Presented is an organic light-emitting device including a host, a dopant, and a sensitizer.

The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising a mixture comprising an electron-transporting host material and a hole-transporting host material, and to a formulation comprising a mixture of the host materials and to a mixture comprising the host materials. The electron-transporting host material corresponds to a compound of the formula (1) from the class of compounds containing a bispirofluorenyl unit.

The present invention provides a pyrromethene boron complex represented by the general formula (1), a light emitting element material having high luminance efficiency, and a light emitting element:

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wherein X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each may be the same or different, and are selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl ether group, an aryl thioether group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, halogen and a cyano group. These functional groups may further have a substituent. Ar.sup.1 to Ar.sup.4 each may be the same or different, and are a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group. The aryl group and the heteroaryl group may be either a monocyclic ring or a fused ring. However, when one or both of Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 is/are monocyclic ring(s), the monocyclic ring has one or more secondary alkyl groups, one or more tertiary alkyl groups, one or more aryl groups, or one or more heteroaryl groups as substituents, or has a methyl group and a primary alkyl group as two or more substituents in total. R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each may be the same or different, and are a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group. R.sup.3 to R.sup.5 each may be the same or different, and are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl ether group, an aryl thioether group, halogen, a cyano group, an aldehyde group, an acyl group, a carboxyl group, an ester group, an amide group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfonic acid ester group, a sulfonamide group, an amino group, a nitro group, a silyl group, and a ring structure with an adjacent group. These functional groups may further have a substituent. R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 each may be the same or different, and are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl ether group, an aryl thioether group, halogen, a cyano group, an aldehyde group, an acyl group, a carboxyl group, an ester group, an amide group, a sulfonyl group,

A compound for an organic optoelectronic device, a composition for an organic optoelectronic device including the same, an organic optoelectronic device, and a display device, the compound being represented by Chemical Formula 1:

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A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an interlayer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer; and at least one organometallic compound of Formula 1:

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wherein, in Formula 1, the variables are described herein.

A composition which is useful for producing a light emitting device having excellent external quantum efficiency contains two or more compounds represented by the formula (C-1) and a phosphorescent compound, in which at least one of the compounds represented by the formula (C-1) is a compound in which R.sup.C is a group represented by the formula (C′-1). ##STR00001##
Ring R.sup.1C and Ring R.sup.2C represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an aromatic hetero ring. R.sup.C represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a group represented by the formula (C′-1). ##STR00002##
Ring R.sup.3C and Ring R.sup.4C represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an aromatic hetero ring. R.sup.C′ represents a carbon atom, a silicon atom, a germanium atom, a tin atom or a lead atom.

An organic compound that enables provision of a light-emitting device with high emission efficiency and high reliability is provided. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1-1) below is provided. Note that in General Formula (G1-1) below, R1 to R10 each independently represent any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 3 to 10, inclusive, carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10, inclusive, carbon atoms, and Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 13, inclusive, carbon atoms with a substituent. The Ar1 and the Ar2 each include, as the substituent, one or more of a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12, inclusive, carbon atoms and a cycloalkyl group having a bridge structure and having 7 to 10, inclusive, carbon atoms.

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A composition for an organic optoelectronic device, an organic optoelectronic device, and a display device, the composition including a first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 4,

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Provided is a compound of Formula I

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in which at least one moiety A, moiety B, moiety C, or moiety D is a 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, and at least one R.sup.A, R.sup.B, R.sup.C, or R.sup.D includes a group having Formula II

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where R.sup.X can be silyl, germyl, boryl, nitrile, F, CF.sub.3, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, or monocyclic heteroaryl. The compounds are useful as emitters in OLEDs providing improved efficiency.

A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an interlayer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the interlayer includes an emission layer, and the emission layer includes a first compound of Formula 1-1 or Formula 1-2 and a second compound of Formula 2, as described herein.