Near‐Infrared Light‐Emitting Ambipolar Organic Field‐Effect Transistors

Edsger C. P. Smits, Sepas Setayesh, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Michael Buechel, W. P. M. Nijssen, R. Coehoorn, Paul W. M. Blom, D. M. de Leeuw

Advanced Materials · 2007 · 142 citations · 23 references

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Near-IR light-emitting ambipolar OFETs are demonstrated, employing a squaraine derivative as the electroactive layer. Efficient control of the emission-region position in the channel is achieved by varying the drain/gate potentials. By using a transport model, combined with experimental results, strong metal-induced electroluminescence quenching is observed when light emission takes place in close proximity to the source–drain electrodes (see figure).

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