Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, authentication device, and electronic apparatus
申请人:Seiko Epson Corporation
公开号:US10431761B2
公开(公告)日:2019-10-01
To provide a light-emitting element which emits light in a near-infrared range and has high efficiency and long life, and a light-emitting device, an authentication device, and an electronic apparatus, each of which includes this light-emitting element.
A light-emitting element 1 of the invention includes an anode 3, a cathode 8, a light-emitting layer 5 which is provided between the anode 3 and the cathode 8 and emits light in a wavelength range of 700 nm or more by applying a current between the anode 3 and the cathode 8, and an electron transport layer 6 which is provided between the light-emitting layer 5 and the cathode 8, and includes a first electron transport layer 6b located on the cathode 8 side and a second electron transport layer 6a located on the light-emitting layer 5 side, wherein the first electron transport layer 6b contains a first anthracene-based compound, which has an anthracene skeleton and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic skeleton, and has an average thickness of less than 8 nm, and the second electron transport layer 6a contains a second anthracene-based compound, which has an anthracene skeleton but does not have a heterocyclic skeleton.
提供一种能在近红外范围内发光且效率高、寿命长的发光元件,以及包括该发光元件的发光装置、认证装置和电子设备。
本发明的发光元件 1 包括阳极 3、阴极 8、发光层 5,发光层 5 设置在阳极 3 和阴极 8 之间,通过在阳极 3 和阴极 8 之间施加电流,发光层 5 发出波长范围在 700 纳米以上的光、在发光层 5 和阴极 8 之间设置的电子传输层 6,包括位于阴极 8 侧的第一电子传输层 6b 和位于发光层 5 侧的第二电子传输层 6a、其中,第一电子传输层 6b 含有第一蒽基化合物,该化合物具有蒽骨架和含氮杂环骨架,且平均厚度小于 8 纳米;第二电子传输层 6a 含有第二蒽基化合物,该化合物具有蒽骨架,但不具有杂环骨架。