FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of the organoelectroluminescent element according to the present invention. The organoelectroluminescent element 10 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is such that a light-emitting layer 6 is sandwiched between an anode 3 and a cathode 9 on a support substrate 2, and a light extraction layer 15 is formed on the side opposite from the side on which the anode 3 is formed. In concrete terms, a hole injection layer 4, a hole transport layer 5, the light-emitting layer 6, a first electron transport layer 7, and a second electron transport layer 8 are formed in this order between the anode 3 and the cathode 9.
In the configuration of the organoelectroluminescent element shown in FIG. 1, the first intermediate organic layer is composed of the hole injection layer 4 and the hole transport layer 5, and the thickness T1 of the first intermediate organic layer is the sum of the thickness of the hole injection layer 4 and the thickness of the hole transport layer 5. Similarly, the second intermediate organic layer is composed of the first electron transport layer 7 and the second electron transport layer 8, and the thickness T2 of the second intermediate organic layer is the sum of the thickness of the first electron transport layer 7 and the thickness of the second electron transport layer 8.
For the sake of the properties of a light-emitting element, the anode is preferably either transparent or semi-transparent.
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