The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic layer comprises one or more light-emitting layers; and at least one light-emitting layer comprises one or more dopant compounds and two or more host compounds. The organic electroluminescent device of the present disclosure has low driving voltage, high color purity, high luminous efficiency, and a long lifespan.

Tridentate platinum, palladium, and gold complexes of Formulas A-I and A-II and tridentate iridium and rhodium compounds of Formulas B-I, B-II, and B-III suitable for delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent or phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications.

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The present invention relates to a compound and an organic light-emitting device containing the compound. The compound has a structure as shown in Formula (1), where X is selected from the group consisting of: O, S, Se, CR.sub.3R.sub.4, SiR.sub.5R.sub.6, GeR.sub.7R.sub.8 and BR.sub.9. The compound can be used in organic light-emitting devices, particularly as a host material or a hole blocking layer material in an emitting layer of a device or both as the host material and hole blocking layer material simultaneously. Moreover, the compound can provide a higher luminous efficiency for a device, especially has the advantages such as a longer service life of a device, and has the possibility to be applied to the AMOLED industry.

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A compound of Formula I ##STR00001## wherein at least one of R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 includes a polycyclic group selected from the group consisting of Formula A, Formula B, and Formula C: ##STR00002##
wherein X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, and X.sup.4 are independently CR.sup.A or N; X.sup.5, X.sup.6, X.sup.7, and X.sup.8 are independently CR.sup.B or N; X.sup.9, X.sup.10, X.sup.11, and X.sup.12 are independently CR.sup.C or N; X.sup.13, X.sup.14, X.sup.15, and X.sup.16 are independently CR.sup.D or N; X.sup.17, X.sup.18, X.sup.19, and X.sup.20 are independently CR.sup.E or N; X.sup.21, X.sup.22, X.sup.23, and X.sup.24 are independently CR.sup.F or N; X.sup.25, X.sup.26, X.sup.27, and X.sup.28 are independently CR.sup.G or N; X.sup.29, X.sup.30, X.sup.31, and X.sup.32 are independently CR.sup.H or N; Y is selected from the group consisting of O, S, NR, and CRR′; the maximum number of N atoms that can connect to each other within each ring is two; with the proviso that R.sup.1 does not connect to ring B, and R.sup.2 does not connect to ring A, and wherein at least one of R.sup.C and R.sup.D of Formula A is a direct bond or an organic linker, one of R.sup.E and R.sup.F of Formula B is a direct bond or an organic linker, or one of R.sup.G, R.sup.H, and R.sup.N of Formula C is a direct bond or an organic linker.

A compound including a bidentate ligand L.sub.A comprising a structure of Formula I,

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is disclosed. In Formula I, ring A′ is a 7-, 8-, or 9-membered ring structure; X is of NR.sup.2, O, CR, CRR′, S, or SiRR′; each of R.sup.A′, R.sup.1, and R.sup.2 is independently hydrogen or a substituent; R.sup.1′ is independently absent or a hydrogen or a substituent; any two adjacent R.sup.A′, R.sup.1, R.sup.1′, and R.sup.2 can be joined or fused to form a ring; the ligand L.sub.A is coordinated to a metal, which is selected from Os, Ir, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, or Au; and (1) at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is coordinated to the metal M, or (2) at least one R.sup.A′ comprises a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring that is not directly fused to Ring A′ and is coordinated to the metal M, or both (1) and (2) are true. Formulations, devices, and consumer products including the compound are also disclosed.

Provided are compounds capable of functioning as an emitter in an organic light emitting device at room temperature, and the compounds are at least 40% deuterated. Also provided are their uses in OLED related electronic devices.

An organometallic compound, represented by Formula 1:

M.sub.1(Ln.sub.1).sub.n1(Ln.sub.2).sub.n2  Formula 1

wherein, in Formula 1, M.sub.1 is a transition metal, Ln.sub.1 is a ligand represented by Formula 1A, Ln.sub.2 is a ligand represented by Formula 1B, n1 is 1 or 2, and n2 is 1 or 2:

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wherein, in Formulae 1A, 1B, CY.sub.1, CY.sub.2, CY.sub.4, X.sub.1, X.sub.2, Y.sub.1, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.10, R.sub.20, R.sub.40, R.sub.31, R.sub.32, R.sub.33, R.sub.34, R.sub.40, b10, b20, and b40 are as provided herein, and wherein * and * each indicate a binding site to M.sub.1.

An organic light-emitting device having low-driving voltage, improved efficiency, and long lifespan includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a first layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first layer including a first compound; a second layer between the first layer and the second electrode, the second layer including a second compound; and a third layer between the second layer and the second electrode, the third layer including a third compound; wherein the first compound does not include a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group comprising *═N—*′ as a ring forming moiety, and wherein the first compound, the second compound, and the third compound each independently include at least one group selected from groups represented by Formulae A to C:

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An organic light-emitting device including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer includes an emission layer, wherein the emission layer includes an electron transport host, a hole transport host, and a dopant, wherein the dopant includes an organometallic compound, and wherein the organometallic compound does not comprise iridium, wherein the organic light-emitting device satisfies predetermined parameters described in the specification.

Metal complexes with cyclic ligands having Formula (I), ##STR00001##
are disclosed. Ligands with cyclic structure are believed to be beneficial to the rigidity and stability of the metal complexes, which is desirable for improving OLED device performance.