solubility in an organic solvent is an organic compound represented by Formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or an optionally-substituted alkyl group; Ar2 represents an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and Q is represented by Formula (I-1) or (I-2): wherein Ar3 to Ar5 each represent an optionally-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally-substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and Ar3 and Ar4 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device exhibiting a long life, a high luminance, and a high efficiency. An organic electroluminescent device comprising on a substrate an anode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, and a cathode, wherein the organic light-emitting layer contains an organic compound having a pyridine ring, a pyrazine ring, or a triazine ring as a partial structure and the hole transport layer contains a monoamine compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 to R9 represent a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, or an alkyl group; R1 to R9 may be the same or different from each other; and R1 to R9 may further have an aryl group or an alkyl group as a substituent in the case where R1 to R9 are an aryl group or an alkyl group.

Abstract: A composition for an organic electroluminescent device is a composition for forming an organic light emitting layer of an organic electroluminescent device by wet coating process. The composition contains a phosphorescent material, a charge transport material, and a solvent, in which the phosphorescent material and the charge transport material are each an unpolymerized organic compound, and the first oxidation potential of the phosphorescent material ED+, the first reduction potential of the phosphorescent material ED?, the first oxidation potential of the charge transporting material ET+, and the first reduction potential of the charge transporting material ET? satisfy the following condition: ET?+0.1?ED?<ET+?ED+?0.1 or ED?+0.1?ET?<ED+?ET+0.1.

Abstract: A film-forming composition that attains an improvement in the solubility of a hole-injecting/transporting material and/or an electron-accepting compound and has a drying rate appropriate for stable formation of a uniform coating film, being suitable for the formation of a hole-injecting/transporting layer. This composition comprises a hole-injecting/transporting material and/or an electron-accepting compound and a liquid in which the hole-injecting/transporting material and/or the electron-accepting compound are dissolved. This liquid mainly contains a solvent whose molecule has an aromatic ring and/or an aliphatic ring and an oxygen atom and which has either a boiling point of at least 200° C. or a vapor pressure of 1 torr or lower at 25° C.

Abstract: An excellent composition for a charge-transport film, which can be used to produce an organic electroluminescence device having excellent heat-resistant property, high hole injection/transport capacity and capable of functioning at a low voltage, is proposed. It comprises at least an ionic compound expressed by the following general formula (1) or the like and a charge-transporting compound, (R11-A1+-R12)n1Z1n1???(1) wherein in general formula (1): R11 represents an organic group bound to A1 via a carbon atom; R12 represents an arbitrary group; R11 and R12 may combine together to form a ring; A1 represents an element belonging to the third and subsequent periods and group 17 of the long form periodic table; Z11n1? represents a counter anion; and n1 represents an ionic valency of the counter anion.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions for an organic electroluminescent device favorably used for forming a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer of the organic electroluminescent device by a wet film forming method. The compositions for the organic electroluminescent device, which are composite solutions prepared by dissolving hole transport materials such as aromatic diamine compounds and an electron acceptor such as tri(pentafluorophenyl)boron in a solvent that contains an ether solvent and/or an ester solvent whose water solubility at 25° C. is 1 weight % or less in the solvent, with a concentration of 10 weight % or higher in the compositions.