Organic
light-emitting field-effect transistors (OLEFETs) with
bilayer structures have been widely studied due to their potential
to integrate high-mobility organic transistors and efficient organic
light-emitting diodes. However, these devices face a major challenge
of imbalance charge transport, leading to a severe efficiency roll-off
at high brightness. Here, we propose a solution to this challenge
by introducing a transparent organic/inorganic hybrid contact with
specially designed electronic structures. Our design aims to steadily
accumulate the electrons injected into the emissive polymer, allowing
the light-emitting interface to effectively capture more holes even
when the hole current increases. Our numerical simulations show that
the capture efficiency of these steady electrons will dominate charge
recombination and lead to a sustained external quantum efficiency
of 0.23% over 3 orders of magnitude of brightness (4 to 7700 cd/m2) and current density (1.2 to 2700 mA/cm2) from
−4 to −100 V. The same enhancement is retained even
after increasing the external quantum efficiency (EQE) to 0.51%. The
high and tunable brightness with stable efficiency offered by hybrid-contact
OLEFETs makes them ideal light-emitting devices for various applications.
These devices have the potential to revolutionize the field of organic
electronics by overcoming the fundamental challenge of imbalance charge
transport.
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