An organic EL device includes a first emitting layer and a second emitting layer, in which the first emitting layer contains a first host material, the second emitting layer contains a second host material, the first and the second host material are mutually different, the first emitting layer and the second emitting layer at least contains a compound that emits fluorescence having a main peak wavelength of 500 nm or less, respectively, the compound contained in the first emitting layer and that emits fluorescence having a main peak wavelength of 500 nm or less is the same as or different from the compound contained in the second emitting layer, and a triplet energy T.sub.1(H1) of the first host material and a triplet energy T.sub.1(H2) of the second host material satisfy a numerical formula (Numerical Formula 1),

T.sub.1(H1)>T.sub.1(H2)  (Numerical Formula 1).

An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, a first emitting layer and a second emitting layer that are interposed between the anode and the cathode and are in a direct contact with each other, and a first electron transporting layer between the cathode and the first emitting layer and the second emitting layer being in a direct contact with each other. The first emitting layer contains a first compound represented by a formula (1) as a first host material, the first compound having at least one group represented by a formula (11). The second emitting layer contains a second compound represented by a formula (2) as a second host material. The first electron transporting layer contains a third compound represented by a formula (3). ##STR00001##

An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, a first emitting layer, and a second emitting layer provided between the first emitting layer and the cathode, in which the first emitting layer contains a first compound represented by a formula (101) below as a first host material, the second emitting layer contains a second compound represented by a formula (2) below as a second host material, and the first emitting layer is in direct contact with the second emitting layer.

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The present specification relates to an organic light emitting device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a composition for an organic material layer.

The present invention includes novel compounds containing deuterated or partially deuterated xanthene and thioxanthene structures. These compounds may be useful as host materials with high triplet energies for phosphorescent electroluminescent devices.

A composition comprising a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (2), provided that the compound represented by the formula (1) and the compound represented by the formula (2) are different compounds:

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Specific polycyclic compounds, a material for an organic electroluminescence device comprising said specific polycyclic compound, an organic electroluminescence device comprising said specific polycyclic compound, an electronic equipment comprising said organic electroluminescence device, a process for preparing said polycyclic compounds, and the use of said polycyclic compounds in an organic electroluminescence. (Formula I) (I)

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A composition comprising a first compound, a second compound, and a third compound, wherein the first compound, the second compound, and the third compound are different from each other, the first compound satisfies one of Condition 1 and Condition 2 as described herein, and the second compound includes a compound represented by Formula 1:

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wherein ring A.sub.1 is a condensed cyclic group in which 3 or more cyclic groups are condensed with each other, and the 3 or more cyclic groups are each a C.sub.5-C.sub.30 carbocyclic group or a C.sub.1-C.sub.30 heterocyclic group; a1 is an integer from 1 to 5; b1 is an integer from 3 to 10; and L.sub.1, R.sub.1, and R.sub.2 are as described herein.

A light-emitting device including an organic layer disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode, the organic layer comprising a fluorescent compound, wherein upon excitation, excitons in a .sup.3n-π* excited state of the fluorescent compound migrate to a .sup.1π-π* excited state of the fluorescent compound by reverse intersystem crossing with a Rate (rISC), and then undergo radiative transition to a ground state to emit light via fluorescence. The fluorescent compound is defined by a ratio of Rate (rISC) to Rate (IC) is 0.5 or greater. An electronic apparatus including the light-emitting device, and the fluorescent compound.

The invention relates to a composition comprising an electron-transporting host and a hole-transporting host, to the use thereof in electronic devices and to electronic devices containing said composition. The electron-transporting host is most preferably selected from the class of triazine-dibenzofurane-fluorenyl systems or from the class of triazine-dibenzothiophene-fluorenyl systems. The hole-transporting host is preferably selected from the class of biscarbazoles.