Abstract: An organic electroluminescent (EL) element includes: a first electrode; an interlayer formed above the first electrode; an organic light-emitting layer formed using the interlayer as a foundation; and a second electrode formed above the organic light-emitting layer. The organic light-emitting layer contains at least a host material and a dopant material. The interlayer is formed using a material which has an energy gap larger than an energy gap of the dopant material and a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level deeper than a HOMO level of the dopant material.

Abstract: An organic EL element includes: an anode; a light-emitting layer that is disposed above the anode; a first interlayer that is disposed on the light-emitting layer; a second interlayer that is disposed on the first interlayer; a functional layer that is disposed on the second interlayer; and a cathode that is disposed above the functional layer. The first interlayer includes a fluorine compound including a first metal that is an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal. The second interlayer includes a second metal that has a property of cleaving a bond between the first metal and fluorine in the fluorine compound. The functional layer has at least one of an electron transport property and an electron injection property. A thickness D1 of the first interlayer and a thickness D2 of the second interlayer satisfy 3%?D2/D1?25%.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer has a light emission region provided in the organic light-emitting layer on side of the electron transport layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent unit is provided with a plurality of organic electroluminescent elements. At least one of the organic electroluminescent elements includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer, the light-emitting layer, and the electron transport layer satisfy the following expressions: ?Eg(T1)?0 eV ?Eg(T1)=ETa+ETb?2×ETEML where ETa represents a T1 level of the hole transport layer, ETb represents a T1 level of the electron transport layer, and ETEML represents a T1 level of the light-emitting layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element including a first electrode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a second electrode in this order. The light emitting layer has a first light emitting layer including a coating film on the hole transport layer side, and has a second light emitting layer including a vapor-deposited film on the electron transport layer side.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting device including: a substrate; an anode above the substrate; wiring above the substrate, spaced away from the anode in a direction parallel to a main surface of the substrate; a light-emitting layer above the anode, containing an organic light-emitting material; an intermediate layer on the light-emitting layer and the wiring, continuous over the light-emitting layer and the wiring and containing a fluoride of a first metal which is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal; an organic functional layer on the intermediate layer, continuous over the light-emitting layer and the wiring and made of an organic material having an electron transporting property or an electron injection property and doped with a second metal having a property of cleaving a bond between the first metal and fluorine in the fluoride; and a cathode on the organic functional layer, continuous over the light-emitting layer and the wiring.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer has a hole current that is larger than an electron current.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting panel includes a reflective electrode, a functional layer, having a single or multi-layer structure, located on the reflective electrode, an organic light-emitting layer located on the functional layer, a transparent electrode located above the organic light-emitting layer, a low refractive index layer located on the transparent electrode, and a first thin-film sealing layer located on the low refractive index layer. The low refractive index layer has a lower refractive index than both the transparent electrode and the first thin-film sealing layer. Difference between respective refractive indices of the low refractive index layer and the transparent electrode is 0.4-1.1. Difference between respective refractive indices of the low refractive index layer and the first thin-film sealing layer is 0.1-0.8. The low refractive index layer has thickness of 20-130 nm.

Abstract: An organic EL element including an anode; a light-emitting layer above the anode; a first interlayer on the light-emitting layer, the first interlayer including a fluoride of a first metal that is an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal; a second interlayer on the first interlayer, the second interlayer including a second metal that has a property of cleaving a bond between the first metal and fluorine in the fluoride; a cathode on the second interlayer; and a sorption layer above the cathode, the sorption layer including a third metal that has a property of taking up and holding at least one of moisture and oxygen. A thickness D1 of the first interlayer and a thickness D2 of the second interlayer satisfy 5%?D2/D1?25%.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element including a first electrode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a second electrode in this order. The light emitting layer has a first light emitting layer including a coating film on the hole transport layer side, and has a second light emitting layer including a vapor-deposited film on the electron transport layer side.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent unit is provided with a plurality of organic electroluminescent elements. At least one of the organic electroluminescent elements includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer, the light-emitting layer, and the electron transport layer satisfy the following expressions: ?Eg(T1)?0 eV ?Eg(T1)=ETa+ETb?2×ETEML where ETa represents a T1 level of the hole transport layer, ETb represents a T1 level of the electron transport layer, and ETEML represents a T1 level of the light-emitting layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is made of an organic light-emitting material that has a molecular orientation degree specified by a parameter S?. The parameter S? satisfies an inequality: 0.66<S?<0.75, provided that S?={(2×ko)/(ke+2ko)}. In this expression, ko denotes an extinction coefficient in a film-plane direction of the organic light-emitting layer, and ke denotes an extinction coefficient in a film-thickness direction of the organic light-emitting layer.

