In order to make full use of the carbon nanotubes, it will enable organic semiconductors to drive the high currents required by OLED pixels in a highly efficient manner, albeit at lower voltages.
Apart from redesigning the transistor which powers the OLED within each pixel, the team will also merge the transistor and the OLED onto a single device that is known as a light emitting transistor. As a result, you will get a carbon nanotube-enabled vertical organic light-emitting transistor, or better known as CN-VOLET, making it over eight times more energy efficient compared to its closest competing devices.
Since the integrated design will also reduce manufacturing complexity, it will also result in lower costs – that might just bring a smile to every face when one applies CN-VOLET technology in daily appliances.