Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic electroluminescent element with which no light extraction layer needs to be produced separately, which has a transparent electrode that is advantageous in terms of cost and a simple film formation process, and which is excellent from the standpoint of light extraction efficiency. The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element in which a substrate, a first electrode adjacent to this substrate, an organic layer including at least one organic light-emitting layer, and a second electrode adjacent to this organic layer are formed in this order, with this organic electroluminescent element being such that at least one of the aforementioned electrodes is a transparent electrode which is transparent, which contains at least one type of light scattering particles that are transparent and that have a primary particle size of at least 0.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element comprising: a substrate; a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate; and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes. At least one of the organic layer contains a compound of general formula (1): A-(B)n-D, wherein A, D, and B represent groups of the following general formulas (2), (3), and (4) respectively; n represents 0 or 1; and when n is 0, A and D are not symmetrical about a point to each other, including the binding sites: wherein XA1 to XA11, XD1 to XD11, and XB1 to XB11 are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A TFT is provided which includes, on a substrate, at least a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an active layer containing an amorphous oxide semiconductor, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein a resistance layer containing an amorphous oxide and having a thickness of more than 3 nm is disposed between the active layer and at least one of the source electrode or the drain electrode, and a band gap of the active layer is smaller than a band gap of the resistance layer. Also, a display using the TFT is provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence device having a first flexible plate and a second flexible plate and an organic electroluminescence element provided on a portion at approximately the center of at least one of the flexible plates. The method includes: forming the first flexible plate having a S region which has larger UV light transmittance and a W region which has larger UV light transmittance; forming a substantially frame-shaped UV-curable resin layer on the first flexible plate and/or the second flexible plate so that the UV-curable resin layer overlaps at least partially with the S region; and adhering the first flexible plate with the second flexible plate by irradiation of UV light which uses the S region as an irradiation face so as to cure the UV-curable resin layer. The invention further provides an organic electroluminescence device formed by the method.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device of multi-photon emission mode which includes plural light emission layers and at least one charge generation layer between a pair of electrodes, arranged in a film thickness direction thereof, wherein the charge generation layer includes at least one p-doped layer and at least one n-doped layer, and further includes an alkali metal layer and a layer containing a hole transport material between the p-doped layer and the n-doped layer. An organic electroluminescence device of multi-photon emission mode exhibiting little unevenness in luminance even in a large-area format electroluminescence device is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thin film field-effect transistor comprising a substrate having thereon at least a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, an active layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, wherein the active layer is an oxide semiconductor layer, a resistance layer having an electric conductivity that is lower than an electric conductivity of the active layer is provided between the active layer and at least one of the source electrode or the drain electrode, and an intermediate layer comprising an oxide comprising an element having a stronger bonding force with respect to oxygen than that of the oxide semiconductor in the active layer is provided between the active layer and the resistance layer.

Abstract: There is provided an organic electroluminescence device that is high in light emitting efficiency and excellent in driving durability, which contains at least a light emitting layer between an anode and a cathode opposing each other, and further has either 1) an organic layer containing at least a first acceptor and a second acceptor between the light emitting layer and the anode, in which the first acceptor is a metal compound and the second acceptor is an organic compound which does not contain a metal, or 2) an organic layer containing a metal oxide as an acceptor between the light emitting layer and the anode, in which a concentration of the metal oxide in the organic layer is varied in a thickness direction and the concentration is lower in a portion near the light emitting layer than a portion near the anode.

Abstract: An organic EL panel including: a substrate; an organic EL device including an anode, an organic EL layer and a cathode layered on the substrate; and a sealing member for sealing the organic EL device on the substrate, and further including a drying agent layer that contacts the organic EL device, and a heat generating layer that contacts the drying agent layer.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enable suppression of a leak current of an organic EL element while improving a conductivity of the organic EL element and suppressing an operation voltage thereof. An organic EL element is used which comprises at least a luminescent layer, a hole transport layer adjacent to a positive-electrode side of the luminescent layer, and an electron injection transport layer adjacent to a negative-electrode side of the luminescent layer, wherein a hole injection layer is provided between the hole transport layer and the positive electrode, and the conductivity of the hole injection layer continuously changes along a thickness direction of the hole injection layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to an organic EL element having a glass substrate and an anode, a hole-injecting layer, a hole-transport layer, a blue light-emitting layer, a hole-blocking layer, an electron-transport layer, and a cathode formed on the glass substrate sequentially in that order, wherein the electron-transport layer contains an electron-transporting material and a light-emitting material having emission-spectrum peak wavelength of longer than 555 nm, and the light-emitting material consumes the holes, thereby preventing degradation of the electron-transporting material, improving blue chromaticity, and elongating the life of the organic EL element.