Abstract: An organic EL display panel that includes light-reflective electrodes, a red light-emitting layer, a green light-emitting layer, a first blue light-emitting layer, a charge generating layer, a second blue light-emitting layer, and a light-transmissive electrode. In a red sub-pixel region, a first optical length is from 20 nm to 50 nm, and a second optical length is from 210 nm to 230 nm. In a green sub-pixel region, the first optical length is from 20 nm to 50 nm, and the second optical length is from 240 nm to 295 nm. In a blue sub-pixel region, the first optical length is from 20 nm to 60 nm, and the second optical length is from 195 nm to 205 nm.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer has a light emission region provided in the organic light-emitting layer on side of the electron transport layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is made of an organic light-emitting material that has a molecular orientation degree specified by a parameter S?. The parameter S? satisfies an inequality: 0.66<S?<0.75, provided that S?={(2×ko)/(ke+2ko)}. In this expression, ko denotes an extinction coefficient in a film-plane direction of the organic light-emitting layer, and ke denotes an extinction coefficient in a film-thickness direction of the organic light-emitting layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes, in order, a first electrode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a second electrode. The hole transport layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer is configured by a coated film. The organic light-emitting layer has a hole current that is larger than an electron current.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent (EL) element includes: a first electrode; an interlayer formed above the first electrode; an organic light-emitting layer formed using the interlayer as a foundation; and a second electrode formed above the organic light-emitting layer. The organic light-emitting layer contains at least a host material and a dopant material. The interlayer is formed using a material which has an energy gap larger than an energy gap of the dopant material and a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level deeper than a HOMO level of the dopant material.

Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes light-reflective electrodes, a first red light-emitting layer, a green light-emitting layer, a first blue light-emitting layer, a second red light-emitting layer, a charge generating layer, a second blue light-emitting layer, and a light-transmissive electrode. In a red and a white sub-pixel region, a first optical length is from 20 nm to 50 nm, and a second optical length is from 210 nm to 230 nm. In a green sub-pixel region, the first optical length is from 20 nm to 50 nm, and the second optical length is from 240 nm to 295 nm. In a blue sub-pixel region, the first optical length is from 20 nm to 60 nm, and the second optical length is from 195 nm to 205 nm.

Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes light-reflective electrodes, a first red light-emitting layer, a green light-emitting layer, a first blue light-emitting layer, a second red light-emitting layer, a charge generating layer, a second blue light-emitting layer, and a light-transmissive electrode. In a red and a white sub-pixel region, a first optical length is from 20 nm to 50 nm, and a second optical length is from 210 nm to 230 nm. In a green sub-pixel region, the first optical length is from 20 nm to 50 nm, and the second optical length is from 240 nm to 295 nm. In a blue sub-pixel region, the first optical length is from 20 nm to 60 nm, and the second optical length is from 195 nm to 205 nm.

Abstract: An organic EL display panel that includes light-reflective electrodes, a red light-emitting layer, a green light-emitting layer, a first blue light-emitting layer, a charge generating layer, a second blue light-emitting layer, and a light-transmissive electrode. In a red sub-pixel region, a first optical length is from 20 nm to 50 nm, and a second optical length is from 210 nm to 230 nm. In a green sub-pixel region, the first optical length is from 20 nm to 50 nm, and the second optical length is from 240 nm to 295 nm. In a blue sub-pixel region, the first optical length is from 20 nm to 60 nm, and the second optical length is from 195 nm to 205 nm.