Ambipolar light-emitting organic field-effect transistor

We demonstrate a light-emitting organic field-effect transistor (OFET) with pronounced ambipolar current characteristics. The ambipolar transport layer is a coevaporated thin film of $\alpha$ -quinquethiophene $\left(\alpha \text{-}5\mathrm{T}\right)$ as hole-transport material and $\mathrm{N},{\mathrm{N}}^{\prime }$ -ditridecylperylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide (P13) as electron-transport material. The light intensity is controlled by both the drain–source voltage $V_{DS}$ and the gate voltage $V_G$ . Moreover, the latter can be used to adjust the charge-carrier balance. The device structure serves as a model system for ambipolar light-emitting OFETs and demonstrates the general concept of adjusting electron and hole mobilities by coevaporation of two different organic semiconductors.