t-DABNA has demonstrated good operational stability as a blue emitter in organic electroluminescent devices. The operational stability of t-DABNA can be increased by rigidifying the molecular structure, such as in compounds of Formula I. Devices incorporating compounds of Formula I may exhibit beneficial device performance characteristics.

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Provided is a blue light emitting organic EL device having high emission efficiency and a long lifetime. This organic electroluminescent device includes one or more light emitting layers between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other, wherein at least one of the light emitting layers comprises one or more hosts selected from the indolocarbazole compounds represented by the following general formula (1) and, as a light emitting dopant, a polycyclic aromatic compound represented by the following general formula (2) or a polycyclic aromatic compound having the structure represented by the general formula (2) as a substructure, and wherein in the formulae Z is an indolocarbazole ring-containing group, X.sup.1 is O, N—Ar.sup.3, S, or Se, and Y.sup.1 is B, P, P═O, P═S, Al, Ga, As, Si—R.sup.2 or Ge—R.sup.3.

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A composition containing a phosphorescent compound represented by the formula (1) and a compound (F) having a condensed hetero ring skeleton containing at least one atom (a) selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom and a boron atom in the ring is provided. If the value of the energy level in the lowest triplet excited state of the above-described phosphorescent compound is expressed as T.sub.p (eV), the value of the energy level of the lowest triplet excited state of the above-described compound (F) is expressed as T.sub.F (eV) and the number of the above-described atom (a) in the condensed hetero ring skeleton per 1000 of the molecular weight of the above-described compound (F) is expressed as N.sub.f, then, the formula (A) and the formula (B) are satisfied:

|T.sub.P|−|T.sub.F|≥0.15  (A)

0.01≤N.sub.f≤4.5  (B)

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Provided is a blue light emitting organic EL device having high emission efficiency and a long lifetime. This organic EL device comprises one or more light emitting layers between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other, wherein at least one of the light emitting layers contains a first host, a second host, and a light emitting dopant; the first host is a carbazole compound or a bicarbazole compound; the second host is an indolocarbazole compound; and the light emitting dopant is a polycyclic aromatic compound represented by the general formula (4) or a polycyclic aromatic compound having this structure as a partial structure. In the formula, Y.sup.4 is B, P, P═O, P═S, AL, Ga, As, Si—R.sup.4, or Ge—R.sup.41, and X.sup.4 is O, N—Ar.sup.4, S, or Se.

The present disclosure provides a novel material for an organic light emitting device, and an organic light emitting device using same, the novel material being usable both in an organic light emitting device and in a solution process. The present disclosure also provides an organic light emitting device comprising a polymer containing a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and an ionic compound containing an anionic group represented by the following Chemical Formula 2 in a hole transporting layer:

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wherein all the variables are described herein.

An organic light emitting diode can include a reflective electrode, a transparent electrode facing the reflective electrode, a first emitting part including a first emitting material layer, and a second emitting part including a second emitting material layer. The first emitting material layer can be a fluorescent emitting layer comprising a fourth compound as a fluorescent dopant. The second emitting material layer can be a phosphorescent emitting layer comprising a first compound as a phosphorescent dopant. Preferably, a ratio of a second emission peak intensity of the phosphorescent dopant to the first emission peak intensity of the phosphorescent dopant in the second emitting material layer is 0.5 or less. An organic light emitting device can include the organic light emitting diode and can be used in a display device or a lighting device.

An organic light emitting diode can include a reflective electrode, a transparent electrode facing the reflective electrode, and a first emitting part including a first blue emitting material layer and positioned between the reflective electrode and the transparent electrode, a second emitting part including a second blue emitting material layer and positioned between the first emitting part and the transparent electrode, and a charge generation layer positioned between the first and second emitting parts. The first blue emitting material layer includes a fluorescent compound, and the second blue emitting material layer includes a fluorescent compound and a phosphorescent compound. A difference between a second emission peak intensity of the fluorescent compound in the second blue emitting material layer and a second emission peak intensity of the fluorescent compound in the first blue emitting material layer is 0.1 or less.

The invention relates to an organic molecule for use in optoelectronic devices. The organic molecule has a structure of Formula I:

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wherein, R.sup.a and R.sup.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, deuterium, N(R.sup.5).sub.2, OR.sup.5, SR.sup.5, Si(R.sup.5).sub.3, B(OR.sup.5).sub.2, OSO.sub.2R.sup.5, CF.sub.3, CN, halogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.40-alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.40-alkoxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.40-thioalkoxy, C.sub.2-C.sub.40-alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.40-alkynyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.60-aryl, and C.sub.3-C.sub.57-heteroaryl, and R.sup.1 is a C.sub.10-C.sub.60-polycyclic aryl group.

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) is described, which comprises at least one emitting material (EML) disposed between two electrodes. The EML can comprise a first emitting material layer having a first compound and a second compound of phosphorescent material, and a second emitting material layer having a third compound with triplet-triplet-annihilation property and a fourth compound. Further, an organic light emitting device can comprise the OLED. With the luminous materials with adjusted excited singlet/triplet energy levels, the intensities of emission peaks and full-width at quarter maximum applied into the emitting material layer, the driving voltage of the OLED can be reduced and the luminous efficiency, blue index and luminous lifespan of the OLED can be enhanced.

The present invention relates to polycyclic compounds suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.