Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic EL element including a capping layer constituted by two layers consisting of a first capping layer and a second capping layer that has a refractive index that is higher than that of the first capping layer, in order to improve the light extraction efficiency compared with an organic EL element including a capping layer constituted by a single layer. The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element at least including an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, a cathode, and a capping layer arranged in this order, wherein the capping layer has a structure constituted by two layers consisting of a first capping layer and a second capping layer, a refractive index of the second capping layer is higher than a refractive index of the first capping layer throughout a wavelength range from 450 to 650 nm, and the second capping layer contains an arylamine compound having a specific structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic EL device having at least an anodic electrode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, a cathodic electrode, and a capping layer in this order, in which the capping layer contains an amine compound having a benzazole ring structure represented by the following general formula (A-1).

Abstract: A high-molecular-weight compound having at least one substituted triarylamine structural unit represented by the following general formula (1), further including a structural unit having at least one aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a structural unit having a triarylamine skeleton in addition to the at least one substituted triarylamine structural unit, and having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and 1,000,000 or less in terms of polystyrene and no a crosslinker, wherein the high-molecular-weight compound is used in an organic EL device as a constituent material of at least one organic layer. A polymer material having excellent hole injection/transport performance, electron blocking capability, high heat resistance, and high stability in a thin-film state for use in a polymer organic EL device, and an organic EL device having a low drive voltage, high light emission efficiency, and a long lifetime using this polymer material.

Abstract: To provide an organic EL device having low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and particularly a long lifetime by combining various materials for an organic EL device having excellent hole and electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state, and durability as materials for an organic EL device having high luminous efficiency and high durability so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic EL device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode, in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and a radialene derivative of the following general formula (2).

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an organic EL element including a capping layer that contains a compound represented by formula (A-1). In the formula, A and X are monovalent groups represented by formula (B-1) having 1 binding site among R1 to R6. Z represents a monovalent group represented by formula (B-1) having 1 binding site among R1 to R6, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group or a fused polycyclic aromatic group. Ar is a single bond or a divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or a fused polycyclic aromatic group. R1 to R6 are each defined in the specification, and Q represents a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an organic EL element including a capping layer that contains a compound represented by formula (A-1). In the formula, A and X are monovalent groups represented by formula (B-1) having 1 binding site among R1 to R6. Z represents a monovalent group represented by formula (B-1) having 1 binding site among R1 to R6, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group or a fused polycyclic aromatic group. Ar is a single bond or a divalent group of an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or a fused polycyclic aromatic group. R1 to R6 each represent a linking group as a binding site, a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a linear or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkyloxy group, a cycloalkyloxy group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, a fused polycyclic aromatic group, or an aryloxy group.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL element that has (1) high light emission efficiency and high power efficiency, (2) a low light-emission start voltage, (3) a low actual driving voltage, and (4) an especially long lifespan. According to the present invention, provided is an organic electroluminescent element, or organic EL element, having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode, in this order, wherein the second hole transport layer contains an arylamine compound represented by the general formula (1) below, and the electron transport layer contains a pyrimidine derivative represented by the general formula (2) below. Note that A in the general formula (2) represents a monovalent group represented by the structural formula (3) below.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a high molecular weight compound that has excellent hole-injecting/transporting performance, is capable of blocking electrons, and is highly stable in a thin film state. It is another object of the invention to provide a light emitting diode with high luminous efficacy and a long lifespan, containing an organic layer (thin film) made of the above-described high molecular weight compound. The high molecular weight compound according to the present invention includes a repeating unit constituted by a specific triarylamine structural unit and a specific bonding structural unit, and has a weight average molecular weight in terms of polystyrene of 10,000 or more and less than 1,000,000.

Abstract: An organic EL device is provided, including at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, wherein the hole transport layer contains an arylamine compound represented by the following formula (1), wherein Ar1 to Ar8 and n1 are defined in the specification, and the electron transport layer contains a compound having a benzoazole ring structure represented by the following formula (2), wherein Ar9, Ar10, X, Y1, Z1 and Z2 are defined in the specification.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a polymer organic EL element that has a low driving voltage, high light emission efficiency, and a long lifespan. The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence element having a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer between the electrodes, wherein the organic layer is constituted by two or more high molecular weight compounds including at least high molecular weight compounds ? and ?, and the high molecular weight compound ? has a substituted triarylamine structural unit represented by a general formula (1) below and has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and less than 1,000,000 in terms of polystyrene. For the symbols in the formula, see the Description.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic EL device in which, as a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL material, various materials excelling in electron injection/transport performance, hole blocking performance, hole resistance performance, exciton confinement performance, stability in a film state, and durability, are combined so that properties of each material can be effectively demonstrated, thereby achieving (1) high light emission efficiency and power efficiency, (2) low luminescence starting voltage, (3) low practical driving voltage, and (4) particularly long lifetime. An organic EL device including at least a anode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, characterized in that the hole blocking layer includes a compound having a benzoazole structure represented by the following general formula (1).

