An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a flexible substrate having a display region and a non-display region located at an outer region of the display region, the non-display region being folded with respect to the display region; at least one organic light-emitting diode (OLED) on the display region of the flexible substrate; and an encapsulation member encapsulating the display region.

Included are first light-emitting element including a first organic layer having an island shape, and a first lower electrode, an electrode cover film having an insulating property and covering an edge of the first lower electrode, and a second light-emitting element including a second organic layer that has an island shape and that is an identical layer to the first organic layer, and a second lower electrode. As an opening of the electrode cover film wholly overlaps with the first lower electrode and the first organic layer, so that the opening defines a light-emitting region of the first light-emitting elements. When the edge of the second organic layer overlaps with the second lower electrode without being interposed with an insulating film, the edge of the second organic layer defines a light-emitting region of the second light-emitting element.

Included are first light-emitting element including a first organic layer having an island shape, and a first lower electrode, an electrode cover film having an insulating property and covering an edge of the first lower electrode, and a second light-emitting element including a second organic layer that has an island shape and that is an identical layer to the first organic layer, and a second lower electrode. As an opening of the electrode cover film wholly overlaps with the first lower electrode and the first organic layer, so that the opening defines a light-emitting region of the first light-emitting elements. When the edge of the second organic layer overlaps with the second lower electrode without being interposed with an insulating film, the edge of the second organic layer defines a light-emitting region of the second light-emitting element.

An organic electroluminescent element which has a substrate, a pair of electrodes disposed on this substrate and composed of an anode and a cathode, and at least one organic layer disposed between these electrodes and including a light-emitting layer, and in which a compound expressed by General Formula 1-1 is contained in at least one layer of the aforementioned light-emitting layer(s) exhibits high luminous efficiency, excellent blue color purity, and little change in chromaticity accompanying drive deterioration. (R.sup.1 to R.sup.10 [each] represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R.sup.1 to R.sup.10 is a substituent expressed by General Formula 1-2; however, a pyrene skeleton is never contained in R.sup.1 to R.sup.10; the asterisk indicates the bonding position with a pyrene ring; X.sup.1 to X.sup.5 [each] represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and at least one of X.sup.1 to X.sup.5 is a nitrogen atom; R.sup.11 to R.sup.15 [each] represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R.sup.11 to R.sup.15 is an alkyl group or a silyl group; however, if X.sup.1 to X.sup.5 represent nitrogen atoms, there is no R.sup.11 to R.sup.15 bonded on these nitrogen atoms.)

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An organic electroluminescent element which has a substrate, a pair of electrodes disposed on this substrate and composed of an anode and a cathode, and at least one organic layer disposed between these electrodes and including a light-emitting layer, and in which a compound expressed by General Formula 1-1 is contained in at least one layer of the aforementioned light-emitting layer(s) exhibits high luminous efficiency, excellent blue color purity, and little change in chromaticity accompanying drive deterioration. (R.sup.1 to R.sup.10 [each] represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R.sup.1 to R.sup.10 is a substituent expressed by General Formula 1-2; however, a pyrene skeleton is never contained in R.sup.1 to R.sup.10; the asterisk indicates the bonding position with a pyrene ring; X.sup.1 to X.sup.5 [each] represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and at least one of X.sup.1 to X.sup.5 is a nitrogen atom; R.sup.11 to R.sup.15 [each] represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R.sup.11 to R.sup.15 is an alkyl group or a silyl group; however, if X.sup.1 to X.sup.5 represent nitrogen atoms, there is no R.sup.11 to R.sup.15 bonded on these nitrogen atoms.)

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An organic EL device (100A) includes an active region (R1) including a plurality of organic EL elements and includes a peripheral region (R2) located in a region other than the active region. The organic EL device includes an element substrate (1) including a substrate, and the plurality of organic EL elements supported by the substrate; and a thin film encapsulation structure (10A) covering the plurality of organic EL elements. The thin film encapsulation structure includes a first inorganic barrier layer (12), an organic barrier layer (14) in contact with a top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer, and a second inorganic barrier layer (16) in contact with the top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and a top surface of the organic barrier layer. The peripheral region includes a first protruding structure (22a) including a portion extending along at least one side of the active region, the first protruding structure being supported by the substrate, and also includes an extending portion (12e), of the first inorganic barrier layer, extending onto the first protruding structure, the first protruding structure having a height larger than a thickness of the first inorganic barrier layer.

Provided is a method for manufacturing an EL device, the method including peeling a mother substrate from a layered body including a light-emitting element layer with irradiation with a laser. The mother substrate and the layered body are in contact with each other with a resin layer of the layered body interposed therebetween, and in a case that the peeling is performed by irradiating the resin layer with the laser, the irradiation is performed on at least a part of an end portion of the resin layer under a condition different from that in a central portion of the resin layer.

A thin film encapsulation structure included in an organic EL display apparatus includes a first inorganic barrier layer, an organic barrier layer in contact with the inorganic barrier layer, and a second inorganic barrier layer in contact with the organic barrier layer. The thin film encapsulation structure is formed on an active region and the active region side portion of a plurality of lead wires extending from the active region to a terminal. Each of the lead wires at least partially includes, at at least the lowermost portions of two side surfaces thereof in contact with the first inorganic barrier layer, a forward tapering side surface portion having a tapering angle smaller than 90 degrees in a cross-section parallel to a line width direction thereof. The thin film encapsulation structure includes an inorganic barrier layer joint portion in which the organic barrier layer is not present, and the first inorganic barrier layer and the second inorganic barrier layer are in direct contact with each other. On the respective portions, of the lead-out wires, having the forward tapered side surface portions, the inorganic barrier layer joint portion is formed and the active region is completely enclosed by the inorganic barrier layer joint portion.

A method for manufacturing an organic EL panel capable of reducing uneven emission luminance (uneven light emission) is disclosed. A method for manufacturing an organic EL panel according to an embodiment of the invention is a method for manufacturing an organic EL panel including a functional layer including at least a light emitting layer containing an organic material, including a coating step of forming a functional layer by horizontally conveying a base material (110) having flexibility using a roll-to-roll process and coating a coating solution containing an organic material onto the base material (110) using an inkjet applicator (30) disposed above the base material (110), wherein in the coating step, the base material (110) is floated by air using an air floating stage (20) disposed below the base material (110) and the coating solution is coated onto the base material (110).

A method for manufacturing an organic EL panel capable of reducing uneven emission luminance (uneven light emission) is disclosed. A method for manufacturing an organic EL panel according to an embodiment of the invention is a method for manufacturing an organic EL panel including a functional layer including at least a light emitting layer containing an organic material, including a coating step of forming a functional layer by horizontally conveying a base material (110) having flexibility using a roll-to-roll process and coating a coating solution containing an organic material onto the base material (110) using an inkjet applicator (30) disposed above the base material (110), wherein in the coating step, the base material (110) is floated by air using an air floating stage (20) disposed below the base material (110) and the coating solution is coated onto the base material (110).