title: Organic light-emitting transistors with an efficiency that outperforms the equivalent light-emitting diodes.
abstract: The potential of organic semiconductor-based devices for light generation is demonstrated by the commercialization of display technologies based on organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Nonetheless, exciton quenching and photon loss processes still limit OLED efficiency and brightness. Organic light-emitting transistors (OLETs) are alternative light sources combining, in the same architecture, the switching mechanism of a thin-film transistor and an electroluminescent device. Thus, OLETs could open a new era in organic optoelectronics and serve as testbeds to address general fundamental optoelectronic and photonic issues. Here, we introduce the concept of using a p-channel/emitter/n-channel trilayer semiconducting heterostructure in OLETs, providing a new approach to markedly improve OLET performance and address these open questions. In this architecture, exciton-charge annihilation and electrode photon losses are prevented. Our devices are >100 times more efficient than the equivalent OLED, >2x more efficient than the optimized OLED with the same emitting layer and >10 times more efficient than any other reported OLETs.
authors.affiliation: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy. r.capelli@bo.ismn.cnr.it
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Capelli
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toffanin
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Generali
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Usta
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Facchetti
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muccini