Abstract: [Object] To provide a polymer material having excellent hole injection/transport performance, electron blocking capability, high heat resistance, and high stability in a thin-film state for use in a polymer organic EL device, and provide an organic EL device having a low drive voltage, high light emission efficiency, and a long lifetime using this polymer material.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic EL element including a capping layer constituted by two layers consisting of a first capping layer and a second capping layer that has a refractive index that is higher than that of the first capping layer, in order to improve the light extraction efficiency compared with an organic EL element including a capping layer constituted by a single layer. The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element at least including an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, a cathode, and a capping layer arranged in this order, wherein the capping layer has a structure constituted by two layers consisting of a first capping layer and a second capping layer, a refractive index of the second capping layer is higher than a refractive index of the first capping layer throughout a wavelength range from 450 to 650 nm, and the second capping layer contains an arylamine compound having a specific structure.

Abstract: An objective of the invention is to provide an organic EL device that combines various materials of the device and a capping layer composed from a material that absorbs sunlight within the wavelength range of 400 nm to 410 nm to prevent impact on materials inside the organic EL device, has a high light absorption coefficient and a high refractive index to significantly improve light extraction efficiency, has excellent stability, durability and light resistance in a thin film, and has no absorption within the wavelength ranges of blue, green and red, to thereby effectively achieve the characteristics of the various materials of the device. The invention is an arylamine compound having a benzazole structure, and is also an organic EL device including a capping layer containing the arylamine compound and a light-emitting layer containing a host and a phosphorescent dopant.

Abstract: [Object] An object of the present invention is to provide, as a material for an organic EL device having high efficiency and a high durability, a material for an organic EL device having excellent injection/transport performance of holes, excellent electron blocking capability, excellent stability in a thin-film state, and an excellent durability, and to further provide an organic EL device having high efficiency, a low drive voltage, and a long lifetime by combining the material and various materials for an organic EL device having excellent injection/transport performance of holes and electrons, excellent electron blocking capability, excellent stability in a thin-film state, and an excellent durability so that the properties of the respective materials can be effectively exhibited.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting element according to the present invention employs a polycyclic aromatic derivative compound in a light-emitting layer inside the element, and further comprises a capping layer. Thus, the organic light-emitting element can be made highly efficient and can be useful for a device selected from among a flat panel display device, a flexible display device, a monochrome or white flat panel lighting device, and a monochrome or white flexible lighting device.

Abstract: The present invention provides various organic electroluminescent elements using a material for a capping layer and a material for a luminous layer, in which the material for a capping layer uses an arylamine material that exhibit excellent stability and durability in the form of a thin film, especially a specific amine compound having a high refractive index and having a high absorbance within a wavelength range from 400 nm to 410 nm in the absorption spectrum at a concentration of 10?5 mol/L; and in which the material for a luminous layer uses a compound containing a heterocyclic compound that has a specific fused ring structure.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, as a material for a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL element, an organic compound having excellent hole-injecting/transporting capability, electron-blocking capability, stability in the form of a thin film, and durability. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL element having high efficiency, a low driving voltage, and a long lifespan, by combining the organic compound with various materials for organic EL elements so as to effectively exhibit the properties of the individual materials, the materials having excellent hole/electron-injecting/transporting capability, electron-blocking capability, stability in the form of a thin film, and durability. The arylamine compound having a specific structure according to the present invention has excellent hole-injecting/transporting capability, stability in the form of a film, and durability.

Abstract: To provide an organic EL device having (1) high luminous efficiency and high power efficiency, (2) low turn on voltage, (3) low actual driving voltage, and (4) a long lifetime, by combining various materials for an organic EL device, which are excellent in hole injection/transport performances, electron injection/transport performances, electron blocking ability, stability in a thin-film state, and durability, so as to allow the respective materials to effectively reveal their characteristics. In the organic EL device having at least an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole transport layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1), and the electron transport layer includes a compound of the following general formula (2) having a benzazole ring structure.

Abstract: In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and an electron acceptor. In the formula, Ar1 to Ar4 may be the same or different, and represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group.