A spectrally tunable all-graphene-based flexible field-effect light-emitting device

The continuous tuning of the emission spectrum of a single light-emitting diode (LED) by an external electrical bias is of great technological significance as a crucial property in high-quality displays, yet this capability has not been demonstrated in existing LEDs. Graphene, a tunable optical platform, is a promising medium to achieve this goal. Here we demonstrate a bright spectrally tunable electroluminescence from blue (∼450 nm) to red (∼750 nm) at the graphene oxide/reduced-graphene oxide interface. We explain the electroluminescence results from the recombination of Poole–Frenkel emission ionized electrons at the localized energy levels arising from semi-reduced graphene oxide, and holes from the top of the π band. Tuning of the emission wavelength is achieved by gate modulation of the participating localized energy levels. Our demonstration of current-driven tunable LEDs not only represents a method for emission wavelength tuning but also may find applications in high-quality displays. Wavelength tuning of a light emitting diode (LED) by an external electrical bias would benefit display technologies. Here, Wang et al. demonstrate wavelength-tuning from blue to the near-infrared in an all-graphene-based field effect LED by gate modulation

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Nature Communications

• Publication date

  2015-07-16

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Physics, Engineering

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1038/ncomms8767PMID 26178323PMCID 4518298
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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