Abstract: There is provided an organic EL element having, between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a lamination structure formed of organic films having a light emitting layer, a hole transport layer adjacent to a positive electrode side of the light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer adjacent to a negative electrode side of the light emitting layer. At least one of the organic films composing the lamination structure includes a metal element having reactivity to oxygen or water.

Abstract: There is provided an organic EL element having, between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a lamination structure formed of organic films having a light emitting layer, a hole transport layer adjacent to a positive electrode side of the light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer adjacent to a negative electrode side of the light emitting layer. At least one of the organic films composing the lamination structure includes a metal element having reactivity to oxygen or water.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thin film field-effect transistor comprising a substrate having thereon at least a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, an active layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, wherein the active layer is an oxide semiconductor layer, a resistance layer having an electric conductivity that is lower than an electric conductivity of the active layer is provided between the active layer and at least one of the source electrode or the drain electrode, and an intermediate layer comprising an oxide comprising an element having a stronger bonding force with respect to oxygen than that of the oxide semiconductor in the active layer is provided between the active layer and the resistance layer.

Abstract: A TFT is provided which includes, on a substrate, at least a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an active layer containing an amorphous oxide semiconductor, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein a resistance layer containing an amorphous oxide and having a thickness of more than 3 nm is disposed between the active layer and at least one of the source electrode or the drain electrode, and a band gap of the active layer is smaller than a band gap of the resistance layer. Also, a display using the TFT is provided.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device is disclosed. The device includes an anode, a cathode formed above the anode, a light-emitting layer containing an organic light-emitting material that is formed between the anode and the cathode, a hole-injecting layer on the anode that includes a hole-transporting material and an acceptor, and an electron-transporting suppressing stack between the hole-injecting layer and the light-emitting layer. The electron-transporting suppressing stack consists of multiple carrier-transporting layers, and forms energy barriers relative to electrons flowing from the light-emitting layer to the hole-injecting layer.

Abstract: An organic EL panel including: a substrate; an organic EL device including an anode, an organic EL layer and a cathode layered on the substrate; and a sealing member for sealing the organic EL device on the substrate, and further including a drying agent layer that contacts the organic EL device, and a heat generating layer that contacts the drying agent layer.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence device having a first flexible plate and a second flexible plate and an organic electroluminescence element provided on a portion at approximately the center of at least one of the flexible plates. The method includes: forming the first flexible plate having a S region which has larger UV light transmittance and a W region which has larger UV light transmittance; forming a substantially frame-shaped UV-curable resin layer on the first flexible plate and/or the second flexible plate so that the UV-curable resin layer overlaps at least partially with the S region; and adhering the first flexible plate with the second flexible plate by irradiation of UV light which uses the S region as an irradiation face so as to cure the UV-curable resin layer. The invention further provides an organic electroluminescence device formed by the method.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enable suppression of a leak current of an organic EL element while improving a conductivity of the organic EL element and suppressing an operation voltage thereof. An organic EL element is used which comprises at least a luminescent layer, a hole transport layer adjacent to a positive-electrode side of the luminescent layer, and an electron injection transport layer adjacent to a negative-electrode side of the luminescent layer, wherein a hole injection layer is provided between the hole transport layer and the positive electrode, and the conductivity of the hole injection layer continuously changes along a thickness direction of the hole injection layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to an organic EL element having a glass substrate and an anode, a hole-injecting layer, a hole-transport layer, a blue light-emitting layer, a hole-blocking layer, an electron-transport layer, and a cathode formed on the glass substrate sequentially in that order, wherein the electron-transport layer contains an electron-transporting material and a light-emitting material having emission-spectrum peak wavelength of longer than 555 nm, and the light-emitting material consumes the holes, thereby preventing degradation of the electron-transporting material, improving blue chromaticity, and elongating the life of the organic EL element.

Abstract: There is provided an organic EL element having, between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a lamination structure formed of organic films having a light emitting layer, a hole transport layer adjacent to a positive electrode side of the light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer adjacent to a negative electrode side of the light emitting layer. At least one of the organic films composing the lamination structure includes a metal element having reactivity to oxygen or water.