A heteroacene having the following formula (F) is described. An organic electroluminescence device comprises the heteroacene as a phosphorescent host, a fluorescent host, a hole blocking layer, or an electron transport layer. The heteroacene lowers a driving voltage, or increases a current efficiency or a half-life of the organic electroluminescence device. ##STR00001##

The present disclosure provides an organic light emitting element which has a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer disposed therebetween and in which the organic compound layer contains an organic compound represented by the following general formula [1], ##STR00001##
wherein in the formula [1], Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 each independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group or a heteroaromatic ring group, R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each may form a benzene ring, wherein the benzene ring may have at least one substituent.

A fused ring compound and applications thereof in organic electronic components, particularly in organic electroluminescent diodes; an organic electronic component comprising the fused ring compound, and applications thereof in organic electroluminescent diodes and in display and lighting technologies; and a formulation comprising the fused ring compound, and applications thereof in the preparation of organic electronic components. By optimizing the component structure, good component performance can be achieved, and especially, a high-performance OLED component can be implemented, which provide good material and preparation technology choices for full-color display and lighting applications.

The invention relates to a compound of the general formula I

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to an optoelectronic component containing said type of compound, and to the use of said type of compound in optoelectronic components.

Provided is an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device comprises an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic layer comprises a first organic layer, the first organic layer contains a first organic material and a second organic material that satisfy particular energy level requirements, and the first organic layer has a conductivity greater than or equal to 3×10.sup.−5 S/m. The novel organic electroluminescent device effectively controls a hole injection ability so that the overall performance of the device is effectively improved. Further provided are an organic electroluminescent device and a first organic electroluminescent device.

The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent compound according to the present disclosure is contained in an electron transport layer and/or an electron buffer layer, so that an organic electroluminescent device having improved light-emitting efficiency can be manufactured.

A reliable light-emitting element with low driving voltage is provided. The light-emitting element includes an electron-injection layer between a cathode and a light-emitting layer. The electron-injection layer is a mixed film of a transition metal and an organic compound having an unshared electron pair. An atom of the transition metal and the organic compound form SOMO.

The present invention is related to an organic EL element having a capping layer composed of a material having (1) a high absorption coefficient; (2) a high refractive index; (3) good stability of a thin film; (4) excellent durability; (5) excellent light resistance; and (6) no absorption in each of the wavelength regions of blue, green, and red. Since an arylamine-based material having a specific structure according to the present invention is excellent in the stability and durability of a thin film, an organic EL element in which an amine compound having a specific benzazole ring structure having a high refractive index is selected as a material having a high absorbance at a wavelength of 400 nm to 410 nm in an absorption spectrum having a concentration of 10.sup.−5 mol/L and used as a material constituting a capping layer exhibits good element characteristics.

The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound represented by formula 1 and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the compounds according to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide an organic electroluminescent device having improved luminous efficiency and/or lifetime properties.

Provided herein are dyes, dye-sensitized solar cells, and sequential series multijunction dye-sensitized solar cell devices. The dyes include an electron deficient acceptor moiety, a medium electron density ?-bridge moiety, and an electron rich donor moiety comprising a biaryl, a substituted biaryl, or an R1, R2, R3 substituted phenyl where each of R1, R2, and R3 independently comprises H, aryl, multiaryl, alkyl substituted aryl, alkoxy substituted aryl, alkyl substituted multiaryl, alkoxy substituted multiaryl, OR4, N(R5)2, or a combination thereof; each R4 independently comprises H, alkyl, aryl, alkyl substituted aryl, alkoxy substituted aryl, or a combination thereof; and each R5 independently comprises aryl, multiaryl, alkyl substituted aryl, alkoxy substituted aryl, alkyl substituted multiaryl, alkoxy substituted multiaryl, or a combination thereof. The solar cells include a glass substrate, a dye-sensitized active layer, and a redox shuttle. The devices include at least two dye-sensitized solar cells connected in series. ##STR00001##