Researchers develop all-white OLEDs, hybrid LEDs

Recent research reports describe an OLED that emits white light from a single molecule, and a hybrid emitter that combines an organic polymer with a quantum dot light-emitter.
"White light LED" is OLED

 
White OLED
Weve seen a number of news reports that all stemmed from an announcement by the American Chemical Society (ACS) entitled "New approach in the quest for lighting’s Holy Grail."
This announcement, based on a research paper published by the ACS, describes "an LED that emits pure white light." In turn, this lead to a plague of news reports with titles such as "Researchers develop worlds first white LED."

For everyone who wondered how the researchers had made gallium nitride emit white light without requiring a phosphor, or developed some other magic material, there was one crucial error in the announcement: this is an organic LED. Big difference.

In fact, the researchers have built a specially-engineered organic molecule that combines two light-emitting structures, one emitting in orange and the other in blue, which together produce white light over the entire visible range.

The group claims to be the first to achieve stable white-light emissions using a single molecule. Further claims that this is a "more efficient and stable source of pure white light" will need extensive verification.

Combining OLEDs and quantum dots

An article in Technology Review describes a new class of LED, designated HLED or hybrid LED