Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Yui Yamada

Hideko Inoue

Satoshi Seo

Nobuharu Ohsawa

Tsunenori Suzuki

Satoko Shitagaki

Tatsuyoshi Takahashi

Takahiro Ushikubo

Hiromi Nowatari

Hiromitsu Kido

Tomoya Yamaguchi

Hiromi Seo

Tomoka Nakagawa

Miki Kurihara

Kunihiko Suzuki

Takahiro Ishisone

Takeyoshi Watabe

Hideko Yoshizumi

Tomoka Hara

Satomi Watabe

A novel organometallic complex with high reliability is provided. A light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer contains an organometallic complex. The organometallic complex includes a first ligand and a second ligand which are coordinated to a central metal. The HOMO is distributed over the first ligand, and the LUMO is distributed over the second ligand. The first ligand and the second ligand are cyclometalated ligands.

Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device

In a light-emitting element, a layer including an organic compound includes a light-emitting layer; the light-emitting layer includes a tris iridium complex; and on the assumption that there is a rectangle which covers the iridium complex and in which at least one atom of the iridium complex is located over each of four sides when the iridium complex is two-dimensionally seen from a direction of a C3 symmetry axis of the iridium complex, A&#xd7;B/Cis greater than or equal to 2.5, where A represents a maximum length of a long side of the rectangle, B represents a length of a short side of the rectangle when the length of the long side of the rectangle is A, and C represents a width in the direction of the C3 symmetry axis when the iridium complex is two-dimensionally seen from a normal direction of the C3 symmetry axis.

Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, lighting device, and organometallic complex

To provide a novel organometallic complex. The organometallic complex is represented by General Formula (G1) and includes a central metal, a first ligand, and a second ligand. The first ligand and the second ligand are cyclometalated ligands. At least one of the first ligand and the second ligand includes a substituted or unsubstituted. aryl. group as a substituent. In General Formula (G1), each of Rto Rindependently represents any of hydrogen, a halogen group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms. Note that at least one of Rto Rrepresents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms. 

Organometallic complex, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device

A novel organic compound that can be used as an electron-injection material or an electron-transport material of a light-emitting element is provided. An organic compound with which a display device having less crosstalk can be obtained is provided. A light-emitting device, a display device, and an electronic device each having less crosstalk are provided. An organic compound including two or three benzo[h]quinazoline rings is provided. In the organic compound, two or three benzo[h]quinazoline rings are preferably included in the substituent including an aromatic ring or a heteroaromatic ring and having 3 to 30 carbon atoms. When two or three benzo[h]quinazoline rings are included in a substituent particularly including a heteroaromatic ring and having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, a high electron-transport property can be obtained.

Organic compound, light-emitting element, display module, lighting module, light-emitting device, display device, electronic device, and lighting device

Provided are organometallic complexes that can exhibit phosphorescence. One of the novel organometallic complexes is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), Rrepresents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, and an aralkyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a substituent. In addition, Rrepresents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, and an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms which may have a substituent. Further, Ar represents an arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms which may have a substituent. Further, M represents a Group 9 element or a Group 10 element. 

Organometallic complex, light-emitting element, display device, electronic device, and lighting device

Provided is an organometallic complex which emits light with a short wavelength and has high emission efficiency and high heat resistance. The organometallic complex includes a central metal; and a first ligand, a second ligand, a third ligand, and a fourth ligand which are coordinated to the central metal. The first ligand includes a triazole skeleton including nitrogen bonded to the central metal. The second ligand includes an indolo[3,2-b]carbazole skeleton whose 6-position is bonded to the central metal or a pyrido[2,3-b:6,5-b']diindole skeleton whose 6-position is bonded to the central metal. The third ligand includes a benzene skeleton whose carbon is bonded to the central metal. The fourth ligand includes a pyridine skeleton whose nitrogen is bonded to the central metal or a benzene skeleton whose carbon is bonded to the central metal.

To provide an organometallic complex with high emission efficiency and high heat resistance, which emits yellow green light. The organometallic complex includes a metal and a ligand which is a benzo[h]quinazoline skeleton including a condensed ring bonded to benzo[h]quinazoline through a carbon-carbon bond between the 5-position and the 6-position. The organometallic complex has a structure represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), M represents a metal belonging to Group 9 or 10; each of Rto Rindependently represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; and Rrepresents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group. A ring X represents a substituted or unsubstituted six-membered aromatic ring formed with carbon or both carbon and nitrogen. 

Provided is a novel substance that can emit phosphorescence. Alternatively, provided is a novel substance with high emission efficiency. An organometallic complex in which a 4-arylpyrimidine derivative is a ligand and iridium is a central metal is provided. Specifically, an organometallic complex having a structure represented by a general formula (G1) is provided. In the general formula (G1), Rrepresents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, Rrepresents any of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, Rrepresents hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and Arrepresents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms. 

Iridium organometallic complexes comprising 4-arylpyrimidines

An object is to provide an organic compound having high heat resistance and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a display device each having high reliability. Provided are an organic compound having a 2,2'-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bipyrimidine skeleton in which the 2-positions of pyrimidine skeletons are bonded to the 2- and 6-positions of a pyridine skeleton, and having a structure in which at least one aryl group having a fused structure with 10 to 16 carbon atoms is bonded to the 2,2&#x2032;-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bipyrimidine skeleton, and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a display device each containing the organic compound.

A novel organic compound is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound that can be used as an electron-transport material of a light-emitting element is provided. An organic compound in which heteroaromatic groups each including two pyridine rings are bonded to the 2- and 8-positions of dibenzofuran is provided. The organic compound is an organic compound that can be used as an electron-transport material of a light-emitting element.

A tris-type iridium complex in which a ligand having a distinctive nitrogen-containing five-membered heterocyclic skeleton is coordinated is provided. The ligand has a nitrogen-containing five-membered heterocyclic skeleton composed of 2 to 4 nitrogen atoms and one or more carbon atoms. In the skeleton, an aryl group is bonded to a carbon atom on both sides of which nitrogen atoms are positioned, and a tricycloalkyl group having a bridge structure and having 9 or 10 carbon atoms is bonded to one of the two nitrogen atoms positioned on both the sides of the carbon atom. The tricycloalkyl group having a bridge structure and having 9 or 10 carbon atoms may be an adamantyl group or a noradamantyl group.

Iridium complex, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device

An organometallic complex which can be provided at low cost and which emits blue phosphorescence is provided. An organometallic complex in which nitrogen at the 1-position of a 5-aryl-4H-1,2,4-triazole derivative is coordinated to a Group 9 metal or a Group 10 metal, the aryl group is bonded to the Group 9 metal or the Group 10 metal, and the 5-aryl-4H-1,2,4-triazole derivative is a 3-aryl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivative is provided. The organometallic complex emits green to blue phosphorescence and is also advantageous in terms of cost.

Light-emitting element containing organic iridium exhibits blue-green to blue light emission

A novel substance capable of emitting phosphorescence is provided. An organometallic complex represented by General Fomulae (G3) or (G5). In the formulae, M represents iridium, platinum, palladium, or rhodium, Rrepresents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and Rto Rseparately represent hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. 

An organometallic complex emitting blue phosphorescence which can be manufactured inexpensively is provided. An organometallic complex in which nitrogen at the 1-position of a 5-aryl-4H-1,2,4-triazole derivative is coordinated to a Group 9 metal or a Group 10 metal, the aryl group is bonded to the Group 9 metal or the Group 10 metal, and the 5-aryl-4H-1,2,4-triazole derivative is a 3-aryl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivative is provided. The organometallic complex emits green to blue phosphorescence and has a cost advantage.

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