The present invention relates to spiro compounds containing electron-conducting groups and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.

An organic electroluminescence device includes: an anode; an emitting layer; and a cathode, the emitting layer containing a first material, a second material and a third material, the first material being a fluorescent material, the second material being a delayed fluorescent material, the third material having a singlet energy larger than a singlet energy of the second material.

The present disclosure relates to a plurality of host materials comprising a first host material having a compound represented by formula 1, and a second host material having a compound represented by formula 2, and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising a specific combination of compounds of the present disclosure as host materials, it is possible to provide an organic electroluminescent device having long lifetime properties while having an equivalent or improved level of power efficiency compared to conventional organic electroluminescent devices.

To provide a practically useful organic electroluminescent device which is improved in luminous efficiency and at the same time, sufficiently secures the stability during driving. An organic electroluminescent device, wherein a light-emitting layer includes two host materials different from each other, and a dopant material, one of the host materials is a compound represented by general formula (1) and the other of the host materials is a compound represented by general formula (2). A ring A is a heterocycle represented by formula (1a), X represents N or C—Ar′, Y represents O, S, N—Ar.sup.3, or C—Ar.sup.4Ar.sup.5, and any one of Z.sup.1 to Z.sup.4 represents a carbon atom binding to a 6-membered ring containing X and the others and Z.sup.5 to Z.sup.8 each represent C—Ar′ or N. Ar, Ar′ and Ar.sup.1 to Ar.sup.5 each represent, for example, hydrogen, or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. A ring B is a heterocycle represented by formula (2a), and Ar.sup.6 and Ar.sup.7 each represent, for example, hydrogen, or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.

Novel compounds comprising heteroleptic iridium complexes are provided. The compounds have a particular combination of ligands which includes a single pyridyl dibenzo-substituted ligand. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as emitting dopants, to provide devices having improved efficiency, lifetime, and manufacturing.

A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1:

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The present invention relates to an imidazopyridine-based arylamine compound and an application thereof. The compound has a structure as shown in Formula I. The compound of the present invention has the advantages such as, a low sublimation temperature, a good thermal stability, a high refractive index, and a small refractive index difference in the visible light region, and can be used as a light extraction layer material for use in an organic light-emitting device.

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A compound of Formula Ir(L.sub.A).sub.x(L.sub.B).sub.y(L.sub.C).sub.z is provided. Ligand L.sub.A has a structure of Formula I,

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ligand L.sub.B has a structure of Formula II,

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ligand L.sub.C is a bidentate ligand; at least one of R.sup.A and R.sup.B comprises Formula III,

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and L.sub.A, L.sub.B, and L.sub.C are different. In Formulae I and II, each of moiety A, B, C, and D is a ring or a fused-ring system; each of Z.sup.1 to Z.sup.8 and X.sup.1 to X.sup.5 is C or N; K is a direct bond, O, or S; L is a direct bond or a linker; and Q is Si or Ge. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel electrochromic device (ECD). Disclosed is an electrochromic device (ECD) comprising two metal-complex-based electrochromic thin films individually acting as a working electrode and a counter electrode; (i) one of the two metal-complex-based electrochromic thin films being a film of a cathodically coloring metallo-supramolecular polymer comprising at least one organic ligand having a plurality of metal coordination positions and a metal ion of at least one transition metal and/or lanthanoid metal with the at least one organic ligand and the metal ion being arranged alternately, and the other of the two metal-complex-based electrochromic thin films being a film of an anodically coloring metal hexacyanoferrate (MHCF) represented by the formula: M(II).sub.3[Fe(III)CN.sub.6].sub.2 (where M=Fe, Ni or Zn), and (ii) the electrochromic device having a first conducting substrate; the film of the cathodically coloring metallo-supramolecular polymer; an electrolyte; the film of the anodically coloring metal hexacyanoferrate (MHCF); and a second conducting substrate being arranged in this order.

Provided is an electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a first metal complex comprising a ligand L.sub.a having a structure of Formula 1, a first compound having a structure of Formula 2 and a second compound having a structure of Formula 3. Compared to the related art, such a compound composition can significantly improve the performance of the organic electroluminescent device, especially significantly extend a device lifetime, and finally significantly improve the overall performance of the device. Further provided are an electronic device comprising the electroluminescent device and a compound composition comprising the first metal complex, the first compound and the second compound.