An organic electroluminescent material and a device thereof are disclosed. The organic electroluminescent material uses a compound having a novel carbazole structure, and can be used as hole blocking material, host material in an electroluminescent device. These novel compounds can provide better device performance, such as obtaining device performance of very low driving-voltage, high efficiency, and long lifetime.

Organic compounds containing indolocarbazoles as electron donor connected with electron acceptors such aza-triphenylene or dibenzoquinoxaline that can improve the performance of phosphorescent organic light emitting devices are disclosed.

A compound having the formula Ir(L.sub.A).sub.n(L.sub.B).sub.3-n, having the structure ##STR00001##
of Formula I is provided. In the structure of Formula I, each of A.sup.1 through A.sup.8 is independently carbon or nitrogen; at least one of A.sup.1 through A.sup.8 is nitrogen; ring B is bonded to ring A through a C—C bond; the iridium is bonded to ring A through an Ir—C bond; X is O, S, or Se; each of R.sup.1 through R.sup.5 are independently selected from a variety of substituents, which may be linked for form a ring; n is an integer from 1 to 3; and at least one R.sup.2 adjacent to ring C is not hydrogen. Formulations and devices, such as OLEDs, that include the first compound are also provided.

A compound having the formula (L.sub.A).sub.mIr(L.sub.B).sub.3-m, where L.sub.A is

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and L.sub.B is

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is disclosed. In the formula (L.sub.A).sub.mIr(L.sub.B).sub.3-m, L.sub.A and L.sub.B are different; each of X.sup.1 to X.sup.5 is C—R.sub.F or nitrogen; X is selected from O, S, and Se; each R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sub.B, R.sub.D, and R.sub.F is hydrogen or a substituent; R.sup.3 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or a combination thereof; and m is 1 or 2. OLEDs, consumer products, and formulations including the compound are also disclosed.

A compound having a first ligand L.sub.A of Formula I shown below is disclosed.

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The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device containing a mixture which comprises an electron-transporting host material and a hole-transporting host material, 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 two triazine units. The hole-transporting host material corresponds to a compound of the formula (2) from the class of the biscarbazoles or derivatives thereof.

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.

The present invention relates to an iridium complex compound represented by the following formula (1):

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in the formula (1), Ir represents an iridium atom, R.sup.5 to R.sup.14, R.sup.21, and R.sup.22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, D, F, Cl, Br, I, or a substituent group, the groups adjacent to each other may be further bonded to each other to form a ring, and any one of R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 is a substituent group represented by the formula (2).

Provided are organometallic compounds. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.

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.