A novel compound is disclosed which includes a ligand L.sub.A of Formula II, ##STR00001##
wherein: ring B is independently a 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; X.sup.1 to X.sup.4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C, N, and CR; at least one pair of adjacent X.sup.1 to X.sup.4 are each C and fused to Formula V ##STR00002##
where indicated by “”; X.sup.5 to X.sup.12 are each independently C or N; the maximum number of N within a ring is two; Z and Y are each independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, Se, NR′, CR′R″, SiR′R″, and GeR′R″; R.sup.B and R.sup.C each independently represents zero, mono, or up to a maximum allowed substitutions to its associated ring; each of R.sup.B, R.sup.C, R, R′, and R″ is independently hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, boryl, and combinations thereof; and two substituents can be joined or fused to form a ring; the ligand L.sub.A is complexed to a metal M through the two indicated dash lines of each Formula; and the ligand L.sub.A can be joined with other ligands to form a tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate, or hexadentate ligand.

An organic light-emitting display apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof have improved process stability and reliability by reducing damage to the organic light-emitting display apparatus during a manufacturing process. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a pixel defining film, a plurality of hole control layers respectively arranged on the pixel electrodes, a plurality of emission layers respectively arranged on the hole control layers, a plurality of buffer layers respectively arranged on the emission layers, each of the buffer layers having a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level greater than the HOMO energy level of each of the plurality of emission layers, and an opposite electrode integrally provided over the buffer layers.

The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) for use in organic electronic devices, a composition comprising a compound of formula (IV) and at least one compound of formula (IVa) to (IVd), an organic semiconductor layer comprising the compound or composition, an organic electronic device comprising the organic semiconductor layer, and a display device comprising the organic electronic device.

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A composition for manufacturing an organic electronic device includes at least three organic functional materials H1, H2, and H3, and at least one organic solvent. The organic functional materials H1 and H2 can form a type II semiconductor heterojunction structure. A LUMO value of the organic functional material H3 is greater than or equal to that of the organic functional materials H1 and H2, and a HOMO value thereof is less than or equal to that of the organic functional materials H1 and H2.

An organic EL display device includes an anode and a cathode and includes a blue organic EL device, a green organic EL device, and a red organic EL device. The blue organic EL device includes a first emitting layer. The green organic EL device includes a second emitting layer. The red organic EL device includes a third emitting layer. The organic EL devices include a fourth emitting layer as a common layer. The fourth emitting layer is in direct contact with each of the emitting layers). The first emitting layer contains a compound represented by a formula (1) and having at least one group represented by a formula (11). The fourth emitting layer contains a second compound represented by a formula (2).

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Provided is an organic light emitting device including an anode; a cathode; a light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode; a first organic material layer between the light emitting layer and the anode; and a second organic material layer between the light emitting layer and the cathode, wherein the first organic material layer comprises a compound of Chemical Formula 1, the light emitting layer comprises a compound of Chemical Formula 2, the second organic material layer comprises a compound of Chemical Formula 3, and Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 3 satisfy one or more of <Equation 1> to <Equation 3>:

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|E.sub.L1|<E.sub.L3|  <Equation 1>

E.sub.s1>E.sub.s3  <Equation 2>

E.sub.T1>E.sub.T3  <Equation 3>

Disclosed are a heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1-1 or 1-2,

##STR00001## wherein, in Formulae 1-1 and 1-2, X.sub.1, CY.sub.1 to CY.sub.3, R.sub.1 to R.sub.3, and a1 to a3, are the same as described in the specification. Also disclosed is an organic light-emitting device including the same.

A compound, Ir(L.sub.A).sub.m(L.sub.B).sub.3-m, having a structure of Formula I,

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is provided. In Formula I, each of moiety A and moiety C is independently a 5- or 6-membered ring or a polycyclic fused ring system comprising 5- or 6-membered rings; moiety B is a 5-membered heterocyclic ring; Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, and Z.sup.3 are C or N; m is 1 or 2; at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 has a structure of Formula II,

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or is a 5-membered heterocyclic ring; each of X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, X.sup.4, and X.sup.5 is CR or N; each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.A, R.sup.B, R.sup.C, and R is hydrogen or a General Substituent; at least one of R.sup.1a, R.sup.2a, R.sup.3a, R.sup.4a, R.sup.5a is cycloalkyl, alkyl, silyl, germyl, deuterated variants thereof, fluorinated variants thereof, and combinations thereof. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.

A novel light-emitting element is provided. A light-emitting element with a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency is provided. In the light-emitting element, an EL layer includes a hole-injection layer, a first hole-transport layer, a second hole-transport layer, a third hole-transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a first electron-transport layer, and a second electron-transport layer in this order; the hole-injection layer includes an organic acceptor; the LUMO level of the host material is higher than that of the first electron-transport layer; the LUMO level of the second electron-transport layer is higher than that of the first electron-transport layer; the host material is a substance including a condensed aromatic ring skeleton; and the first and second electron-transport layers each include a substance having a heteroaromatic ring skeleton.

An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a plurality of organic layers disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which at least one of the organic layers includes a polycyclic compound including a plurality of electron donors and an electron acceptor connecting the electron donors, at least one of the electron donors is a condensed ring including a borepine core, and the electron acceptor includes a phenyl group including, as a substituent, at least one cyano group or a heterocycle including at least one nitrogen atom, or a heteroaryl group including an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom for forming a ring, thereby achieving improved emission efficiency.