Kaneka Corporation

Hirotaka Umezaki

Naomi Nagai

Toshio Matsumoto

Nobuhito Miura

Masami Nishida

A white light-emitting organic EL panel is high in color rendering properties and is excellent in hue stability. The panel includes a light-emitting functional layer that has a blue light anode side unit, a connection layer, and a red-green light cathode side unit. The connection layer injects electrons into the blue light anode side and injects holes into the red-green light cathode side when current is applied. The red-green light cathode side unit includes a red-green phosphorescent light-emitting layer composed of a red phosphorescent material, a green phosphorescent material, and a host material for the phosphorescent light-emitting layer. The maximum emission peak wavelength of the red and green phosphorescent materials are 60 nm or more apart, and the panel is capable of emitting white light with a general color rendering index and a special color rendering index greater than or equal to 90.

White light emitting organic EL panel and method for producing same

Provided is a high-luminance, long-life laminated organic electroluminescent element. The organic electroluminescent element has a composition in which a plurality of light-emitting units, including at least one organic light-emitting layer, are laminated between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and in which a linking layer is held between the respective light-emitting units. The linking layer is formed by laminating, in succession from the positive electrode side, an electron generating/transport section, an intermediate layer, and a hole generating/transport section, which contain at least one metal selected from a group consisting of an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, rare earth metal, alloy of these metals, and compound of these metals. Preferably the intermediate layer contains an electrical insulating non-semiconductive substance having a specific resistance which is between 1.0&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm and 1.0&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm.

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Hirotaka Umezaki