Provided are organometallic compounds having a structure of

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

The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a π-conjugated compound exhibiting excellent light emission characteristics; an organic electroluminescent element using same; a display device; and an illumination device. Accordingly, this organic electroluminescent element is provided with: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and at least one organic layer which is sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and which includes a light emission layer. The light emission layer includes a π-conjugated compound having a structure represented by any of general formulae (1)-(3) ##STR00001##
(in general formulae (1)-(3), at least one among R1-R4, R5-R8, and R9-R16 represents a group represented by general formula (4) ##STR00002##
(in general formula (4): Ar1 and Ar2 represent substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups; L1 represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group; and # represents a bond to general formulae (1)-(3))).

The present invention relates to metal amides of general Formula Ia and for their use as hole injection layer (HIL) for an Organic light-emitting diode (OLED), and a method of manufacturing Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) comprising an hole injection layer containing a metal amide of general Formula Ia:

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An organic photoelectronic device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and a light-absorption layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a photoelectric conversion region including a p-type light-absorbing material and an n-type light-absorbing material and a doped region including an exciton quencher and at least one of the p-type light-absorbing material and the n-type light-absorbing material, wherein at least one of the p-type light-absorbing material and the n-type light-absorbing material selectively absorbs a part of visible light, and an image sensor includes the same.

The present disclosure features a luminescent molecule, including a luminophore (e.g., a fluorescent dye); and a moiety including a heteroaryl core covalently and directly bonded to the luminophore. The luminescent molecule has an increased photoluminescence quantum yield relative to an analogous luminophore without a covalently bonded moiety including the heteroaryl core.

A light-receiving device that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The light-receiving device includes a light-receiving layer between a pair of electrodes, the light-receiving layer includes an active layer and a hole-transport layer, the hole-transport layer contains a first organic compound, and the first organic compound is an aromatic monoamine compound or a heteroaromatic monoamine compound having at least one skeleton of biphenylamine, carbazolylamine, dibenzofuranylamine, dibenzothiophenylamine, fluorenylamine, and spirofluorenylamine. Alternatively, the light-receiving device includes a light-receiving layer between a pair of electrodes, the light-receiving layer includes an electron-transport layer and an active layer, the electron-transport layer contains a second organic compound, and the second organic compound includes a triazine ring.

The disclosure discloses an OLED element, a display panel, and a display device. The OLED element includes an anode, a light-emitting layer, a cathode stacked, and at least one of following components: an electric charge transfer and hole transmission component located between the anode and the light-emitting layer, where the electric charge transfer and hole transmission component includes a first light-induced electron transfer material and a hole transmission material; or an electric charge transfer and electron transmission component located between the cathode and the light-emitting layer, where the electric charge transfer and electron transmission component includes a second light-induced electron transfer material and an electron transmission material.

To provide a novel photoelectric conversion device that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable. The photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first unit. The first unit is located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first unit contains a first electron-donating material and a first electron-accepting material. The first electron-donating material is a condensed aromatic compound, and the first electron-accepting material has a perylene skeleton and two or more alkyl groups. The alkyl groups each independently have 1 to 13 carbon atoms.

Disclosed are a light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a quantum dot including a first ligand bonded to a surface thereof; and a charge transport layer including an inorganic nanoparticle including a second ligand bonded to a surface thereof, wherein an interface between the emission layer and the charge transport layer includes a cross-link in which the first ligand on the surface of the quantum dot and the second ligand on the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle are linked by a cross-linking agent.

An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; an organic layer; a first semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor layer. The second electrode is disposed to be opposed to the first electrode. The organic layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes at least a photoelectric conversion layer. The first semiconductor layer is provided between the second electrode and the organic layer. The first semiconductor layer includes at least one of a carbon-containing compound or an inorganic compound. The carbon-containing compound has a greater electron affinity than a work function of the first electrode. The inorganic compound has a greater work function than the work function of the first electrode. The second semiconductor layer is provided between the second electrode and the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer has an absolute value B of a difference between a HOMO (Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital) level and a Fermi level of the second electrode or has, near the Fermi level, an in-gap level having a state density of 1/10000 or more as compared with the HOMO level. The absolute value B is greater than or equal to an absolute value A of a difference between a first LUMO (Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital) level and the Fermi level. The first LUMO level is calculated from an optical band gap.