The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing a polycyclic unit, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.

The present application provides a Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diode (QDLED), comprising an anode, a p-type graphene layer, a hole injection layer, a quantum dot light-emitting layer and a cathode, the anode and the cathode is oppositely disposed, the quantum dot light-emitting layer is disposed between the anode and the cathode, the p-type graphene layer is disposed between the anode and the quantum dot light-emitting layer, and the hole transport layer is disposed between the p-type graphene layer and the quantum dot light-emitting layer, wherein the p-type graphene layer is made from p-type doped graphene, and the p-type doped graphene is at least one selected from a doped graphene via adsorption and a doped graphene via lattice.

There are provided a photodetection element including a first electrode layer 11, a second electrode layer 12, a photoelectric conversion layer 13 provided between the first electrode layer 11 and the second electrode layer 12, an electron transport layer 21 provided between the first electrode layer 11 and the photoelectric conversion layer 13, and a hole transport layer 22 provided between the photoelectric conversion layer 13 and the second electrode layer 12, in which the photoelectric conversion layer 13 contains quantum dots of a compound semiconductor containing an Ag element and a Bi element, and the hole transport layer 22 contains an organic semiconductor A including a predetermined structure, and are provided an image sensor.

Provided are an optical sensor including graphene quantum dots and an image sensor including an optical sensing layer. The optical sensor may include a graphene quantum dot layer that includes a plurality of first graphene quantum dots bonded to a first functional group and a plurality of second graphene quantum dots bonded to a second functional group that is different from the first functional group. An absorption wavelength band of the optical sensor may be adjusted based on types of functional groups bonded to the respective graphene quantum dots and/or sizes of the graphene quantum dots.

A lighting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an organic light emitting device including a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer, and a second electrode formed on a first substrate, wherein the first electrode is formed of a transparent conductive material having a resistance of approximately 2800Ω to 5500Ω in each pixel. Thus, even if the resistance of the organic light emitting layer is removed in a pixel due to a contact between the first electrode and the second electrode, overcurrent may be prevented from being applied to the pixel due to the resistance of the first electrode.

This relates to a device for detecting or converting light or heat energy, the device comprising: a Graphene sheet formed into a scroll such as to provide a monolayer structure in which the radius of curvature of the graphene sheet increases on increasing distance from the longitudinal axis of the scroll.

Devices, structures, materials and methods for carbon enabled vertical light emitting transistors (VLETs) and light emitting displays (LEDs) are provided. In particular, architectures for vertical polymer light emitting transistors (VPLETs) for active matrix organic light emitting displays (AMOLEDs) and AMOLEDs incorporating such VPLETs are described. Carbon electrodes (such as from graphene) alone or in combination with conjugated light emitting polymers (LEPs) and dielectric materials are utilized in forming organic light emitting transistors (OLETs). Combinations of thin films of ionic gels, LEDs, carbon electrodes and relevant substrates and gates are utilized to construct LETs, including heterojunction VOLETs.

Devices, structures, materials and methods for carbon enabled vertical light emitting transistors (VLETs) and light emitting displays (LEDs) are provided. In particular, architectures for vertical polymer light emitting transistors (VPLETs) for active matrix organic light emitting displays (AMOLEDs) and AMOLEDs incorporating such VPLETs are described. Carbon electrodes (such as from graphene) alone or in combination with conjugated light emitting polymers (LEPs) and dielectric materials are utilized in forming organic light emitting transistors (OLETs). Combinations of thin films of ionic gels, LEDs, carbon electrodes and relevant substrates and gates are utilized to construct LETs, including heterojunction VOLETs.

Provided is an organic compound represented by the general formula [1]: ##STR00001## in the formula [1], R.sub.1 to R.sub.18 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 or more and 8 or less carbon atoms, an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms, or an aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 or more and 15 or less carbon atoms, and may be identical to or different from each other, and the plurality of R.sub.17's or the plurality of R.sub.18's may be identical to or different from each other, and the R.sub.1 to the R.sub.18 may each further have a substituent selected from a halogen atom and an alkyl group having 1 or more and 8 or less carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 or more and 3 or less.

A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode and a second electrode and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer includes a first material and a second material, the first material and the second material being configured to form a pn junction, and a third material different from the first material and the second material. The third material includes an electron withdrawing group.